The government must toughen its monitoring of the $700 billion financial bailout to ensure that banking institutions limit their top executives' pay and comply with other restrictions, federal auditors said Tuesday in the first comprehensive review of the rescue package. ...more

December 2, 2008

There's only one woman she knows who was ecstatic about the comeback of this '80s fashion staple. ...more

September 12, 2008

These days Akram Zikry often smiles when he catches a whiff of french fries while driving down the street. ...more

June 25, 2008

These days Akram Zikry often smiles when he catches a whiff of french fries while driving down the street. ...more

June 25, 2008

A work whistle should have sounded when he was done. He should have punched a time clock as he left. ...more

November 5, 2007

The railroads can't win. As a worker bee of a pretty good size customer of the nation's railroads, I know we - and our competitors - are always complaining about the shortage of service. Lack of rail space clogs up ports, rail delays at log-jammed hub cities limit main line trains and drive us nuts. There are not enough trains and tracks to carry all the freight we collectively offer. We are always complaining that the railroad is not expanding its service enough to meet demand, and why don't they do something about it? Don't they care about people? ...more

November 4, 2007

At rail stations and shopping malls around the world, reports are popping up of people, particularly young children, getting their toes caught in escalators. The one common theme seems to be the clunky soft-soled clogs known by the name of the most popular brand, Crocs. ...more

September 18, 2007