I can think of 40 million reasons why Barack Obama could win. Here's the first one: Jimmy Carter. It was a little more than 30 years ago since this country elected a liberal Democrat to the highest office in the land. And the country soon entered a period of economic malaise and weakness. ...more

November 1, 2008

Your sports page may have recently induced an unpleasant sense of deja vu. A pro football star, by all accounts, seemed caught in a spiral of depression. Friends and advisers were worried enough about suicide to call the police. After an ensuing public-relations fracas, the player and the team assured us that it was all a grand misunderstanding. ...more

September 28, 2008

There are a million reasons most twentysomethings don't put saving at the top of their lists, and many are understandable. For starters, according to the National Center for Education Statistics, the average college graduate has $19,000 of debt, not including credit cards. The pay at most entry-level jobs barely covers fixed expenses such as rent, insurance and utilities. And the things we typically save for - retirement, first home - seem light-years away. ...more

December 2, 2007

A bank teller in Clearwater, S.C., had a million reasons not to open an account for an Augusta, Ga., man Monday, authorities said. Alexander D. Smith, 31, was charged with disorderly conduct and two counts of forgery after he walked into the bank and tried to open an account by depositing a fake $1 million bill, said Aiken County Sheriff's spokesman Lt. Michael Frank. ...more

November 28, 2007

SEBRING — There's a million reasons Sheila Riley of Sebring hopes race car driver Tony Stewart wins the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series Championship. If Stewart is crowned champion of an ongoing series of NASCAR races that concludes Nov. 18, then Riley –– a 10-year Highlands County resident –– will collect a million dollar prize. Stewart is in fourth place in a 12-driver field, after three of seven races. ...more

October 5, 2007