| Sun, 5 Jul 2009 Michael Jackson's D.C. story
| Pop star was no stranger to Washington, visiting the White House twice at the height of his career and performing for Bill Clinton’s inaugural. | But Jackson’s ties to Washington actually ran much deeper – in connections to two prominent firms ... | Look who's talking, union heads, recall Prop. 1A?
| It's a little ironic to hear the howls of outrage from certain union leaders as the state budget ax swings down on the necks of their members. Like this from Nancy Swindell, president of an American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees local representin... | 1929's Madoff: Ivar Kreuger
Swedish match magnate another master swindler | The recent Wall Street crash revealed Bernard Madoff's fraud. The Great Crash of 1929 revealed Ivar Kreuger's. (Getty Images file photo) | Human nature being what it is, at any given moment there is always a certain amount... | Snohomish County PUD seeking homemade energy
| The feisty utility that uncovered audiotapes of Enron Corp. traders discussing gouging "poor grandmothers" is hedging its bet against another energy crisis. | After being burned by market manipulations that sent electricity prices soaring in 2000-01, the Snohomish Cou... | Rita Watson: Sex, scandal and politics
| SHE WHISPERED the words, "You are so hot," and John Edwards was smitten. We have not heard the words that triggered the extra-marital romp of Nevada's Sen. John Ensign. And from the Mark and Jenny and Maria triangle, we have heard too many words. Gov. Mark Sanford's a... | 'I hate to be told somewhere is out of bounds for women.' Enter Enron ...
| Lucy Prebble puts her faith in the idea that there is nowhere a writer, particularly a woman writer, should not go. When she first lived in London, she says, she would visit sex shops in Soho and wander among the videos and magazines, "just to sort of reclaim the spac... | |
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