For the two weeks around Memorial Day, there’s more reason than normal to buckle up: Police around the country are stepping …
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How a $54K-Per-Year School Is Deemed a ‘Best Value College’
The private universities listed in a new “Best Value Colleges” roundup run $54,200 annually for tuition, fees, books, and room and board. That sounds pretty expensive, and it is. Could it also represent a good value? What if students actually paid less than half the list price?
Gas Prices Under $3.50 Nationally—and Under $4 Even in California
Through early 2012, the consensus had it that gas prices would soar through summer, easily hitting $4 or higher around the country. Just the opposite trend has taken hold in the spring and early summer. This week, the national …
This Isn’t Monopoly Money: Reacting to Recession, U.S. Communities Adopt Local Currencies
In Detroit, a few Cheers will get you a beer. In Pittsboro, N.C., Plenties are accepted as payment in the food co-op and at Piggly Wiggly. And in western Massachusetts, BerkShares are as good as greenbacks in local businesses. These and other local currencies, created by grassroots groups and given names like the Cheer or the Mesa Buck, …
Need a Job? What a Laugh!
The Onion offers some recession porn as only The Onion can, dedicating a special issue of its “magazine” to: “Workplaces, Paychecks, and Jobs: A Nostalgic Look Back at a Vanishing Part of the American Landscape, from The Onion.” Jokes aside, is anyone hiring nowadays?
