Joan and Valerie visit Occupy Boston

Oct. 21, 2011   Leave a Comment  

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Earlier this month, 85 year old Joan Prum took a stroll down “Main Street,” a precarious pathway of pallets and muddy plywood that divides the main area of Occupied Boston into some 40 tents on one side and about 50 on the other. Although 60 or more years the senior of many protestors, Joan, a [...]

Wesley Snipes tells Larry King that he is nervous

Dec. 9, 2010   Leave a Comment  

Actor Wesley Snipes, 48, has reported to a federal prison in Pennsylvania to begin serving a three-year sentence for failing to file his taxes. Snipes was convicted in April 2008 of three misdemeanor counts of willful failure to file income taxes, and he spent two years unsuccessfully trying to appeal. During a CNN interview with [...]

Buying a home? Chew on this.

April 17, 2010   Leave a Comment  

Buying a home can be one of the biggest purchases you will ever make. But first-time buyers looking to take advantage of the low-interest loans and the federal tax credit of up to $8,000 this year should consider that there are more costs beyond the purchase price of a home. Real estate agents and mortgage [...]

Will the bailout cost us each $2k?

Sept. 22, 2008   Leave a Comment  

As the government prepares an economic bailout that could cust as much as $700 billion, one group calculates that American taxpayers and families will be left with the tab — despite what both candidates are saying about lowering taxes. WashingtonWatch.com‚ says American taxpayers could be hit with $2,000 and families with $6,500 in extra costs from [...]