ABILENE, Texas – A lot of people gripe when they get high summertime electric bills. But Kristin Harriger’s bill was nearly $1.4 million.
NEW YORK – Kayt Sukel, an author who writes about neuroscience and sexuality, has given lectures around the country on the issue. And there’s one word, she finds, that never fails to make some in her audience squeamish.
PORTLAND, Ore. – A suburban Portland man says he was so moved by a documentary exploring the cause of the Great Recession that he decided to rob a bank.
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court struck down much of Arizona’s first-of-its-kind crackdown on illegal immigrants, ruling that states must defer to the federal government on immigration policy in an election-year victory for President Barack Obama.
A decade ago, Allyn Jaffrey-Shulman wouldn’t sit at a Las Vegas poker table without her handy “cheat sheet” that listed the game’s best hands. “It told me that a flush beat a straight, which I needed since I was always trying to figure everything out mathematically,” she said. It’s an understatement to say that she no longer needs assistance.
