House to move insider trading bill next week

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives will swiftly take up a Senate-passed bill to curb insider trading by lawmakers next week, a top Republican said on Friday as Congress clamors to promote the measure in the face of flagging approval ratings. The "clean government" bill, which aims to prevent lawmakers from using knowledge gained through their positions for personal profit ...


Fire puts damper on Christmas

Submitted photo - Members of the Little Elm Fire Department Auxiliary measure and cut plywood to secure a home in the 100 block of Clark street that sustained heavy smoke, fire and water damage on Christmas morning.


Sunflower House : A gentle path to the harsh truths of child abuse

Every day, a child endures the unwelcome touch of a predator. Nationally, statistics indicate it happens to one in four girls, one in six boys. But abuse experts know many more go unreported. But Sunflower House is a place in the metro area where children can tell.


The White House Flickr Christmas Album Has Arrived

The White House posted a whole bunch of holiday photos on the official Flickr stream Tuesday while everyone was paying attention to the Florida Republican primary, a sort of news dump usually reserved for embarrassing emails or other bad news. All of the photos are mostly from early December, so while it's already February, and the holidays are merely a dim eggnog-blurred memory, we're just now ...


Personal Journey: Christmas in New York for a pastor and his wife

For our first Christmas after retirement, we chose to do something different. As a pastor, my previous 39 Christmas Eves had been spent leading worship. As happy as that experience was, the thought of being free was also exciting. So on the morning of Dec


Madonna Badger Attempted Suicide After Christmas House Fire

Madonna Badger, the woman who lost her three children and parents in a house fire over the Christmas season, has attempted suicide. Badger's story is beyond sad. Her Connecticut abode caught fire on December 25, taking the lives of her seven-year-old twins Grace and Sarah Badger, Lily Badger, 10, and her parents Lomer and Pauline [...] Madonna Badger Attempted Suicide After Christmas House Fire ...


JIMMY SMOTHERS: Gifts for teachers should come from the heart

Christmas is hardly over, yet the Alabama Legislature is making a big to-do about how much money children can spend on gifts for their teachers next year.


On the House: Real estate may be all local, but it's not isolated

In early January, Dean Baker of the Center for Economic and Policy Research blogged that 40,000 of the 200,000 jobs created in December were courier jobs that would disappear in the next month's report.


Maple Ridge boards up Athwal house

A house in west Maple Ridge which was the scene of two fires during Christmas has been boarded up by the municipality.


Teen Mom's Amber Portwood Avoids Prison for Drug Bust—Barely!

At least Amber Portwood's current living situation doesn't involve a move to the Big House! The relocating Teen Mom star, in jail since before Christmas while she awaited trial...