- A gunman in Alabama killed 11 people yesterday, including his mother, his grandparents, his aunt and uncle, the wife and child of a sheriff deputy, and himself. — CNN
- Stocks opened with a gain again today, as Wall Street hopes to extend big gains made yesterday. — MSN
- Pakistan arrested hundreds of opposition activists today and banned protests in two regions ahead of a planned rally outside parliament. — AP
- President Obama plans to lay out a new set of guidelines for Congress's earmark process. He will sign the spending bill today that has 9,000 earmarks. — CNN
- Speaker Nancy Pelosi thinks Congress may have to approve another stimulus plan in order to ease the effects of the recession. — Washington Post
- Citigroup and General Motors might be removed from the Dow Jones Indexes, if the government takes more control of the companies. — Reuters
The Body Shop
"President Obama plans to lay out a new set of guidelines"
NEW GUIDELINES: *clearing of throat*
1. Anything goes
12. See "guideline" #1
*I heard about the AL shooting...what a sad situation.
2As if this wasn't horrible enough, only a few hours later a school shooting took place in the south of Germany.
3http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/12/world/europe/12germany.html?_r=1&em
tyffi I heard about that this morning..what horrible stories...
4Yeah, those were the first things I heard about when the radio clicked on this morning. So sad.
5So sad about the AL shootings and the Germany shootings. I heard about both this morning. I'll never understand what makes people do that.
6Nancy needs to start writing perosonal checks out of her own account before she starts taking any more of my money.
7The DJIA is already light on financials. It ceases to be a good overall stand in for the market when it doesn't reflect overall trends. The S&P 500 has been a much better indicator, in my opinion. If they do remove Citi, I really hope that they'll replace it with another bank. Also, I'd like to see another insurance or reinsurance company to replace AIG, which was replaced by Kraft.
8Such a shame
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