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Does Your City Stress You Out?
Your city's plummeting property values, high unemployment rate, extreme weather, or chronic traffic could potentially stress you out. Some metropolises have a perfect storm of frustrating factors that landed them on Forbes's list of America's Most Stressful Cities.
Coming in at number one is Chicago, thanks to the city's poor air quality, 11 percent unemployment rate, and falling home prices.
Do Tell: Who Is the Most Influential Woman in Your Life?
Forbes released its annual list of the world's 100 most powerful women this week. Taking the number one spot for the fourth year in a row is German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the leader of the world's fourth largest economy. Female CEOs and political leaders also made the list that included Melinda Gates (number 34), Hillary Clinton (number 36), and Michelle Obama (number 40).
Do You Live in a Stressful City?
Forbes is at it again, but this time they are looking at the 10 most stressful cities in America. They constructed their list after looking at the country's 40 largest metropolitan areas and examining quality of life indicators. They looked at the housing market, cost of living, price of gas, environmental factors such as weather and air quality, and lastly, population density.
Mother Country Weighs In on Colonies' Little Elections
Hee hee! It's like revolutionary war times! It looks like the UK has forgiven the US for that uncomfortable little tea dumping unpleasantness, and they're wildly obsessed with the upcoming US elections.
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Front Page: White House Plans Public Lottery For State Diners
- The White House social secretary has promised an online public lottery to attend state dinners. — The Washington Post
- The US Treasury announced plans today to take a bigger stake in Citigroup, perhaps as much as 36 percent. — AP
- The US economy shrank 6.2 percent in the fourth quarter, a rate worse than expected.
America's 10 Most Miserable Cities
Some cities will never make the 10 best list; that's why there's one for the 10 worst! Forbes scraped the bottom to bring us the 10 most miserable cities in the US. Maladies like rising unemployment, lousy weather, long commutes, high sales tax, inflation, crime, and foreclosure rates were all factored in.
When It Comes to Being Single, Some Cities Are Better Than Others
Late last week, Forbes revealed its list of best cities for singles, and I'll admit, I found some of them a bit surprising. To properly rank each city, surveyors examined six different categories including nightlife, living costs, and percentage of singles. The article explains:
[Forbes] rankings are meant to be a guide for young, ambitious singles who, in an age of techno-mobility, can live and work wherever they want.
Front Page: Candidates Sprint to Tomorrow's Finish Line
- The presidential candidates and their running mates are visiting more than a dozen states today, the final day before the election. — CNN
- Republicans are trying to save embattled incumbents in an effort to hold down expected Democratic gains in the House and Senate. — New York Times
- The family of high profile Mormon and NFL Hall of Famer Steve Young has come out against Proposition 8, thus supporting equal marriage rights for gay couples.
Bailing It Out: Just How Much Is $700 Billion Anyway?
Oh, bailout, you're our new Sarah Palin. We can't stop talking about you, yet we know so little about you. The president is set to give a televised address about the state of the economy tonight at 9 p.m.
Biden Calls Email Ad Terrible, Then Regrets Hitting "Reply All"
Did Joe Biden gaffe again? In a train-based interview with Katie Couric, she asked Biden about an ad being run by the Obama/Biden campaign mocking McCain's technological capabilities. Biden said of the ad, "I thought that was terrible by the way.
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