Special U.S. prisons unconstitutional: lawsuit: U.S. prison units specially designed to muzzle communications by inmates considered extremist are unconstitutional and discriminate against Muslims, according to a lawsuit filed on Tuesday by the Center for Constitutional Rights. Drill, Barack, drill: Obama to open up US East Coast for oil exploration Banks Could Be Biggest Winners in Obama's New Foreclosure Plan: . The initial foreclosure relief program unveiled a year ago was supposed to help up to four million struggling homeowners. So far fewer than 200,000 borrowers have been granted permanent loan modifications. Job cuts surge 61% - Challenger: Employers announced plans to cut 67,611 jobs in March, according to outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc. That's up 61% from February, when 42,090 jobs were lost California Hotel Foreclosures Climb as Unemployment Cuts Travel: Foreclosures, including the 469-room Los Angeles Marriott Downtown, rose to 79 properties from 62 in the first three months of 2009. Defaults increased 6.5 percent to 327 Cartoon of the Day: Tom Tomorrow's "Healthcare Reformageddon" In a world gone crazy: Great-grandmother given an electronic tag and curfew for selling a goldfish to a 14 year-old: Joan Higgins, a pet shop owner, was caught selling the fish to the teenager in a 'sting' operation by council officials. She was then prosecuted in an eight month court process estimated to have cost the taxpayer more than £20,000.
Friday, 2 April 2010
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