| Fort Lauderdale man faces uphill battle with a mountain of debt
Big student loans and a heap of credit-card debt, but a low-paying job. It's a mismatch so many people face when they're trying to live on starting salaries. For Jamell Vanterpool, the mismatch is hurting him and limiting his future prospects.
"I can't keep up with the bills," he wrote, seeking a South Florida Sun-Sentinel Money Makeover.
There are two big questions he faces: Can he live on his salary? The answer to that one is no. And what can he do about it? That answer depends on what Vanterpool does next.
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McConnell faces internal coup as successors line up
The one who actively promotes racism against and suspicion of all things Muslim? (The one whose nephew got caught carrying a knife the other week?) No thanks Brian, and as for Reid "destroying" Alex Salmond, I think you are wrong about that too. As for you Jason, one of these days maybe you will say something sensible (although I'm not hopeful). .
Councilman MikeK Recalls Knievel Action Figure
Top: Young MikeK playing with Evel Knievel action figure; bottom: MikeK receives inspiration from his childhood friends before leaving for a Coeur d'Alene City Council meeting. I had a classic Evel Knievel motorcycle riding action figure when I was a kid. The stunts my brothers and I would stage for that motorcycle toy were legendary (riding out a second story window, chasing the dog around the house without getting chewed to ribbons, you name it). RIP Evel. I wonder what happened to Steve Austin, the Six Million Dollar Man who played the role of Evel's arch-nemesis in the boyhood action figure wars?/Councilman MikeK. Question: What was your favorite action figure/doll when you were little? .
Recession or not, the suffering is real
ECONOMISTS and politicians can debate all they want about whether the nation is sliding into its first recession in nearly seven years. To Chuck Rizzo, the picture is clear. Rizzo was recently laid off from his customer service job at a homebuilder in Sarasota, Fla. His grocery bill is higher nowadays, and he can barely afford his mortgage payments. "Everything has gotten tremendously more expensive," said Rizzo, 45, who is married with a 15-year-old daughter. "We don't go out to dinner now. We don't take vacations. We've had to make a lot of adjustments to our lifestyle." Whether an actual recession is on the way or already here U.S. consumers and businesses are being increasingly squeezed by a downturn that threatens to spread the pain being felt everywhere from the gas pump to the unemployment line.
A real McMoney-maker
Family and friends of Lincoln Elementary School students flocked to the two McDonald's restaurants in Hays on McTeacher Night to help Lincoln raise money for a new piece of playground equipment. Under the McTeacher Night program, a portion of the receipts during a two-hour period on a given night goes to a designated school. To help with a potential large turnout of customers, and to get school personnel involved with the project, administrators, teachers, staff and even some of their spouses -- as well as parents -- helped work the two one-hour shifts at both restaurants. The Shorbs wanted to be part of the action. Their son, 7-year-old Seth, is a first-grader at Lincoln, where his 4-year-old sister, Morgan, will join him in a couple years. So Anthony Shorb -- who joined Pound Plunge, a local weight loss program, earlier this month -- decided to splurge and eat out with his family.
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