- Ukraine is preparing
to defend itself against Russian forces in its eastern
regions. “The invasion by Putin of the regular Russian army is
a fait accompli,” said Anton Herashchenko, an adviser to the
Ukrainian Interior Minister, on his Facebook page Thursday, while
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko canceled a visit to Turkey to
focus on Ukraine’s military response. - Even as
economic recovery moseys forth, most Americans—71
percent—now
say the Great Recession “exerted a permanent drag on the
economy.” In November 2009, only 49 percent said the same. - Gun tourism is a thing, and
an increasingly popular one. - What happens when one half of a California mall
has an $8 minimum wage and the other half must pay $10 per
hour? - Ferguson and other St. Louis-area police
departments face
steep overtime costs for all that time cops spent out
pepper-spraying people and playing conquering army. - Let’s talk about Gen X for a change! Overall the generation
is in
more debt than either millennials or boomers; the single most
indebted cohort are 44 year olds, who owe on average
$142,077. - John
Lennon’s killer says he’s “sorry for being such an
idiot.”
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