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• ConsumerMan: Rent-a-Center ‘unfair’?

  Wed Aug 26, 2009
  • Speaking of payday loans, RAC also has a financial services department where people can get loans also. I was just on their website before posting, and they have in small print: "14-day single payment loan APR of 521.43%" Holy cow, talk about mafia rates!!!

• Laid-off workers eye the abyss

  Thu Aug 27, 2009
  • I wish it were a "joke" got2b, but I had to deal with this unexpectedly in February of this year.

• Should President Obama apologize for saying Cambridge police officers “acted stupidly” when they arrested Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr.?

  Fri Jul 24, 2009
  • He should apologize. How can you make such a conclusion without knowing all the facts, as Obama stated?

• Millions wait for delayed jobless checks

  Fri Jul 24, 2009
  • Be careful what you wish for Jimbo. As someone who has been unemployed for several months now, I'd trade an unemployment check for your ass busting days anytime. Be thankful that at least you still have an "ass busting" job to go to!!!

• Was Walter Cronkite the greatest news anchor ever?

  Fri Jul 17, 2009
  • One of his colleagues at CBS recalled someone telling him "News anchors read the news, Walter Cronkite addressed the nation". Today we have indeed lost The Most Trusted Man In America. And that's the way it is......

• Was Walter Cronkite the greatest news anchor ever?

  Fri Jul 17, 2009
  • Absolutely!! Walter Cronkite hands down will always be the yardstick by which other newsmen are measured.

• Pool accused of turning away minority kids

  Thu Jul 9, 2009
  • Actually, only the local news stations in Philly mentioned the other camps being turned away. Unfortunately, the national networks don't see the need to mention that part of the story.

• Pool accused of turning away minority kids

  Thu Jul 9, 2009
  • As I live in the Philadelphia area, I have been listening to this story for about the last couple of days. It seems as though the local Philly stations are like sharks surrounding a wounded fish.

• How much notice will you be giving your current employer when you quit?

  Sun Jul 5, 2009
  • Unless I won the lottery, I would give two weeks notice.