Moving from celebrity to senator isn't exactly an untraveled path. Butthat doesn't mean comedian Al Franken, who is vying for a Senate seatin Minnesota, will coast to Capitol Hill on a wide, smooth road.
Beginning July 8, state public defenders outside of Hennepin County will no longer represent parents in child protection cases, or in specialty courts such as drug court, because of budget cuts. Children will wait longer in foster care.
An American history professor gives some history lessons and answers questions about the independence movement in the American colonies, the Continental Congress, and the Revolutionary War.
A new movie, "Gonzo: The Life and Times of Dr Hunter S. Thompson," opens across the country today. It examines the rise and fall of one of the great counter-cultural writers of the 60s and 70s.
Nearly one-third of the country's topexecutives expect to cut payrolls in the coming months, reflectingfallout from the housing bust as well as soaring energy prices.
Employers cut payrolls by 62,000 in June, thesixth straight month of nationwide job losses, underscoring theeconomy's fragile state. The unemployment rate held steady at 5.5percent.
