"It would be a big boost to our economy. Federal statistics about two years back showed that the cannabis plant is the No. 1 cash crop here in the state of Michigan and it's illegally grown."

Nearly a third of U.S. consumers feel it will be a year before their families are better off than they are today, and more than a quarter think it will take longer, according to a retail survey on behalf of Reuters.

Private information for landlords about tenants, including social insurance numbers and mental health issues, can be accessed on the Internet.A database kept by Toronto company Landlord's Source Centre yesterday showed intimate details about 1,393 tenant

Educational Nonprofit Under Fire For Transporting Politicians With Money That Could Have Gone To Students

Dozens of specially trained agents work on the third floor of DCM Services, calling up the dear departed's next of kin and kindly asking if they want to settle the balance on a credit card or bank loan, or perhaps make that final utility bill or cellphone

More Spending = More Debt. More debt means that we will continue the downward spiral into a depression. Ron Paul is warning us that this bailout strategy and reckless spending by the government in general will only make matters worse.

A part of the problem was the desire to help folks own their own homes. Perhaps those who promoted the policies were good-intentioned, but surely some were doing it for political and financial gain. (10 min.)

THE STRIKE at Boeing entered its fifth week with negotiations on hold as the profit-hungry airplane manufacturer tries to make workers hungry enough to settle for a concessionary contract.

On a visit to the Boeing picket line in Everett, Wash., Darrin Hoop spoke to IAM strikers Don Grinde, a 31-year employee at Boeing, and Steve Parsley, who has been at the company for more than 19 years.

Tom Petters was spending the weekend in federal custody after being arrested Friday at his Wayzata home on federal fraud charges. The founder and former CEO of Petters Group Worldwide