Mother asks bank to forgive dead son's college loan in online petition

"Let's see, if Mom got a nickle from all those that signed the petition, she could pay off the loan. I suggest you start calling all those petitioners and ask for that nickle, because Mom, you are responsible". MC

(Reuters) - The mother of a Detroit-area college student who died in 2009 has launched an online petition asking lender First Marblehead Corp to forgive a $10,000 student loan taken on by her son that she says she cannot repay.

Ella Edwards, a 61-year-old woman working part-time as a seamstress, has garnered some 191,000

Can't we at least pretend that food stamps are going to buy, you know, food?

Nothing surprises me so I'm not sure why this should...

I took this photo of the self-checkout payment screen at a Hen House grocery store in Overland Park, KS.

Google Funded Obama While Hiding Billions From Taxes in Bermuda

In August 2012, CNET reported that Google was the third highest contributor to Obama…

President Obama’s campaign is getting financial help from people associated with two big tech firms: Microsoft and Google.

Now we learn that in 2011, Google hid billions of dollars in a Bermuda shell company.

'Merry Christmas b*****s.' Trendy lifestyle store outrages parents by targeting teenagers with profanity-laden catalog

A popular and 'edgy' high-street retailer is facing a backlash as parents discovered a Christmas brochure full of f-bombs and other unseasonal greetings.
Urban Outfitters, which targets teenagers with lifestyle products, has been accused of