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A man in Iowa is out of job at Wells Fargo all because a prank where he stole 10 cents, nearly 50-years ago. It’s all because of strict laws in the banking industry, Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, which are intended to protect borrowers from high level criminals. Details: http://fox8.com/2012/08/29/bank-employee-68-fired-for-10-cent-theft-50-years-ago/ fox8.com
The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) unveiled the new Strong Is Beautiful Celebrity Campaign recently featuring celebrities from entertainment, music, business, film and sport speaking of…
[newsnet5] NEW ORLEANS – Hurricane Isaac knocked out power, flooded Gulf-front roads and pushed water over the top of an 18-mile section of a rural Louisiana levee before dawn Wednesday as it began a slow, wet slog across the state with a newly fortified New Orleans in its path. Wind gusts and sheets of rain […]
(RNN) – The winds of Isaac have reached 75 mph, reclassifying it as a category 1 hurricane, as it creeps closer to the Gulf coast. The storm is located about 55 miles from the mouth of the Mississippi River and 135 miles from New Orleans, the National Weather Service reported at 2:00 p.m. ET. The […]
Oprah Winfrey lands on top of Forbes’ highest-paid celebrity list for the fourth year in a row, thanks to an income estimated at $165 million.…
A magazine in Spain, Magazine Fuera de Serie, is under fire after publishing a photoshopped image of a topless First Lady Michelle Obama.
“Belief and training” is the mantra for success recited by Venus Williams in the latest The New York Times Magazine cover story featuring the Williams…
Amber Stanley, a 17-year-old college-bound honor student, was shot dead in her sleep inside of her Prince George’s County, Md., home on Wednesday night, WTTG…
People between the ages of 15 and 24 are most likely to be targeted by gun violence as opposed to other forms of violence. From 1976 to 2005, 77 percent of homicide victims ages 15-17 died from gun-related injuries. Is a gun like a virus, a car, tobacco or alcohol? Is this yet one more […]
Well all the students at Hampton University in Virginia’s business school that have either cornrows or dreadlocks better get ready to visit the barber. The university has decided to uphold the ban on the long expression of hair which first began in 2001. The school’s Business School Dean Sid Credle had this to say: “We’ve been very successful. We’ve […]
NEW YORK (RNN) – City officials named the shooter who opened fire outside the Empire State Building on Friday, killing at least one and injuring several others. Commissioner Raymond Kelly said Jeffrey Johnson, 53, of Manhattan fatally shot a former coworker at Hazan Imports, a nearby business, around 9:03 a.m. ET with a .45-caliber handgun. […]