A lot is being lost here from the original story. Rolo left a scratch on the victim, if he was a vicious dog he would have taken a huge chunk out of her. I can understand her being afraid, but to have a dog destroyed over a scratch is sad. Put the owner in training, put the victim in counseling, socialize the dog better and get on with life.

61% believe country is in grips of recession, poll finds

Wall Street is unsettled and as a result, people's nest eggs are not what they once were.

In fact, that was the top economic worry in the AP-Ipsos poll. Fifty-nine percent said they were worried "a lot" or "some" about seeing the value of stocks and retirement investments drop.

"I really dread opening my (financial) statements," Sims said.

By one rough rule of thumb, a recession occurs when there are two consecutive quarters — six straight months — when the economy shrinks. That did not happen in the last recession, though. The economy contracted in the first quarter of 2001, turned positive in the second quarter, shrank in the third quarter and turned up again in the final quarter of that year.

The National Bureau of Economic Research, the recognized arbiters for dating recessions, uses a more complicated formula.

Hallett Projects Continued Acquisition Strategy

Hallett said that Warren Byrd, executive vice president of corporate development, has been extremely busy of late in negotiating these deals throughout the U.S. and Canada. Byrd is on the road and working the phones to iron out additional acquisitions in strategic markets. "I would say we will have more announcements within the next 60 to 90 days," Hallett noted. "If we have five acquisitions now, I would hope that we will have 10 by the end of the year," he added. "We are growing our business and if an acquisition makes sense, we are going to get it done," Hallett continued. But ADESA is not focusing just on acquisition expansion. Hallett said it also is relocating operations in Kansas City, Dallas and Phoenix to brand-new, modern, technologically advanced facilities in those same metropolitan markets. Kansas City is first up.

Air Force family salvages mementos from wreckage

Tech Sgt. Marsha Bass stood over the rubble of what used to be her front porch Friday afternoon. She raised her hand to shade sunlight while viewing the remains.“This is 18 years of marriage ... our whole life ... high school year books, it's your life," Marsha said, picking a piece of poster board off the ground.She paused, her eyes growing moist. It's a project her son Freddy completed in the first grade. He's now 15.Marsha and her husband, Master Sgt. Gary Bass, who are both assigned to Columbus Air Force base, were among the families on Renon Lane in Caledonia affected by Thursday's storm.Personnel with CAFB immediately responded to help the Basses and nearby residents.

Fifty-Plus.Net International Inc. Announces Second Quarter Financial ...

The income statement in the next quarterly report, being the three months ending March 31, 2008, will consolidate the operations of Kemur and FPN.

As the RTO was completed on December 28, 2007, the results of FPN for the period from the date of the RTO's closing (i.e. December 28, 2007) to December 31, 2007 are not material and have not been included in the statement of income for the three and six month periods ended December 31, 2007.

During the quarter ended December 31, 2007, the Company had revenue of $1,096,988 and expenses of $1,099,226 with a net loss after tax of $2,238. For the comparable quarter ended December 31, 2006, The Company had revenue of $1,021,337 and expenses of $982,043 with a net income after tax of $39,294. Advertising revenue was $675,350 versus $593,711 for the comparable period last year.