Day May 16, 2007

Political blog survey

In the Inbox, from Tom Johnston My colleague Barbara Kaye (University of Tennessee) and I (Texas Tech) need your help. We are asking you if you would please publicize our survey about blogging and the Iraq War. Results from an…

Relentless rising prices

Corn prices are up 46% in a year in the US. Gas is over $4 a gallon retail in some areas now. In Guatemala, the price of corn is also soaring due to it being exported for use as biofuel…

Stung by subprime mortgage collapse

Thousands of homes in the Sacramento CA area are fast becoming breeding areas for mosquitoes due to untended backyard swimming pools of homes for sale that have been on the market for months or are in foreclosure. Meanwhile, home builders…