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I know about as much about the stock market as a mule knows about the Theory of Relativity, and probably even less about international finance and such. I don't know Fanny Mae from Freddy Mac or how mortgages are sold over and over again. I can't compute compound interest and know nothing about bond yields and trailing stops. But I do realize that the US economy is in a tough place and I know there's enough blame to go around. One financial expert said that Alan Greenspan left interest rates too low for too long and made credit too easy...

Ex-con Edgar "Tony" Gonzalez spent time in prison for selling drugs and having sex with a 16-year-old girl, but he started a new life Monday as a Spanish language interpreter for the Wisconsin court system. "It means that the very court that sentenced me has given me new life," Gonzalez, 39, of Minocqua, said. "I hope it's an inspiration to the men and women who are in (prison) today, who with a little support and effort can get their lives back on track and serve their communities." Gonzalez and four other newly certified Spanish language interpreters were welcomed at a...

UN environment agency backs BBC TV series on sustainable development28 March – The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) said today it would sponsor a BBC television series focusing on sustainable development in the lead-up to the UN World Summit for Sustainable Development to take place later this year in South Africa. The BBC Earth Report programmes that UNEP will support cover topics such as wildlife smuggling, sustainable fisheries and water contamination. The series, seen weekly in some 180 million homes on BBC World Television, is the "only weekly series on global television that sets out to cover the issues on...