GOP 2012 candidates quiet on McConnell planThursday, July 14, 2011 @ 4:36PMSenate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 12, 2011. Photo: Susan Walsh / AP
First Ron Paul TV ad for 2012 race on debtThursday, July 14, 2011 @ 4:25PMRepublican presidential hopeful Ron Paul is using his first campaign television ad to promote his opposition to a compromise on raising the federal debt ceiling.
Bernanke Pumps Brakes On QE3 Talk In Second Day On Capitol HillThursday, July 14, 2011 @ 4:20PMA day after raising the possibility of further stimulus before the House Financial Services Committee -- an getting into a spat over whether gold is money with Texas Republican Ron Paul – Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke backpedaled Thursday in front of the Senate Banking Committee.
Mood[y] RingsThursday, July 14, 2011 @ 4:01PMGold prices opened at the $1,587.00 mark in New York this morning, gunning for a ninth consecutive session of gains on the back of the global debt maelstrom that appears to be sweeping up everything and everyone on its destructive path.
Obituaries reported in the June 23, 2011, AdvocateThursday, July 14, 2011 @ 4:00PMThese obituaries were reported in the June 23, 2011, Advocate: Jacqueline Delight Keefover Berger, Leona M. Blaske, Dixon "Dick" Cullimore, James L. Gronquist, Uwe Grund, Leota Ruth Matthews, Florence Elaine Bergmann McCoy, Margaret Schwartz, Robert Henry Thiele, Irvil Dwayne West and William Keith Moore.