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CHICAGO, Jan. 29 -- Sen. Barack Obama's political campaign said Tuesday that it has given to charity $72,650 linked to Illinois real estate developer Antoin Rezko, on the same day that a judge ordered Rezko to jail ahead of his scheduled trial on extortion charges. .
Guardsmen on smuggling charges
Sounds like the start of a stand up comedy routine. But it's no joke. Because this is our country we're talking about; and the three front runners for the Democratic party nomination really are an African American, a woman and a white "son of the south."As a black woman, I find it quite amazing that, in a year when many thought the big news would be Hillary's very real chance to become the first female president, Barack has entered the scene to give her a run for her money and for a place in history.Of course, both candidates do not want you to vote on the basis of race or gender. But there's that third fella -- the one who stands to benefit from all the recent bickering between the front runners: John Edwards.While the other two square off over "fairy tales" and the relative legacies of Dr.
Mortgage crisis tarnishes Las Vegas boomtown image
HENDERSON, Nev. - In America's ultimate boomtown, the signs of economic trouble literally show up in the streets, with "for sale" sign after "for sale" sign stuck in the front yards of homeowners who lost their houses because they couldn't afford to pay their mortgages. Las Vegas, a national symbol of growth and opportunity, now suffers the highest foreclosure rate in the country. Nearby Henderson - full of gated communities as well as moderately priced housing - now has more than 300 properties in foreclosure or preforeclosure and some streets have as many as six houses in the process of being sold because the owners couldn't keep up the payments. The subprime mortgage crisis, which has led many thousands of homeowners to lose their houses and caused trouble in the financial markets, is becoming a campaign issue as well as the housing debacle hits key battleground states in the presidential campaign.
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