Consumer Opinion

Unfinished house is 7,000-square-foot eyesore (Lexington Herald-Leader)

20 Jul 2008

City officials want a Lexington builder to get moving on the construction of a partially finished home that has been standing idle for months in the Chevy Chase area. Builder Scott Baesler said work on the 7,000-square-foot, two-story brick home ground to a halt because he is having financial difficulties. But he said he's hoping to get the project going again soon, and late last week he ...

Tow firm Deals draw questions (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

20 Jul 2008

St. Louis — During Labor Day weekend 2002, St. Louis city police responded shortly after midnight to an unusual call. The police chief's daughter, Aimie Mokwa, then 27, had crashed a car. It was a car she didn't own.

Little consensus on spurring economy (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

20 Jul 2008

Washington - Gas prices are above $4 a gallon. Wages aren't keeping up with the rising cost of food, housing and just about everything else. And companies from coast to coast have eliminated hundreds of thousands of jobs in the last six months.