LA Radio Stations Pay Tribute to Jackson, Mystery Surrounding Death

Los Angeles radio stations pay tribute to the ‘King of Pop’ Michael Jackson, who passed away today at 2:26pm of a heart attack in his home in Bel Air. His songs are in near constant rotation on all mainstream radio outlets. Details surrounding his death have not been released, though he is reported to have [...]

Jeff Goldblum, Harrison Ford Rumored Dead

In the wake of breaking news that Michael Jackson has died today of cardiac arrest at the age of 50 here in Los Angeles, rumors are circulating on the Net that both Jeff Goldblum and Harrison Ford have also died today. Both Ford and Goldblum are filming the movie ‘Morning Glory,’ and so the smart [...]

Census Bureau Reports Increase of Nearly 1 Million Nonemployer Businesses

The United States added nearly 1 million nonemployer businesses between 2006 and 2007, bringing the total to 21.7 million, the U.S. Census Bureau announced today. This 4.5 percent growth rate is detailed in Nonemployer Statistics: 2007, an annual data series on businesses without paid employees. Most nonemployers are self-employed individuals operating very small unincorporated businesses, [...]

June New-Vehicle Retail Sales Demonstrate Marked Improvement

New-vehicle retail sales through the first 17 selling days of June have increased notably from May, indicating tempered but continued recovery in the market, according to J.D. Power and Associates, which gathers real-time transaction data from more than 10,000 dealerships across the United States. New-vehicle retail sales for the month of June are expected to [...]

UBS Client Admits to $7 Million Offshore Tax Fraud Scheme

UBS client, Steven Michael Rubinstein of Boca Raton, Fla., pleaded guilty today to filing a false tax return for tax year 2004, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced. On April 1, 2009, Rubinstein was charged with filing a false tax return that intentionally failed to disclose the existence of a Swiss bank [...]

Strip Search of 13-Year-Old Student Unconstitutional

The U.S. Supreme Court today ruled that school officials violated the constitutional rights of a 13-year-old Arizona girl when they strip searched her six years ago based on a classmate’s uncorroborated accusation that she previously possessed ibuprofen. Savana Redding, an eighth grade honor roll student at Safford Middle School in Safford, Arizona, was pulled from [...]