Pensioners big winners in $10.4b stimulus splurge (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Australia's 4 million pensioners are set to receive almost $5 billion in payments before Christmas in a new economic stimulus plan announced by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd today.
Top Scoops (Scoop.co.nz)
Hey folks! Have you been wondering why Republicans have suddenly stopped talking about 'family values?'
NDP, Liberal leaders blast Harper on economy (CTV.ca)
Conservative Leader Stephen Harper weathered attacks from the other party leaders on his economic plan Monday, as Canada's top bank economists predicted a coming recession and the TSX took another tumble.
Harper makes another subtle pitch for a majority (CTV Winnipeg)
Conservative Leader Stephen Harper said that another minority Parliament would be disastrous for the economy, yet another subtle pitch to Canadians to hand his party a majority government.
Growth her aim, serving Dixon her passion (The Reporter)
The following is one in a series of articles profiling candidates running for Dixon City Council. - Editor A businesswoman and journalist, Debra Minnema-Dingman also is a longtime Dixon resident deeply involved in her community. So when an opportunity arose recently to serve the city in a different way she jumped at it - and threw her hat in the ring for a shot at a seat on the Dixon City Council.
Texas A&M University to Cover Tuition for Texas Students Whose Family Income is $60,000 Or Less (KBTX 3 Bryan - College Station)
Young Texans who are eligible for admission to Texas A&M University and whose families have incomes of $60,000 or less are now guaranteed by a new program—“Aggie Assurance”—that their tuition will be covered at no cost to them.