In a short term measure, the Federal Reserve will be taking some of the heat off the very banks which helped create the foreclosure crisis hitting the United States.

What sort of lamebrained knee-jerk reaction is this? Last I read, Northern Illinois University was full to bursting with students as a result of the continued urban sprawl - and they want to tear down a fully-functional building used for teaching? Then replace it?

Hey, Downstaters, lookee there, King Rod wants to give Chicago a $68 million bailout for mismanaging their mass transportation system.

And little Oreana couldn't get a half-mil so it's citizens can have safe drinking water.