| Our picks for weekend ideas that can't miss
3:10 To Yuma" // Russell Crowe and Christian Bale bring the Western back to the big screen with class and style in this compelling remake of the 1957 Glenn Ford tale. Crowe stars as a flamboyant outlaw captured by the law, and Bale is a financially ailing farmer who hires on to help escort the bad guy through rough country.
"Sunshine" // The end of the world is at hand in Danny Boyle's sci-fi saga set 50 years from now, when the sun is dying and a band of astronauts sets out on a daring last-gasp mission to re-ignite the fading star. Cillian Murphy leads an ensemble cast as the scientist who developed the bomb that the crew aims to deliver into the sun. Michelle Yeoh, Cliff Curtis, Troy Garity and Rose Byrne co-star as fellow space travelers.
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10 Tips: Fix credit-report errors
Have you ever been horrified to discover errors on your credit report? Such inaccuracies can and should strike fear into any conscientious consumer's heart because of their punishing consequences. What consequences, you ask? Well, they can result in higher interest rates whenever you borrow money, and they can even affect your ability to qualify for credit, insurance, employment or rental housing. To avoid such ominous scenarios, consider these tips for fixing mistakes on your credit report. .
Deal to make BofA No. 1 in mortgages
The Bank of America and Countrywide branch offices are seen in Pasadena, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 10, 2008. A buyout of hobbled mortgage lender Countrywide Financial likely would be approved by regulators, analysts say, because otherwise the company could file for bankruptcy, further disrupting the market for home loans. .
Slap on the Wrist at Columbia?
Nobody forced the racist Gilchrist not to speak. But how about the right of those who disagree with him to voice their opinions? Columbia does not recognize the right of those who protets racists to stand up and display a banner when the racists appear? Well, they should not only permit it — they should encourage it! Instead, of course, Columbia is punishing those who protested the attacks on illegal immigrants. Nothing surprising there — Columbia has a long, dirty history of racism. Up through the WW2 period at least Columbia was infamous for its antisemitism. Jewish professors could not teach English for example! In the ’60s Columbia took away precious Harlem parkland for more buildings, resulting in the SDS-led sit-in of 1968. The students who protested Gilchrist should be applauded.
State in dark on uranium
THERE can be no questioning the resilience of the Queensland Labor Government's administrative prohibition on uranium mining in Queensland. Consider just one challenge the edict has rebounded from during just the past year or so.First, the Queensland Resources Council – representing the state's $18 billion-a-year coal industry – called on then premier Peter Beattie to give the go-ahead to uranium mining, flatly rejecting his contention that uranium mining would threaten coal exports. To his credit, Mr Beattie commissioned an independent report from the University of Queensland's Sustainable Minerals Institute to resolve the question. In January 2007, Uranium and the Queensland Coal Industry – Risk and Opportunity was delivered. Among its conclusions: ". . .
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