An invasion of their privacy? - Beacon News
Cherie Aschenbrenner says she hopes she doesn’t have to bail her mother-in-law out of jail someday for not filling out a U.S. Census form. While Aschenbrenner, an elderly services officer for the Elgin Police Department, is just joking about the

Canoe trip recreates Marquette-Jolliet journey - Detroit Free Press
Writer and poet Steven Faulkner had a brilliant idea to grow closer to his distant teenage son. Take a nine-week, 1,000-mile canoe trip. And not just any canoe trip, but one that followed the route Father Jacques Marquette and explorer Louis Jolliet

Credit-union head touts nonprofit’s many advantages - Columbus Dispatch
George Joseph’s banking philosophy reflects his personal finances: Don’t buy what you can’t afford. MIAMI — George Joseph, who leads the Dade County Federal Credit Union, views the services offered by credit unions as the best option for customers

Limited mortgage program launched by NO officials - New Orleans Times-Picayune
Low-income residents who want to buy reconstructed homes in targeted sections of New Orleans can now apply to a program offering up to $65,000 in federal money for that purpose. The money is intended to be a second mortgage that will fill the

Letters, meeting among Stilwell clues on Daniels View project - News-Press
As an investigator looks into whether Lee County Manager Don Stilwell lied to his bosses about ties to a Daniels Parkway land deal, among the clues he may find are: Three documents copied to Stilwell about the county’s potential purchase of Three

Jet boat manufacturers forced to lay off employees - Seattle Post Intelligencer
CLARKSTON, Wash. — Two companies that make jet boats in Clarkston are laying off employees because of slow sales blamed on high fuel prices and the slow economy. ThunderJet laid off about 40 employees but has already rehired 10. Renaissance Marine