This Week in the Mercury
Friday, October 17, 2008
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Posted by Sarah Mirk on Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 8:47 AM
Great Depression II Update: Things still look bad on Wall Street. Housing construction is at its lowest since 1991.
'merican families: With people losing jobs left and right, families struggle to pay college tuition.
Got Melamine? Chinese milk and baby formula is tainted with the industrial chemical, revealing corruption among inspectors.
Money CAN buy anything! The guy who founded PayPal is hellbent on launching a rocket to Mars.
So now fat people are addicts, too. An Oregon researcher says milkshakes are the "cocaine of food."
And, how much trouble is the Oregon budget in? "Several insiders" report that the state might face a $2 billion budget hole.
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