Bill Dedman Quotes
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The Federal Highway Administration has allowed states to take advantage of a loophole in federal regulations, delaying bridge inspections to every four years instead of the two years normally required.
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Groups that work in black neighborhoods around the country have contended that much of subprime lending is 'predatory lending.'
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Federal agencies that own bridges have some of the worst records for on-time inspections. Nearly 3,000 bridges owned by U.S. government agencies went more than two years between checkups.
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In 1900, the typical American was a boy, not yet a teenager, named John. He lived with his parents and his sisters, Mary and Helen, on a farm in New York or Pennsylvania.
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In the Illinois State Capitol, in Springfield, farmer-legislators write the agriculture laws.
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Jason McDermott can be the most ingratiating young man: a born politician.
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FEMA says that it does not factor in previous losses into its decisions on applications to redraw the flood zones.
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The Manhattan district attorney has closed the well-publicized investigation of the handling of the $300 million fortune of reclusive heiress Huguette Clark - without charging anyone with a crime.
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History is the best guide to the future.
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'J'eet jet?' is still the standard way for a Pittsburgher to ask if you're ready for a meal, but the meal itself is no longer limited to chipped ham and an Iron City beer.
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Humidity notwithstanding, summer seems to bring out the best of Cincinnati.
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In Minneapolis, the overhead sky walks protect pedestrians from the winter cold and snow.
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A CBS spokesman said the network's policy was tightened in September 2006 to forbid contributions to political campaigns. Previously, there was a bit of wiggle room.
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Because appearing to be fair is part of being fair, most mainstream news organizations discourage marching for causes, displaying political bumper stickers or giving cash to candidates.
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Every scandal has its road kill: the pedestrians who stumble into the headlights of the oncoming 18-wheeler.
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Jason McDermott's political career, however bogus, appears to have had an early and promising start.
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In Atlanta, with a large African-American population, Sosa is often considered a black man. In Miami and Los Angeles, with larger Hispanic populations, he is a Latino man, and the black label is rejected as robbing Hispanics of a hero.
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After Huguette Clark died in 2011 at age 104, 19 relatives challenged her will, claiming she was mentally ill and had been defrauded by her nurse, attorney and accountant.
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I'm not in the what-people-feel business. It is not my place to guess.
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Huguette Clark was an artist, a painter and doll collector.
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Although the number of manufacturing jobs in the United States has stagnated, dropping 12 percent from a high in the early 1980s, the number of retail jobs has risen 43 percent.
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The Iraq war fueled distrust of the press from both sides.
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Groups that advocate open government have argued that it's vital to know the names of White House visitors, who may have an outsized influence on policy matters.
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Subprime lending is growing faster in black areas than in white areas.