Like a con man luring an innocent into a game of three-card monte, the tax code is no stranger to now-you-see-it, now-you-don't sleight of hand. Many tax deductions, exemptions, and other breaks are highly visible when enacted but can disappear when it comes to filling out a tax return.
James Scurlock's film Maxed Out takes a hard look at the American lending industry and how it has enabled the country's spiraling debt. Scurlock, a business school dropout who opened and sold four restaurants before he turned 25, discusses recent shakeups in the business world and where both debtors and lenders should go from here.
James Scurlock wanted to make the credit card version of Super Size Me, Morgan Spurlock's irreverent look at obesity and the fast-food industry in America. His plan was to move about the country and record the absurdity of American spending and consumerism.
AP - A deadly attack on an Islamic school in Thailand's restive south that left three students dead and seven injured sparked hundreds of Muslim villagers to rioted Sunday in protest.
Women will be told not to drink while pregnant or even when trying for a baby in controversial government guidelines which will mean warning labels being put on bottles of wine, spirits and beer.
Three suicide bombers driving trucks rigged with tanks of toxic chlorine gas struck targets in heavily Sunni Anbar province, a U.S. military spokesman said today. The attacks killed at least two people and sickened 350 Iraqi civilians and six U.S. troops. The province has been a hub for Sunni militants, including some supporting al Qaeda in Iraq.