A millionaire couple in New York has been convicted on charges related to keeping two slaves in their home. Mahender Murlidhar Sabhnani and Varsha Mahender Sabhnani were both convicted of 12 federal counts of forced labor, conspiracy, involuntary servitude, and […]

Ummm… NO. It’s not in your contract. Buh-bye. But unfortunately, the school board is actually entertaining her request. Karen Petric, the 54 year-old superintendent of Witnall Schools wants to retire early. Her contract says that if she stays until summer […]

Equifax, one of the three big credit bureaus thought they could mess with Angela P. Williams. She said she spent over ten years trying to fix her credit records after her identity was confused with someone else. Williams took Equifax […]

Over on WalletPop, I posted about the story of Trig’s Minocqua Shell. This week, an employee made a mistake when closing the store. He was supposed to change the price of gas to $3.30. Instead, he changed it to 33 […]

While doing some random internet research, I came across some amusing videos of Steve Ballmer, Microsoft’s CEO. The guy tends to get a little excited at Microsoft events, especially when they involve the developers. Enjoy. Steve Ballmer a little sweaty: […]

I just heard the most ridiculous thing on the news. They were, of course, talking about today’s snowstorm. The news reporter said that the City of Milwaukee had some “contingency funds set aside” for snow removal… but that with the […]

In addition to my new gig blogging for AOL at WalletPop.com, I am now also going to be writing for AOL’s BloggingStocks.com. I’ll be writing about fraud and scams for them when the stories related to stocks and investments. Post […]

Skybus has just started offering service out of Milwaukee’s Mitchell International Airport. One flight per day to Columbus, Ohio. In just an hour, you’ll get there while squeezed in like a sardine and no frills. And I mean none. The […]

This was written by Sara Gilbert, who was in charge of the launch of AOL’s new personal finance blog, WalletPop. Welcome to WalletPop Modern man and woman? We’re stressed out, dude. And more and more it’s obvious the chief source […]

AOL is expanding its professional blogging empire with a new personal finance blog called WalletPop. After months of planning and development, the site has finally gone live! The site features several bloggers who are in-the-know about a variety of personal […]