Semper fidelis, the U.S. Marine Corps motto, means "always faithful" in Latin. As a young grunt serving at Camp Lejeune, N.C., Duane Draughon learned to remain loyal to the mission -- "whatever the cost," he says.
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- You missed your window, Big Ten teams.
Thinking of throwing a tantrum the next time things don't go your way when you travel? Consider what happened to Gary Zeune before you do.
When hunting for cash, desperate small business owners may find themselves sucked into buying books and software packages promising "Billions in Free Grants!" from Web sites with names like NeverPayItBack.com, or hiring consultants who promise to find them gads of money. All they're likely to get, though, are empty promises.
Jared Sullinger, a 6-foot-8, 260-pound sledgehammer from Columbus, Ohio, insists softness has no place in his family. "No one ever cries," he says. "It isn't allowed."
Who are we kidding? An African safari isn't in the cards this year. Neither is a trip to an exotic island where your gang can snorkel with every variety of tropical fish.
A Florida law enforcement report has found no credible evidence that a teenager's father threatened to kill her for converting from Islam to Christianity.
A judge has ordered mediation in the case of a teen girl who says her family threatened to kill her for converting from Islam to Christianity.
The parents of an Ohio teenager who claims her father threatened to kill her because she converted from Islam to Christianity denied Thursday all allegations against them.
A Muslim teenager from Ohio says her father threatened to kill her because she converted to Christianity.
Semper fidelis, the U.S. Marine Corps motto, means "always faithful" in Latin. As a young grunt serving at Camp Lejeune, N.C., Duane Draughon learned to remain loyal to the mission -- "whatever the cost," he says.
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- You missed your window, Big Ten teams.
Thinking of throwing a tantrum the next time things don't go your way when you travel? Consider what happened to Gary Zeune before you do.
When hunting for cash, desperate small business owners may find themselves sucked into buying books and software packages promising "Billions in Free Grants!" from Web sites with names like NeverPayItBack.com, or hiring consultants who promise to find them gads of money. All they're likely to get, though, are empty promises.
Jared Sullinger, a 6-foot-8, 260-pound sledgehammer from Columbus, Ohio, insists softness has no place in his family. "No one ever cries," he says. "It isn't allowed."
Who are we kidding? An African safari isn't in the cards this year. Neither is a trip to an exotic island where your gang can snorkel with every variety of tropical fish.
A Florida law enforcement report has found no credible evidence that a teenager's father threatened to kill her for converting from Islam to Christianity.
A judge has ordered mediation in the case of a teen girl who says her family threatened to kill her for converting from Islam to Christianity.
The parents of an Ohio teenager who claims her father threatened to kill her because she converted from Islam to Christianity denied Thursday all allegations against them.
A Muslim teenager from Ohio says her father threatened to kill her because she converted to Christianity.
Matthew and Marnie Brannon, co-owners of Midwest Fiat in Columbus, Ohio, have run their vintage Italian car parts and service shop for five years. Late last year, they were offered the chance to buy a competitor and expand their business -- but no bank would lend them the money to do it.
The localness of what we did down at the paper defined everything. Even as a kid brand-new to the staff and brand-new to the newspaper business, hired to work during summer vacations, I could tell that.
It was a success story the White House was eager to highlight: Earlier this year, President Obama attended the graduation of 25 police recruits in Columbus, Ohio, touting it as a victory for the federal stimulus package.
Seeking to remove unapproved drugs from the marketplace, the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday ordered nine companies to stop manufacturing narcotics whose therapeutic claims have not been proved.
For Officer Joshua Vandop, Friday was special on many levels. For one, his graduation from a police training program featured President Obama as the commencement speaker.
President Obama on Friday touted the benefits of his economic recovery plan at a police cadet graduation made possible as a result of the recently passed $787 billion stimulus package.
War. In heated rivalries, you can't get around that word when describing the competition of two archrivals battling each other. On Wednesday, the U.S. and Mexico resume their heated relationship in Columbus, Ohio, as the final round of World Cup qualifying begins.
Thousands more workers got bad news on Tuesday as companies in fields ranging from financial services to retail announced job cuts.
A family of four has been found dead in a suburban Columbus, Ohio, home in what's believed to be a murder-suicide, authorities said Thursday.
Dana Zoladz and four friends thought they would cast ballots Sunday in Columbus, Ohio. Then they learned how long they'd need to stand in line.
The ailing economy is leading many Americans to skip doctor visits, skimp on their medicine, and put off mammograms, Pap smears and other tests
The number of teen suicides has fallen slightly but the rate remains disturbingly high, researchers said
A death row inmate scheduled for execution says he's too fat to be put to death, claiming executioners would have trouble finding his veins and that his weight could diminish the effectiveness of one of the lethal injection drugs
Research shows that about 1,000 Americans are hurt on golf carts every month. Males aged 10 to 19 and people over 80 had the highest injury rates
The political battle over whether state Attorney General Marc Dann should leave office has taken on the feel of a standoff
A new study shows that gymnastics causes as many injuries as ice hockey or soccer, but improved equipment is helping
Never underestimate a car rental company's drive to make an extra buck. Amy Villa did when she rented a car from Alamo in Columbus, Ohio, recently, and she ended up paying twice as much as she expected.
• Jessica Simpson, attending boyfriend Tony Romo's teammate Bobby Carpenter's wedding in Columbus, Ohio. The festivities took place at the Spice Bar – and Simpson got along famously with everyone. A guest tells us: "It was like one big happy family."
As U.S. job growth hits the skids, a shrinking labor market means one thing for the nervous retail workers who reside in Columbus, Ohio: Their jobs are on shaky ground.
When you fork over $36 billion, it stands to reason that you should know exactly what you're paying for.
Question: I've heard that American lenders are now offering something called an offset mortgage, which is popular in the U.K. Do you think this is a good deal? - Jeffrey S. Kallas, Columbus, Ohio
Limited Brands insiders are treating themselves to an early holiday present in the form of $20.6 million in company stock purchases, a bullish sign for the struggling owner of the Victoria's Secret and Bath & Body Works retail chains.
Gold has been on a tear that few other investments can boast of - and gold mining stocks have gone along for the ride in recent months.
1. Be artful. Stock your child's coloring table with used printer paper and empty cereal boxes. He can draw on the unprinted sides of the paper, and the insides of cereal boxes are great for finger painting. Bonus points for turning his artwork into wrapping paper.
Gov. Ted Strickland surveyed the heavily flooded village of Ottawa and urged the federal government to declare a major disaster in north-central Ohio
I wasn't sure if I was supposed to bring a bell, a belt, or a Bill, so I brought all three. -- Martin, Clayton, Nc.
Travel alert: You'll be paying more to fly this summer on planes that are more crowded than ever - even after you've bought your ticket.
We asked, and you answered. In the QuickVotes that appear every day on the front page of the Exchange, you not only voted - you left us comments responding to the issues of the day. Here is a selection of your responses, some of which have been edited:
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) - Three companies are on tap to go public this week, and could raise about $650 million if all the deals are priced at the high end of their estimated range.
As part of our Welcome to the Future special report, we recently asked for your thoughts on the future of the family.
Most of us would like our paychecks to stretch just a little further every week.
When was the last time you updated your will? If it pre-dates oh, the birth of your kids, the purchase of your home or any other major life changes then it's time to dig it out and dust off that vital document.
Florida-based Southeast Airlines announced it has shut down due to the "uncontrollably high cost of fuel," according to a statement posted on the company's Web site.
For every American killed in Iraq, there are many left to grieve at home.
My husband and I made $110,000 last year, but we still live paycheck to paycheck. How can we stop doing that?
A 19th shooting in the Columbus, Ohio, area has been linked to a series of shootings that have left one person dead, authorities said Wednesday.
Summer concerts are a blast, but waiting in line to score tickets--and shelling out megabucks--isn't. So Clear Channel Entertainment, which sells 70% of all summer concert tickets in the U.S. and o...
Clothing retailer Abercrombie & Fitch has a new $130 million, 300-acre campus outside Columbus, Ohio, and "campus" is the defining word. There's a bonfire pit, gym, ATM, drop box for photo processi...
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Conventional wisdom holds that managing your money in youth and in retirement are as similar as tending a garden of seedlings and one of full-grown plants. Young plants or old, the essential ingred...
Q. Our nine-year-old son received a $28,000 settlement following an auto accident. We'd like to invest the money for his college education. How should we proceed so that there's enough money in nin...
So you hope to take out a mortgage, tap the equity in your home or borrow to buy a new car in 1997? Relax. Interest rates don't figure to rise nearly as much as your weight might over the holidays....
Dear Annie: How private is an employee's e-mail? What can an employee do if he or she suspects that the company is snooping around in the e-mail? --Sleepless in Cyberspace
If you make a down payment of less than 20% when you finance a home--as about half this year's estimated 4.7 million home buyers will--the lender will probably demand that you buy a mortgage insura...
Autumn is here, and the sight of yellow school buses should goad parents of thumb-sucking toddlers to start doing something about college tuition. After all, fees have been racing skyward by an ave...
If you're ticked because home values have dropped in your area in recent years, lighten up. Unless you bought close to a market peak, you'll probably come out ahead. Because of leverage, it doesn't...
The long-awaited lift in service sector productivity seems finally to have arrived in, of all places, the huge but heretofore notoriously unproductive retail trade. Economist Bruce Steinberg of Mer...
Ever since no-fault divorce laws removed the need to gather dirt, matrimonial attorneys, as they are known, have enjoyed increased respectability. The best evidence is their sleek, skyscraper offic...
If you've noticed added warmth in your banker's smile lately, there's a reason. With loan demand soft and default rates up, banks are particularly eager to hang on to good customers -- especially t...
Q Please help two ''mortgage slaves.'' We are in the ninth year of a 30-year, $128,000 mortgage at a whopping fixed interest rate of 14%. We'd refinance, but we can't. Thanks to a bad real estate m...
If you've ignored the decade-long hype about banking from home, it's finally time to start paying attention. Several major banks, such as BankOne of Columbus, Ohio, and Chase Manhattan and Citibank...
Those of us in Small Town America look at your September list of the 300 best places to live and pick ''none of the above.'' East Coast arrogance is evident when you describe a West Texas town of 2...
THEY ARE ALL washed up now, dead mice on the economy's kitchen floor. They got in trouble because of their own excesses, and the recession polished them off. You no longer have to worry that the Do...
-- JAMES E. ANDREWS, 63, a leader of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), on the denomination's discussion of proposals to accept premarital sex, bisexuality, and homosexuality: ''I have a feeling tha...
Looking for a Grand Canyon hiking map? A Padua-to-Pisa train schedule? Call one of these travel bookstores (shipping costs about $3):
''It's tough to find anybody in the apartment market who isn't walking around with a long face.'' So says Robert Sheehan, an economist at the National Apartment Association, a lobbying group, of an...
Is the Newspaper Preservation Act living up to its name? Readers and advertisers in a string of cities across the U.S. have reason to wonder. The 1970 law was designed to save failing newspapers by...
Great ideas whose time didn't come: Metric system (1975-?) The federal government spent 12 years and an estimated $20 million trying to persuade the American populace to convert to the metric syste...
Decor of Columbus, Ohio, a 46-store retailer of posters, prints, and lithographs, has agreed to acquire one of its largest competitors, financially troubled Art Explosion Inc. of Fort Lauderdale, F...
IN THE LANGUISHING MARKET for corporate jets, there's one bright spot: the brisk competition at the top between Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. and Avions Marcel Dassault-Breguet Aviation of France. Nei...
Big fancy weddings are back. Altar-bound couples book the Grand Ballroom of New York's Plaza Hotel for receptions 12 months in advance at $50,000 a crack. For $8,800 they take over the ranch house ...
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