Here we go with more scattershooting for the masses and with the masses. I hope you've got a little time to "spin the bottle" with the Casester, so let's gather around that cozy computer campfire and we'll get this little hoedown going. Be sure to bring some extra logs.

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It's almost here. Thanksgiving. Turkey at the table with all the trimmings. Families gathering together. The Macy's annual parade. The Cowboys (Okay,...

In 2009 :
Lo : 34 °
Hi : 71 °
Rainfall : 0.00 “

In 2008 :
Lo : 39 °
Hi : 73 °
Rainfall : 0.00 ”

In 2007 :
Lo : 34 °
Hi : 64 °
Rainfall : 0.00 “

The prices of mortgage backed securities came under some pressure yesterday following several positive economic reports and unexpected strong earnings from Ford. The volume of trading was rather thin, but the losses held until close causing several lenders to reissue new rate sheets increasing consumer borrowing costs.

The economic calendar is very light today. The most significant report being Factory Orders which shows the monthly change in the dollar amount of new orders for both...

Betsy Lawler found herself in quite the quandary while cooking dinner for her family of five on Monday evening. In what appears to be an obvious case of contamination from the factory; a sailor hat, a bulging piece of a man's forearm with an anchor tattoo, and a pipe were found in her can of spinach.

"I was shocked and horrified at first," said Lawler. "There I was just hoping to fix a nice dinner for my family and I gasped in horror when I poured the contents of the...

The incredible amount of rain that fell in September only continued and intesified in October 2009. This month started out with cloudy and wet days for the first half of the month. By the second half of the month, we still had inches of rain but we are able to see some perfectly clear skies a few days. Because we had so many fast moving cold fronts through our area this month, October 2009 ended .8 degrees F cooler than normal, the first cool October since 2003. Also, these fronts matched up with...