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Historic relic of Great Depression safe for now

The Deadwood Fire Tower is safe from destruction for now, according to Phil Gates, District Forester with the Texas Forest Service. “Nobody has mentioned it to me,” Gates said. “It houses one of our repeater stations for [...]

Posted On : Dec, 19 2012 | Comments : 0

Census: Housing bust worst since Great Depression

The American dream of homeownership has felt its biggest drop since the Great Depression, according to new 2010 census figures released Thursday. The analysis by the Census Bureau found the homeownership rate fell to 65.1 percent last [...]

Posted On : Oct, 07 2011 | Comments : 0

The Great Depression

It might be time to officially subtitle this season of Jersey Shore “Ass Clowns,” what with the alleged salad-tossing a while back, Ronnie’s big bloody butthole two weeks ago, and tonight’s plumbing issues in both [...]

Posted On : Feb, 18 2011 | Comments : 0

Great Depression? Not here

The stock market crashed on Oct. 24, 1929, an economic catastrophe that ushered in the Great Depression. Yet, the events of Black Thursday were never reported in The Van Nuys News. Instead, the twice-weekly forerunner of the Los Angeles [...]

Posted On : Dec, 20 2010 | Comments : 0

The Great Depression wasn't the only big happening

Even though the "Great Depression" was the overwhelming issue during the 1932-1933 time frame, other significant happenings warranted the headlines of the day. Air conditioning and the electric razor were invented; the elect [...]

Posted On : Dec, 31 2009 | Comments : 0

The great depression

New figures show the use of medication to help people cope with their "blues" has soared by 57 per cent over the past 10 years. And there are now more than four million prescriptions a year for "Happy Pills" such a [...]

Posted On : Dec, 16 2009 | Comments : 0

Great Depression

The Great Depression was a dramatic, worldwide economic downturn beginning in some countries as early as 1928. The beginning of the Great Depression in the United States is associated with the stock market crash on October 29, 1929, known a [...]