Free Republic

WASHINGTON (AP) - Americans increasingly see an economic divide between the haves and have-nots, according to a new poll that also finds a majority of people dissatisfied with the country's direction. The poll, released Thursday, indicated the economic boom of the 1990s helped the upper middle-class and wealthy, but had little impact on the outlook or financial condition of those who make less money. "The boom has passed these people by," said pollster Andrew Kohut, director of the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press. Overall satisfaction with the country's direction has fallen in the past six months, ...

June 17, 2001 The L word. Lesbian. In the sports universe -- as in society as a whole -- many don't want to see it, read it, talk about it or even think it. It's an evocative word, sparking passionate reaction, especially when the conversation is about women and sports. This preseason, in the boldest marketing move of the team's five-year history, the WNBA's Los Angeles Sparks are recognizing lesbians as a valuable group in its fledgling fan base by partnering with Girl Bar, a popular Los Angeles lesbian club with 12,000 members, to promote games. "Lesbians like sports, lesbians ...

Dot-Com Bust Creating More Homeless Updated: Fri, Jun 15 12:47 PM EDT By KAREN A. DAVIS, Associated Press Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Mike Schlenz, who recently installed computer networks for a living, had been sleeping in his Honda Civic for three months before he went to a homeless shelter. John Sacrosante, who earned more than $100,000 a year as a free-lance database engineer, spent his 39th birthday last week with the "brothers" he met at the church shelter where he has been living. Both are casualties of the dot-com bust in Silicon Valley, where a surprising number ...

Free Web: It's days are numbered? Updated: Mon, Jun 04 10:48 AM EDT   by Stefanie Olsen, Jim Hu and Mike Yamamoto, Special to ZDNet     Face the facts. Ask the Internet companies that have found out it's tough to stay in business producing a product that's free.  Paul Anderson became a big fan of Yahoo's free Internet phone calls not long after moving to Memphis, but he has learned to live without the service since the portal began charging for it. It will be a different story for his 17-year-old daughter, however. Anderson has not yet mustered the ...

  DISNEY TO RELEASE EPIC FILM HONORING D-DAY  Capitalizing on the success of its high-grossing "PEARL HARBOR", Disney today announced completion of its next blockbuster, "PAY-DAY" which pays tribute to the D-Day invasion of Europe in 1944. The premiere will be held in Normandy, France which has been emptied of its population to accomodate a galaxy of stars, press, network anchors and the Wealthy Hollywood Friends of Bill Who Slept In The Lincoln Bedroom Association. "Relocating the millions of French citizens was easier than we'd anticipated", said the studio's no-nonsense CEO, J. Prescott Greedy. Adjusting his mouse-eared cap, he added, ...