People have to minimize the use of home equity for short term financial needs. Get your budget in order. Home read more

People have to minimize the use of home equity for short term financial needs. Get your budget in order. Home equity lines of credit are for long-term financial needs. They were not meant to buy cars and trips and fuel overspending.

We have seven suburban New York stores that people can go to if they can't get to the Manhattan location.

We have seven suburban New York stores that people can go to if they can't get to the Manhattan location.

Her attitude toward (Ngai) was of a very caring and patient surrogate mother dealing with a slightly retarded child.

Her attitude toward (Ngai) was of a very caring and patient surrogate mother dealing with a slightly retarded child.

We don't think about it too much. We prepare hard every week.

We don't think about it too much. We prepare hard every week.

The storm passed by my shop, and I had to escape from the shower of stones, tear gas and rubber read more

The storm passed by my shop, and I had to escape from the shower of stones, tear gas and rubber bullets to save my life,

He's just a ball hog. He probably could be our best player on offense, but we need him on defense.

He's just a ball hog. He probably could be our best player on offense, but we need him on defense.

I got a text message from (ISU assistant) coach (Todd) Fitch that said 'Congratulations, today is the day you've been read more

I got a text message from (ISU assistant) coach (Todd) Fitch that said 'Congratulations, today is the day you've been waiting for' and it really has been. I'm finally a part of the Cyclone family. I guess I was before, but now I really am part of the team. It's a great day.

Most bureaucracies take a while to get it together, and this is America -- we have so much and we read more

Most bureaucracies take a while to get it together, and this is America -- we have so much and we can't get it together [in the face of Hurricane Katrina], ... So imagine a country that's very poor, with a clunky bureaucracy. The ability to coordinate and manage this sort of crisis, especially in a country with corruption, high levels of alcoholism and a top-heavy bureaucracy, is challenging.

We're in a holding pattern.

We're in a holding pattern.