“Paper Trail”

http://money.msn.com/family-money/article.aspx?post=c585dab8-5a06-4b22-8937-56622f0acaa9

Three scammers were busted in Florida for swindling senior citizens into buying high volumes of special toilet paper to comply with fake, government septic tank requirements.  Like the septic tanks, the scammers were full of it.

Seniors were targeted specifically by the phone scammers because they are the only people left who pick up their home phone.

Embarrassed victims were more than a little flushed.

Some of the seniors thought they were getting a great deal on special toilet paper, but they were just getting wiped out.

“Who’s Afraid of the Big, Bad Endangered Species Act”

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2011/02/mont-governor-says-state-will-ignore-us-protections-and-kill-gray-wolves/1

Montana’s Governor Brian Schweitzer informed the White House Wednesday that his state will allow the killing of federally protected gray wolves preying on livestock. The governor insists that there is an even more endangered species to protect; Little Red Riding Hood.

Schweitzer is concerned about a backlash. he doesn't want to be known as the governor who cried wolf.

To protect their cattle herds, some ranchers have had to kill individual wolves, but now some hunters are up to a pack a day.

Teenagers nationwide are asking for special protection at any cost for Taylor Lautner.

“Big Rigs’ New Rules”

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/driveon/post/2010/10/trucks-fuel-economy-rules-epa-mileage-standards/1

The White House has proposed new rules for fuel economy by big rigs, buses, and heavy-duty pick-up trucks starting in 2014. This shows great optimism by the Obama administration, in that they expect American industry, shipping, and travel to somehow survive the next 3 years.