What Passes for Good Economic News These Days Gabriel Snyder · 05/08/09 09:00AM 539,000 people lost their jobs in April. Atrocious figure, but fewer than in March.
Survivalist Chicken Coops Sprouting Up Across America John Cook · 04/18/09 10:00AM A confluence of localvore do-gooderism and desperate poverty is transforming America's suburbs into a Third World hellscape, because otherwise-normal people are raising chickens in their backyards.
But Let Me Tell You About the Benefits John Cook · 04/15/09 10:49AM Job listing for a $10-per-hour celebrity assistant attracts 200 applications, including several holding master degrees.