Eric Frein's Neighbors: 'We're Prisoners In Our Own Homes'

CANADENSIS, Pa. -- Jill Nobles is a single mother living in the backwoods of Pennsylvania, seven miles from the home of alleged cop killer Eric Frein. Less than two weeks ago, she felt safe -- now she clutches her pepper spray when she leaves the house, unsure if cops will block off her route back when she returns at night.

Alibaba’s Massive I.P.O. Reveals Wall Street’s Rigged Game

Alibaba, the massive Chinese e-commerce company that is the functional equivalent of Amazon, EBay, Uber, PayPal and a bunch of other companies combined, made its debut on the New York Stock Exchange this morning. It was the largest initial public offering in U.S. history, raising over $21.8 billion.

It was also a powerful example of how Wall Street, oftentimes, is a rigged game.

Anti-Islam Ads Will Soon Be Plastered On New York City Buses

An anti-Islam group is preparing to plaster New York City buses with advertisements that defame Islam and use images from the recent execution of American journalist James Foley by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the latest in the organization’s longstanding effort to recast Islam as an inherently violent religion.

The Narrative of the Koch Brothers Tapes: The Debate We Have to Have

The Koch brothers secret conference tapes have by now generated well over 100 national media stories, cable news segments, local TV clips related in the states of the candidates who spoke there, and blog posts. I know of at least seven different ads run directly because of the tapes, either by candidates or groups, and there may well be more on the way. Tens of millions of campaign and organization emails have been sent quoting from the tapes. And some prominent Democrats have been talking about them as well, including Harry Reid and Bill Clinton. The story of these prominent Republicans meeting with the Koch brothers in secret will be reverberating around the 2014 election cycle until election day itself.

Errors and Emissions

This just in: Saving the planet would be cheap; it might even be free. But will anyone believe the good news?

I’ve just been reading two new reports on the economics of fighting climate change: a big study by a blue-ribbon international group, the New Climate Economy Project, and a working paper from the International Monetary Fund. Both claim that strong measures to limit carbon emissions would have hardly any negative effect on economic growth, and might actually lead to faster growth. This may sound too good to be true, but it isn’t. These are serious, careful analyses.

Canada's Inflation Rate At 2.1% On Higher Housing, Telecom Costs

OTTAWA — The rise in the cost of living held steady in August with the annual inflation rate coming in at 2.1 per cent, Statistics Canada said Friday.

That was unchanged from July, when the federal agency's consumer price index also rose by 2.1 per cent over a 12-month period.

What Makes Us Unequal? Class in the Classroom

When Wolfgang Lehmann started university in Germany in the 1980s, he felt like he didn't belong. As the son of a tradesman and a letter carrier, Lehmann was the first to go onto higher education in his family. But despite hard work, financial stress forced him to drop out in his first year.

Now an associate professor of sociology at Western University in London, Ontario, Lehmann applies his past to the present, focusing his research on working class undergraduates, their access to higher education, and the struggles they face in today's labour market.

For these students, rising tuition and uncertain employment are major barriers to success. Student loans and part-time jobs are the reality, and the financial burden is a drain, both during the degree and after graduation as they start to pay off their loans. Often, students with two working parents are ineligible for standard student loans and have to resort to bank loans.

Mall Security Guards Who Killed Unarmed Black Man Won't Be Charged

A prosecutor announced Thursday that no criminal charges will be brought in the case of an unarmed black man killed while being restrained by mall security guards.

McKenzie Cochran, 25, died at the Northland Mall in the Detroit suburb of Southland in January. A day after he had been asked to leave the building over suspicious behavior, Cochran returned and reportedly told a worker at a mall jewelry store that he wanted to kill someone. The worker called security, and when Cochran wouldn't leave, guards pepper-sprayed and restrained him. He struggled on the ground as three officers held him for several minutes, one with a knee in his back.

Temporary Foreign Workers Subject To ‘Quasi-Indentured Status,' Jason Kenney Says

The Harper government has always had an ambivalent relationship with the Temporary Foreign Worker program, on one hand defending the businesses that say they have a legitimate need for the program, on the other working to rein in its abuses.

But recent comments from Employment Minister Jason Kenney would suggest that the Tories — or at least Kenney himself — are growing pretty frustrated with the whole issue.

Obama Faces Mission Creep Questions As Campaign Against Islamic State Expands

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's military campaign against the Islamic State group already has extended beyond the limits he first outlined.

But military experts inside and outside the administration argue that an even greater expansion may be needed for the mission to succeed, including positioning U.S. ground troops with front-line Iraqi security forces.