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Sen. Robert Menendez of New Jersey urged the Federal Reserve last July to approve an acquisition to save a struggling bank in his state. He didn’t mention that the bank’s chairman and vice chairman were big contributors to his political campaign. If the acquisition had been approved, it would have prevented the two executives from losing... [Read more of this story]

A strong earthquake struck Mexico this evening, registering with a 5.7 magnitude, according to the USGS. The Mexico earthquake struck in the Oaxaca region in southern Mexico, 285 miles southeast of Mexico City. It had a preliminary magnitude of 5.9 before being revised to 5.7. Reuters reports that the epicenter of the earthquake was Miahuatlan, Oaxaca,... [Read more of this story]

Produced by HuffPost’s Eyes & Ears Citizen Journalism Unit “Back [in the 60's] segregation was normalized so it’s easy to say ‘If I would have been alive I would have been right there.’ But would we have been?” Bill Ayers, a professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago, posed the question Thursday night... [Read more of this story]

In the aftermath of the weekend’s massive snowstorm, the region came to grips with the fact that digging out will take days, even as more potentially paralyzing winter weather appeared headed this way by Tuesday. Read original article here var addthis_pub = ''; var addthis_language = 'en';var addthis_options = 'email, favorites, digg, delicious,... [Read more of this story]

Despite the Colts’ 31-17 loss to the Saints in Super Bowl XLIV, they can feel good that their championship apparel will be put to good use. All of the clothes made in case the Colts were to win the Super Bowl will go to areas in need in earthquake-damaged Haiti. That should at least be on thing to please Pierre Garcon, a wide receiver for the... [Read more of this story]