Noble Charter Schools here in Chicago have collected nearly $200,000 by giving students demerits and then charging them “fees” to enter detention. Is it a good idea to charge students for detention? 

Gallup’s unemployment survey says that the jobless rate is at 9%. The feds say it’s a robust 8.3%. 

The Dow Jones industrial average closed on Tuesday at 12,965, just shy of the high it reached earlier in the day. Stocks shot up on news of the new Greek bailout. 

Comedian David Cross says that he snorted cocaine with President Obama in room at the White House correspondents dinner, just so he could say he did it. 

The Obama administration is proposing to cut the corporate tax rate from 35% to 28%, and to seek an even lower effective rate for manufacturers.