MOCK THE VOTE!

11/4: Spanky's Is Your 2008 Election HQ! Not only is Spanky's your home for the NashvilleStandUp.com Open Mic on Tuesday nights, but this Tuesday night Spanky's will become your 2008 Election Head Quarters with the "Longest running Open Mic in the South East" starting at 8 PM. And you know a night like this can't be complete without a special appearance by "Druncle Sam." Be sure to come out and share history with your friends at www.NashvilleStandUp.com. HD election coverage behind the bar with on stage updates through... [Read the full story]

Supernanny Saves A Mother of Six

Supernanny has her work cut out for her tonight. Blythe Newsome is a mother of six children who lost her house to foreclosure, went through a divorce, and lost her best friend to cancer. Oh, and she doesn’t even have her own bedroom, sleeping on the couch of the family’s rental. The kids used to behave, but now they are angry, cranky, and take advantage of their tired mom. Observation Elspeth, age 5, fights with everyone. The whole house in chaos while everyone does whatever they want. Daly locks himself... [Read the full story]

Wifeswap Dreadlocks vs. Discipline

Wife Swap follows two families with different financial strategies and styles of discipline tonight. Janna Vallone is the mother of four children, who lets them decide what to do each day. She and her husband wear dreadlocks and if they run out of food or money, depend on others to fill their bellies. Katrina Martin is the disciplined mother of four daughters. They use spreadsheets to schedule their daughters chores. Janna is a Rastafarian, a religion that believes the former governor of an African nation is a god... [Read the full story]

Gulf states’ spending spree goes on as investors buy stakes in Barclays

The billionaire sheikh who last month bought Manchester City Football Club was among a group of oil-rich investors that yesterday announced a deal to buy almost a third of Barclays Bank.While the rest of the world hunkers down to take shelter from the financial crisis, the Arab Gulf states, awash with petrodollars as the oil price reached $147 (£91) a barrel over the summer, are still spending freely. Royal families and government-backed funds from the region have been collecting a growing portfolio of assets, including... [Read the full story]

Pensions: what the history books can say about the future

Proinsias O'Mahony on whether investing in shares is the best retirement planning method Read More →

Toby Young The office clown

Toby Young's main source of income these days is from food reality shows, he offers some good advice to wannabe contestants - Keep it simple Read More →

Graveyard shift

Dave Miller and his family live in a 1930s detached lodge set in 12 and a half acres of rolling parkland. It's quiet as the grave beyond walls of robust red brick. But then that tends to be the way with cemeteries, especially after dark. "Halloween is the only night I leave the big gates unlocked," he says, "just to see if any trick-or-treaters are brave enough to come knocking on our door." The few who do are well rewarded with sweets. "One lad stopped chewing long enough to tell us that he wouldn't like to live where we... [Read the full story]

Dear Jeremy: Problems at work? Our agony uncle has the answers

Dear Jeremy: Problems at work? Our agony uncle has the answers Read More →

Lenders rushing to seek repossessions

Every day 120 people are losing their homes, as repossession cases rocketed by 70% between March and June. And every day Gill Hankey, 61, who runs the Bankruptcy Advisory Service, sees them coming through her doors."The lenders are going hell for leather to get repossessions through. The government's told them they have to go softer with a new set of court protocols from November 17. It means that right now they're rushing everything through as soon as they can."Yesterday I saw a woman from Tyneside with a Northern Rock... [Read the full story]

Snooping around: Homes near nightlife

Night owls and cityphiles should apply within; these homes are expertly urban Read More →

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