Delaware

U.S. Acid Rain Regulations: Did They Work?

Bill Chameides | Posted 05.10.2012

Bill Chameides

U.S. acid rain regulations have worked. What's more, they didn't seem to get in the way of the country's longest economic expansion.

Jason Linkins

Newt Gingrich And The Delaware Primary: This Is A Blog Post About That Stuff

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.24.2012

Tonight, voters in Connecticut, Delaware, Rhode Island, New York and Pennsylvania will cast their votes in their state's GOP primaries. Hey, remember the GOP primaries? Those were fun. And, for all intents and purposes, I sort of figured that the primary season was a done deal, and now that Rick Santorum isn't standing astride the Keystone State, shouting "No!" at Mitt Romney, there wasn't much to be excited about. But it looks like I missed a memo or something, because I should apparently treat Newt Gingrich as if he's up to something game-changing in "the tiny but dangerous state of Delaware."

Bank Of America Shareholders Say $20 Million Settlement Isn't Enough

AP | Posted 04.24.2012

NEW YORK (AP) — A recently proposed $20 million settlement of shareholder claims by Bank of America Corp. over its 2009 acquisition of Merrill Lynch...

A-Sides With Jon Chattman: Hollis Brown, The Spring Standards, and The High Strung

Jon Chattman | Posted 04.23.2012

Jon Chattman

The High Strung's track "The Luck You Got" is the theme song of the William H. Macy/Rossum hit Shameless, but there's more to the Detroit-by-way-of-Brooklyn band than one catchy TV song.

U.S. Lost $1 Billion To Banks In Last 10 Years Thanks To Tax Shelter

Posted 04.16.2012

By Megan Murphy and Vanessa Houlder, Financial Times and Jeff Gerth, ProPublica In November 2001, Bank of New York, a mid-tier U.S. bank, transfe...

Strine, El Paso and the Shaming Thing

Robert Teitelman | Posted 05.28.2012

Robert Teitelman

The best thing about Strine, at the end of the day, is that he has principles and that he's human. That's worth preserving, even if his jokes sometimes go awry.

Best States to Make a Living 2012

Richard Barrington | Posted 05.21.2012

Richard Barrington

Where is the best place to make a living? In today's tough economy, it's an especially relevant question. A recent CareerBuilder survey found that 44 percent of workers said they'd be willing to relocate for a job opportunity.

Governor Says Gay Marriage Is 'Inevitable' In His State

Posted 05.02.2012

Gay marriage in Delaware is inevitable, the state's Governor Jack Markell said on Friday, a day after neighboring Maryland became the eighth state...

The Rising Threat Of Identity Theft

Reuters | Posted 04.29.2012

WASHINGTON, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Identity theft and other scams cost Americans $1.52 billion last year, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said on Tue...

Woman Rescued From Speeding Train Moments Before Smashing Car

Posted 02.24.2012

Stuck on the tracks of the CSX railroad in Newark, Del., 24-year-old Monique Dyton and her sister Christina Johnson, 22, were just moments away from d...

Santorum Set To Squeak Onto Delaware Primary Ballot

The Huffington Post | Anna Staver | Posted 02.24.2012

It looks like Rick Santorum is going to just make it onto the primary ballot in Delaware. His campaign dropped off approximately 1,100 signatures ...

Christine O'Donnell In Major Financial Trouble

Max Rosenthal | Posted 02.06.2012

In 2010, Christine O'Donnell was a Tea Party favorite and fundraising powerhouse. Two years later, the former U.S. Senate candidate from Delaware is n...

Mr. Gingrich, The Faith Community Has Occupied Your Campaign

Joi Ruth Orr | Posted 04.02.2012

Joi Ruth Orr

We are fed up and done with politicians and public figures debasing our communities and children. We will not stand for it.

Five School Programs Feeding America's Children

Danielle Nierenberg | Posted 03.26.2012

Danielle Nierenberg

Beyond the traditional lessons on reading, writing, and math, schools across America are now teaching their students about another crucially important subject that will build the foundation for the rest of their lives: nutrition.

An Open Letter to Newt Gingrich From the Pastors of Poor Children

Joi Ruth Orr | Posted 03.23.2012

Joi Ruth Orr

As a candidate vying for the Republican Presidential nomination, to suggest that poor children collectively lack a work ethic and drive for legal and productive work is entirely classist. Our children deserve better than your degrading rhetoric.

Ron Dicker

Gambling Gains: Another Victory for Sports Betting, in N.J.

HuffingtonPost.com | Ron Dicker | Posted 01.10.2012

Fresh off a victory in his state on the path towards legalizing sports betting, New Jersey state Sen. Raymond Lesniak pledged Tuesday to take the figh...

Delaware Welcomes First Civil Unions

AP | KASEY JONES | Posted 01.02.2012

-- More than 400 people, including a U.S. senator, witnessed the first same-sex civil union in Delaware on New Year's Day. Lawyers Lisa Goodman and ...

State Ed Dept. Threatens To Withhold $2.5 Million In Federal Funds From District

Posted 02.18.2012

In a unique move, Delaware education officials have threatened to withhold $2.5 million in federal funding from a district for failing to provide its ...

9 States Win Race To The Top Early Learning Grant

AP | KIMBERLY HEFLING | Posted 02.15.2012

WASHINGTON — Nine states won a collective $500 million Friday from the federal government to help make pre-K and other early learning programs m...

Delaware Man Unknowingly Offers To Help Alleged Burglar Steal His Own TV

Posted 01.11.2012

A Delaware man nearly became an unknowing accomplice in a crime against himself on Wednesday when he offered to assist a stranger lugging a TV down th...

Mike Sacks

Beau Biden Sues Big Banks' Mortgage Registry

HuffingtonPost.com | Mike Sacks | Posted 12.27.2011

Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden sued a private national mortgage registry on Thursday, citing a slew of deceptive trade practices that prevent ho...

Faulty Data Wrongly Placed School Among Worst In State

Posted 12.11.2011

A Delaware middle school will no longer receive hundreds of thousands in additional funding after it was mistakenly named one of the worst schools in ...

Cops: Mother Tried To Sell Newborn For Trip To Disney World

Posted 12.05.2011

Police say a Delaware mother of three attempted to sell her newborn baby for $15,000 so she could take her other two children to Disney World. Brid...

Delaware's African American Voters Changed the Political Map

David C. Wilson | Posted 11.08.2011

David C. Wilson

A changing racial-ethnic composition in the U.S. suggests that candidates should not fear, or be uncomfortable, going into predominately racial-ethnic communities to communicate their ideas about how to fix problems.

Pediatrician Sentenced To Life In Prison For Sexually Abusing Child Patients

AP | RANDALL CHASE | Posted 10.26.2011

GEORGETOWN, Del. — Former Delaware pediatrician Earl Bradley will spend the rest of his life in prison for committing horrific acts of sexual ab...