ATHENS, Greece - March 11, 2010 - Police clashed with stone-throwing youths in Athens on Thursday as tens of thousands of strikers protested against draconian cutbacks aimed at pulling Greece out of a debt crisis shaking the euro zone.

LOS ANGELES, Kalifornia (PNN) - March 11, 2010 - For many Kalifornia areas, unemployment rates moved persistently higher in January, indicating that the national economic recovery propagandists keep telling us is taking place hasn't yet translated into jobs for the Golden State.

FRANKFURT, Germany - March 11, 2010 - Europe's biggest carmaker Volkswagen AG says its 2009 net income declined 80% to 960 million euros ($1.3 billion), confirming its preliminary estimate released in February.

HONOLULU, Hawaii - March 10, 2010 - The Makena Beach and Golf Resort on Maui will be sold at a foreclosure auction April 29.

March 8, 2010 - This year, more Amerikans and businesses may be asking, Where's my tax refund?

KANSAS CITY, Missouri - March 7, 2010 - Kansas City was held up as a national example of bold thinking when it tried to integrate its schools by making them better than the suburban districts where many youngsters were moving. The result was one school with an Olympic-sized swimming pool and another with recording studios.

WASHINGTON - March 7, 2010 - Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay says that Senator Jim Bunning was "brave" for blocking an extension in unemployment benefits.