Hotel owners seek ability to block hotel Wi-Fi access

Hotel owners seek ability to block hotel Wi-Fi access

by James O’Connor Marriott International and the American Hotel and Lodging Association are asking the Federal Communications Commission to give hotels the go ahead to remotely disable the Wi-Fi devices that some travelers use to connect their laptops...
More Americans buying pet insurance

More Americans buying pet insurance

by Carol Thompson As veterinarians perform more and more complex procedures on domestic animals, more and more Americans are turning to pet insurance polices to cover the sometimes exorbitant  cost of care. According to the North American Pet Health Insurance...
Tempe downtown gets a new name

Tempe downtown gets a new name

by Carol Thompson Arizona State University, known to be one of the largest, if not the largest, partying college in the nation, is situated in close proximity to Tempe’s famous Mill Avenue District. Earlier this month, the area was rebranded- downtown Tempe- or...
Buffalo snow: Most stranded thruway vehicles cleared

Buffalo snow: Most stranded thruway vehicles cleared

by Carol Thompson The ferocious snowstorm that pelted the Buffalo, New York area left hundreds stranded on the thruway. Most of those vehicles have now been cleared, according to a Thruway official and efforts are reportedly underway to free about 100 remaining...
Civil Forfeiture Puts Bank Accounts – and More – At Risk

Civil Forfeiture Puts Bank Accounts – and More – At Risk

by C.J. McKinney Carole Hinders runs a little Mexican restaurant in Iowa called Mrs. Lady’s Mexican Food.  She’s been in business for nearly forty years.  But when the IRS seized her bank accounts in 2013 and left her business in ruins, this law-abiding...