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Bowie Kuhn, Baseball Hall of Fame inductee of 2008, former legal counsel to Major League Baseball for 20 years, and former Commissioner of Baseball for almost 15 years, was once accused by creditors of selling his home in New Jersey and fleeing to Florida to avoid bankruptcy proceedings. That accusation was made according to news [...]

Bankruptcy stories have been the subject lately of many television broadcasts, newspaper articles, Internet stories and even Twitter Tweets. You have probably heard about the Kmart bankruptcy and the Ritz Camera bankruptcy, and almost everyone knows something about the GM bankruptcy. With all of this talk about bankruptcy, you may have questions about what bankruptcy [...]

Image via Wikipedia Excerpts from a news article retrieved on July 1, 2010 from the website archives of the New York Times and posted December 17, 1981 by an author unlisted, read: “Archie and Ray Griffin, former stars for Ohio State and current members of the Cincinnati Bengals, have filed for personal bankruptcy after a [...]

Image via Wikipedia Sometimes bankruptcy is a hard pill to swallow. Certainly that is the perception folks in Michigan may have when it comes to the bankruptcy case of General Motors. Last year Michigan, according to news articles, lost over 21,000 jobs due to the reorganization bankruptcy plan by General Motors to shut down 7 [...]

Merle Haggard, born to Oklahoman parents who moved to Bakersfield, California to escape financial hardships during the depression, is an American country music singer, instrumentalist, and songwriter. Haggard, often called the “poet laureate of the hard hats” because of his intense, dedicated style as a musician who happened to write and perform traditional country songs, [...]

I consider myself a budget expert. I view myself that way because I have lived on a budget all my life, and I know how to. Some of you may be skeptical about this claim, and I can understand that, so, let me tell you how I have done it. First of all, when I [...]

Kim Basinger is an American actress and former fashion model. Many of you know the famous actress because of being recognized through her acting accomplishments by the Academy Awards, Golden Globe Awards, and the Screen Actors Guild Awards, not to mention the many movies she has starred. What many of you may not know about [...]

Dick Smothers is an American actor, comedian, composer and musician who has probably been best known to most of us as being half of the comedy team of the Smothers Brothers. Born in New York City, he grew up in southern California and later attended San Jose State University. The Smothers Brothers appeared on numerous [...]

Richard Dick Lane, nicknamed “Night Train” by his teammates who idolized his stealth like cat qualities on the playing field, was an American football player who started his pro football career with the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League. He was best known as a defensive corner-back who racked up a record 14 [...]