Your money is the subject of this evening’s Talking Points memo. As you may know the fed cut interest rates by a half-point, trying desperately to keep the earnings recession from deepening. Once again Alan Greenspan and his posse surprised Wall Street, but this time it was a good surprise …

Haley Joel Osment | Steven Spielberg| Eminem | Soap Star Shines Haley Joel Will Never Be Left Home Alone Don’t worry about 13-year-old A.I.star Haley Joel Osmentbecoming another Macaulay Culkin — a child star mired in controversy with parents picking over his remains. Haley’s father, Eugene Osment, told me at …

Fifth of five parts Dana Giacchetto: The Saga Concludes The people who were more in the dark than anyone — and more vulnerable to Dana Giacchetto— were the common investors, the real people, not the celebrities. Lara Harris, the Shepardfamily, Andy Sarno, Janet Surrey, Sherry Vigdor and Gordon Baird are …

SEATTLE – For decades, Ford trucks have been carrying the load in rural America. But now the automaker’s recent commitment to “Earth-friendly” organizations is planting some seeds of discontent. The once-thriving logging communities ofWestern Montana’sFlathead Valley are struggling to survive, largely becauseofstringent environmental regulations enacted during the Clinton years. That’s …

Kelly Clarkson | Claudia Cohen | Paul McCartney | Odds ‘n’ Ends | Autism Speaks Kelly Clarkson’s New CD Hits Internet Early More than a week before its scheduled release, Kelly Clarkson‘s controversial album, “My December,” is available all over the Internet. I downloaded it quickly last Friday and have …

NEW YORK – The New York City Police Department hate crimes task force tried to determine Wednesday who could have hung a noose on the office door of a black Columbia University professor. An NYPD spokesman told FOXNews.com that the matter was being treated as a hate crime, but offered …

Here are some of your responses to last week’s column… BJ writes: Why do people have a need to know every little detail of celebrities’ lives? Do we really need to know that Christian Bale likes to munch fried bugs??? To know that his “favorite” is live maggots? I could …

Nothing gets you on with living, than thinking of dying. Just ask Fred Thompson. He’s not dying. His now disclosed lymphoma is actually a very treatable, almost mild form of cancer. But it’s still cancer and it’s still scary. Thing is, Thompson doesn’t act scared. For the nearly three years …

New York City is throwing away its welcome mat. Mayor Michael Bloomberg has proposed a new $8-a-day tax for the privilege of driving into Manhattan (unless you stay north of 86th street). For trucks, it’s even worse: $21 a day. The mayor calls it a “congestion fee.” In fact, it’s …

Had a nice weekend, did you? If you had a hard time relaxing on those two days off from the job, let me clue you in on why. People stink. It’s pretty much the same all over the place. Your wife, your husband, your kids, your mother, your father, your …