Wile this may not signal great times are here, it's definitely a positive sign that Americans are not falling behind on credit card debt.
For the first time in a decade, more people paid their credit card bills on time in the third quarter this year than in the second quarter.
The delinquency rate on bank-issued cards like those bearing MasterCard and Visa logos fell to 1.1 percent for the June-to-September period, from a rate of 1.17 percent in the prior three months, according to credit reporting agency TransUnion.
A Seattle, Washington, woman trying to refinance her mortgage got the shock of her life when she learned her credit report listed her as deceased.
A charge of poaching within a national park carries up to six months in jail and $5,000 in fines.
The numbers are up across almost all age and racial groups, including teenage girls and blacks -- groups already disproportionately affected by sexually transmitted diseases.
Residents in one neighborhood say a cat was eaten by a coyote several weeks ago, prompting the pet owner to circulate a flier warning residents.
