According to Ben Stein, now is the time to shop if you can afford it. With low prices and great deals, consumers with cash are in a good place, the economist told CNN's Anderson Cooper on AC 360.

Stein, whose vast résumé includes economist, author, documentary filmmaker, Presidential speech writer, actor and TV game show host, speaks regularly on issues including the economy, politics and

Students, teachers and administrators at the Ron Clark Academy received an unexpected Christmas present this year. A few days before Christmas, Ron Clark, the founder of the innovative school in inner-city Atlanta, received a note from Oprah Winfrey. Included in the note was a check for $365,000.

Many of the school’s students come from low-income homes, and the school finds private donors

Stephen Moore, economic expert and co-author of The End of Prosperity, recently stopped by the Fox News Channel to debate a proposed bailout by the U.S. Conference of Mayors.

Moore is a senior economic writer for The Wall Street Journal and has been an ardent critic of the recent bailouts. Additionally, Moore speaks regularly with various business, civic and politic

Fox News Channel just released its first preview of Glenn Beck’s new daily television program, Glenn Beck. The show premieres Jan. 19 and is said to be somewhat different from Beck’s former program on CNN Headline News.

Beck spent most of December touring the country with his new best-selling book, The Christmas Sweater, and speaking to groups about the future of conservativism and America

[This is part two of "15 Tips from Keith Ferrazzi". If you missed part one, read it here. And now for tips 8 through 15.]

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Get to know some of the most well-known folks at the conference or the conference organizers themselves and hang with them. The important people will rotate by them sooner or later. If you’re there, you'll meet everyone who matters. And if you

Lieutenant Colonel Steve Russell commanded the unit that was a central player in the hunt and capture of Saddam Hussein. LTC Russell speaks across the country, rallying the American public to support the troops with victory, not just words. In November, was elected to the senate in his home state of Oklahoma.

Congrats on your recent election to the Oklahoma State Senate. What led to your d

Kurt Warner from the Arizona Cardinals is the NFL’s leading MVP candidate, according to a recent ESPN poll of leading NFL bloggers.  Warner is perhaps this year’s surprise story, as he was initially supposed to spend this season as backup for the Cardinal’s starting quarterback Matt Leinart. On August 30, however, the Cardinal’s announced that Warner would be replacing Leinart as starter,

Apparently, Alan Colmes is irreplaceable. When Colmes announced on Nov. 24 that he was leaving Fox News Channel’s Hannity and Colmes, there was no word on who would replace him as Sean Hannity’s liberal sparring partner. After weeks of considering their options, Fox has announced that Colmes will, in fact, not be replaced and that the show will simply become Hannity's solo show, now simpl

Mike Huckabee stopped by The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and spoke about the economy, the Gov. Blagojevich scandal and a return to conservative values.

Wildlife icon Jack Hanna recently stopped by Fox News Channel’ Fox and Friends and brings a baby cheetah and a sloth.

The famed zoologist speaks regularly about animal and wildlife issues. For information about booking Jack Hannah, visit www.premierespeakers.com/jack_hannah.

Andy Litinsky started his first company—complete with dozens of employees and six-figure revenue—when he was only 13 years old. Today, the wunderkind is the president of Trump Productions while still in his twenties. He came into the Trump family as a contestant on the second season of The Apprentice. Although Andy didn’t win, Donald Trump quickly hired him back after the show ended. In a

MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough launched a new radio show, The Joe Scarborough Show, on Dec. 8. The ABC Radio show is not the first radio program for the former Republican congressman and host of MSNBC’s Morning Joe. The program will air weekdays from 10 a.m. to noon ET.

Scarborough represented Florida’s first district in U.S. House of Representatives from 1995 to 2001. Since then, he has authored

For the first time since retiring in 2005, Lance Armstrong will return to the Tour de France in 2009. This will mark the first time that Armstrong will race in the Tour de France and Giro d’Italia in the same year.

Armstrong, a seven-time winner of the Tour de France and cancer survivor, announced in September that he was ending his three-year retirement “in order to raise awareness of the

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