Callie Walker, 21, was a third year student at Sam Houston State in Huntsville, Texas when she decided to drive three hours to Austin and audition for the Real World.
"This Texas native spent her childhood years falling on hard times at one point living in a warehouse, then a junkyard–an experience that for years made [...]

Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine has ranked its "Best Cities 2009"—But the list might as well be termed "Top Ten Cities for Clinging onto Your Job."
Kiplinger's formula examined areas' income growth, cost of living, and whether the local industries will "help generate new jobs and businesses once the recession ends."
Other cities on the list: Huntsville (thanks [...]