(CNSNews.com) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday he still likes the ideas of theoretical communism "very much," and recalled that unlike many others he had not publicly destroyed his Communist Party membership card, but still keeps it at home.
"In contrast to many functionaries I did not throw my membership card away or burn it in public," he told supporters in the southern city of Stavropol. "I still keep it at home."
BOSTON – Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority workers are in line for more than $49 million in collective retirement pay simply because they stashed away unused sick days, according to an analysis from the Pioneer Institute in Boston.
Public records obtained by the policy research organization show that the T's staff piled up 380,155 unused sick days by the end of 2014. One employee had amassed 407 days.
