Anne Messenger\'s hair stood on end as she read her former administrative assistant\'s Facebook profile. The picture showed the woman in a sultry pose, smoking a cigarette. Her main interests? Men and drinking. Yet in her interview, the candidate had seemed personable and energetic. The position included bookkeeping and her math skills were a little subpar, but she could brush them up on the job, right?\n

It\'s appropriate, as we head into a long holiday weekend to celebrate America\'s independence, that the dollar rallied a bit Thursday.\n

Rates on 30-year fixed mortgages fell for the first time in three weeks after the Federal Reserve said last week that it expects inflation to level off, according to mortgage backer Freddie Mac.\n