Thanh Nien Daily Recording artists rail against government CD stampThanh Nien DailyProminent members of Vietnam's recording businesses are requesting permission to issue their own authenticity stamps. The recording officials say they're trying to keep afloat in a market flooded with pirated content. At the same time, they're fed up … …
Read More »Wall Street Journal quotes Valley historian on process to OK stamps – Youngstown Vindicator
Wall Street Journal quotes Valley historian on process to OK stampsYoungstown VindicatorRichard Scarsella of Boardman, president of the William Holmes McGuffey Historical Society, was quoted in a front-page Wall Street Journal article Friday about the amount of time it takes for the US Postal Service to approve stamp subjects. …and …
Read More »Plan for old post office: A suburban throwback, and a pipe dream – Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune Plan for old post office: A suburban throwback, and a pipe dreamChicago TribuneThere is so much financial fantasy in a British developer's $3.5 billion plan for redeveloping 20 acres including the old Chicago post office building that the proposal seems straight out of Disney. A 2000-foot skyscraper? Acres …
Read More »West Virginia to face James Madison at FedEx Field
The West Virginia football team moved its 2012 home game against James Madison to FedEx Field in Landover, Md., in a move that will bring at least $500,000 more in revenue than if the game were in Morgantown. More: continued here
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Waco fire marshals are investigating a second suspected arson at a former post office in two days. Firefighters were at 2400 Colonial Ave. about noon Friday to put out a small fire in the abandoned building, only two days after being called out on a similar blaze at the same …
Read More »Brown fashion catalog is put up for sale – Boston Globe
Boston Globe Brown fashion catalog is put up for saleBoston GlobeA self-described “good Republican'' and “big Scott man'' from suburban Pittsburgh, Bengel bought the catalogue for $100 on eBay and is selling it on Craigslist (and in the Globe classified section) for $250. The 29-page catalog features 14 photos of …
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When it comes to rivalries, the Battle of Alberta is new territory for Tony Washington. More: continued here
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eBay, the online auction powerhouse, reported that second-quarter revenue climbed but profit were dented by charges relating to its acquisition of interactive services company GSI Commerce. More: continued here
Read More »Stamps, Esks best of the West – Montreal Gazette
CBC.ca Stamps, Esks best of the WestMontreal GazetteThe Stamps, meanwhile, have scraped out a 2-1 record through three games but, offensively speaking, have been anything but effective in doing so. And, for the first time since September 2009, they enter a game against Edmonton with the Eskimos ahead of …Veteran …
Read More »Michelle Obama, Wal-Mart and the ‘food desert’ problem – Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times Michelle Obama, Wal-Mart and the 'food desert' problemLos Angeles TimesFarmers markets are springing up in under-served neighborhoods, and some vendors can accept food stamps. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times) Nothing's ever as simple as we'd like it to be. A case in point: Policies that simply …
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