In the so-called year of the e-book, retail bookshops are reporting brisk sales for high-priced titles.
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Steve Jobs Biography and Other Hot Titles Bookstore Lures
A host of investments are being launched targeting the world’s fastest growing economies – the so-called Civets.
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Rise of the fast-growing Civets
In voting to repeal a withholding requirement for contractors, the House overwhelmingly approved the first of the so-called jobs bills that Republicans and Democrats have agreed upon.
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In Small Burst of Bipartisanship, House Passes Two Pieces of Jobs Bill
Amid a flurry of counter-proposals from the deficit-reduction committee, House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) on Thursday rejected a Democratic offer to slash $3 trillion from future debts because it contained significant tax increases. While GOP negotiators offered a slimmer package of savings with virtually no tax hikes, Boehner said the Democratic request for $1.3 trillion in new tax revenue was a non-starter and gave his most pessimistic outlook to date that the so-called “supercommittee” would achieve its deficit target by its Thanksgiving deadline. Read full article > >
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Boehner rejects Democratic $3 trillion deficit reduction proposal to ‘supercommittee’
In the wake of criticism for the way she handled the so-called “banana man” incident — in which a costumed student ran across a football field during a game — the principal of Colonial Forge High School in Stafford County has resigned. Karen Spillman’s departure was announced Tuesday, according to Fredericksburg.com . The Web site reports that Assistant Superintendent Lisa Martin will supervise the school until an interim principal is assigned. A search will be conducted to fill the vacancy permanently. Read full article > >
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The UK government announces the setting up of a commission to look into the so-called West Lothian question.
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Probe into West Lothian question
Ten of the 12 members of the so-called debt reduction “supercommittee” represent districts or states that went for President Obama in 2008 – a reflection of the political concerns that will be paramount when lawmakers meet in the coming weeks. None of the 12 members have immediate concerns about their political futures in the 2012 election – at least right now – but a few of them have reason to be watching their backs as they advance with what is likely to be a tortuous and tricky political process. Read full article > >
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Obama voters are well-represented on debt reduction ‘supercommittee’
This article written by Aslan Media Founder Reza Aslan originally appeared on WashingtonPost.com on August 4, 2011 Six months after a coalition of activist groups in Egypt toppled Hosni Mubarak from power, many in the West are once again raising alarms that the so-called Arab Spring is merely the harbinger of an Islamist takeover of the Middle East.
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The Islam Debate Egypt Needs
Small plates have earned Jose Andres one of the food world’s biggest honors. The man credited with popularizing tapas — the Spanish custom of dining on small, shared plates — was named the nation’s most outstanding chef Monday during the James Beard Foundation’s annual awards ceremony, the so-called Oscars of the culinary crowd. Read full article > >
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Google has defended recent changes to its search system – the so-called “Panda”update – that reduced the prominence of some popular websites.
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Google denies Panda hit on rival
Researchers say the tools may be as old as 15,500 years, retiring a hypothesis that the so-called Clovis people arrived first.
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Tools Suggest Earlier Human Arrival in America
A victim of the so-called Night Stalker “prayed for a quick death” before being sexually assaulted, a court hears.
The first company executive arrested over India’s biggest corruption inquiry, the so-called 2G scandal, appears in court in Mumbai.
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India telecoms executive in court
Even as protesters hold a “day of rage” against the Syrian government, the so-called resistance bloc of nations and Islamist movements, led by Syria and Iran, is applauding the protests in Egypt for weakening regional adversaries, Egyptian President…
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U.S. Foes Heartened by Egypt
A Goldblog reader writes: You mentioned something you saw the other night, the ReWalk device that helps paraplegics stand and move. It looks like a miraculous device, and I bet a lot of paraplegics would like to have access to it. The ReWalk is made in Israel, so does this mean that the boycott-Israel movement would prevent paraplegics from getting this device? Why, yes it would, it seems, based on my reading of boycott movement material (some boycotters insist they are only boycotting products made in settlements, but most of the so-called Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement seeks to shun anything produced by Jewish Israelis. A boycott is a boycott, after all. I’m sure paraplegics would understand.
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In Small Burst of Bipartisanship, House Passes Two Pieces of Jobs Bill
Friday, October 28th, 2011Boehner rejects Democratic $3 trillion deficit reduction proposal to ‘supercommittee’
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