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Heed the ads, but check fine print

Best Buy employee Damon Huff brings out a display of GPS units Wednesday in preparation for the store's Black Friday post-Thanksgiving sale.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Day after Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving, Abilene, TX, Abilene Metro

Sun Nov 22, 2009

SmartMoney.com

Giving Junior His Best Holiday Ever

In an ironic twist, less expensive price points for popular toys put them on more parents' shopping lists -- even as predictions of sluggish sales led retailers to downsize holiday inventory orders.

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Related Topix: Hamsters, Pets

Fri Nov 20, 2009

Scotsman.com Living

Will Lyons on wine: The Italian job

DOES anyone understand Italian wine? I mean really understand the country and its wines in the same way as we do with France or New Zealand perhaps.

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Related Topix: Drink, Wine

Wed Nov 18, 2009

The Herald

First among unequals - The Diary, 18 November 2009

Just to rub it in to Scotland fans what they will be missing, even New Zealand, famous for the oval ball and not the round variety, have qualified for the World Cup finals.

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Related Topix: Diary, Reality TV, Entertainment, Television, New Zealand Travel, Travel

Mon Nov 16, 2009

Examiner.com

Garden of Eden Wines: a local garage wine

The following is a profile of a local winemaking team, Brett Johnson and Joshua Stanton, both current students at the University of Cincinnati and their operation, Garden of Eden Wines.

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Related Topix: Drink, Wine, University of Cincinnati

Sat Nov 14, 2009

Telegraph.co.uk

100 books that defined the noughties

Zadie, Nigella, Steig and, of course, the boy wizard. The decade has seen publishing phenomenons like no other, but which books, for better or worse, have summed up the noughties? by Brian MacArthur Published: 12:00PM GMT 13 Nov 2009 Never in the history of bookselling has there been such a phenomenon as Harry Potter; JK Rowling's series sold in ...

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Related Topix: Harry Potter, Books, Entertainment, Drama, Television

Thu Nov 12, 2009

Cherokee Ledger News

Two new members join Canton City Council

Woodstock incumbents swept the Nov. 3 city council election, but there will be a few new faces in Canton.

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Related Topix: Woodstock, GA, Canton, GA, Cherokee County, GA, Mixed Martial Arts, Georges St-Pierre, Kennesaw, GA

Tue Nov 10, 2009

Los Angeles Times

Website listing addresses and aerial photos of celebrity homes comes under scrutiny

Suppose you could look at the pool in back of James Cameron's Malibu estate. Or admire the ornate garden at Haim Saban's Beverly Hills mansion.

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Related Topix: Home Gardening, Home, Florida, Paris Hilton, Journalism, Matt Drudge

Sat Nov 07, 2009

St. Petersburg Times

Bargains in store for Tampa Bay shoppers

Stephanie Hayes and Colleen Jenkins , Times Staff Writers In Print: Saturday, November 7, 2009 Cashier Jamesha Williams checks out customers Julie Mackley, left, and her mother-in-law, Dorothy Mackley, who bought several items on sale Friday at the Tyrone Square Mall Sears.

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Related Topix: Colleen, Electronic, Life, Holidays, Halloween, Christmas, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Day after Thanksgiving

Wed Nov 04, 2009

New York Daily News

This is why we do what we do... - by Scott Reiner

Read this piece from the Daily Beast . If you want honest wine, at all price points, you have to find them, they will not find you.

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Related Topix: Drink, Wine

Mon Nov 02, 2009

GamesIndustry.biz

Savvy consumers pick up Modern Warfare 2 for A 24.99

Smart consumers are taking advantage of various offers at retail to buy Activision's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 for less than half the recommended retail price.

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Sat Oct 31, 2009

Silicon Alley Insider

ICANN Opens Huge International Gold Rush

Domain squatters better start breaking out copies of Rosetta Stone language learning software.

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Thu Oct 22, 2009

BusinessWeek

The BusinessWeek Best Seller List

Last month: - , Months on list: 1 2. BOUNCE BACK By John Calipari with David Scott Kentucky's basketball coach on rebounding after setbacks.

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Sat Oct 17, 2009

Orlando Weekly

Live Active Cultures

The horses were my first clue that something was wrong. I thought it would be a piece of cake.

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Related Topix: Orlando Metro, Orlando, FL, Orange County, FL

Thu Oct 15, 2009

Des Moines Register

Frost damages late-planted corn

Iowa farmers said their corn and soybean fields came through the weekend freeze basically intact, but some damage was reported.

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Related Topix: Iowa, Agriculture, Science, Weather, US News, United States Department of Agriculture

Tue Oct 13, 2009

Bloomberg Business News

Bob Dylan Plays Gruff Santa, Croaky Herald Angel on Holiday CD: Mark Beech

Bob Dylana s Christmas album is out: words to strike terror into the heart of some rock fans.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Christmas

Mon Oct 12, 2009

Ars Technica

PlayStation Store Update: Crunchin' critters edition

Do you like eating bugs? How about neon vomit? If you answered yes to one or both of those questions, this week's PlayStation Store update is for you! Headlining the weekly update is Critter Crunch , an adorable and addictive puzzle game that features beautiful, hand-drawn graphics and a variety of modes to keep puzzle addicts busy for some time.

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Related Topix: Video Games, Sony PSP, Pop/Rock, Live

Sat Oct 10, 2009

KKSF 103.7 - Smooth Jazz

Mariah Carey Show To Be Streamed Over Computer, Phones

Mariah Carey has announced that she will simulcast a recent show in Las Vegas to Internet-enabled phones and through iTunes, iClips and other digital platforms, on Saturday, October 10.

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Related Topix: Mariah Carey, Black Entertainment, Pop/Rock

Thu Oct 08, 2009

Deseret News

U.-produced iPhone app explores body

Now there's an app for that. Scientists, students, doctors and patients can now study the human body, evaluate medical problems and analyze three-dimensional images from their iPhone, using new applications created by University of Utah researchers, available from Apple Inc.'s iTunes App Store.

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Related Topix: iPhone, University of Utah, Laptops/Notebooks, Online Music, Science, Computer Science

Wed Oct 07, 2009

University of North Texas News Service

UNT named one of America's 100 Best College Buys for 14th year

DENTON , Texas -- For the 14th year in a row, the University of North Texas has been named to the list of America's 100 Best College BuysA , compiled annually by Institutional Research & Evaluation, Inc .

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Related Topix: Denton, TX, University of North Texas, Texas A&M University, Abilene Christian University, Standardized Testing, Education

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