Tolkien Calendar 2009
Tolkien Calendar 2009
by J. R. R. Tolkien
$10.17
Archive for December, 2008
Bad harvest, low demand threaten Pacific fishermen
An unusually weak Dungeness crab harvest is compounding the financial woes of West Coast fishermen who were already struggling with depressed consumer demand and the unprecedented collapse of the Pacific chinook salmon fishery. Commercial fishermen in California,…
Bad harvest, low demand threaten Pacific fishermen
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12 2008
US Economy Shrinks as IMF Warns of Great Depression
Washington – The US economy shrank in the third quarter, official data confirmed Tuesday, as the IMF’s top economist warned of a second Great Depression offering no respite from relentless gloom ahead of Christma
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12 2008
Caregivers get no holiday, though friends, family help
Something about Carol Blackwell is reminiscent of the main character from this year’s film Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day. Not …
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12 2008
Wall Street still flying corporate jets
Crisscrossing the country in corporate jets may no longer fly in Detroit after car executives got a dressing down from Congress. But on Wall Street, the coveted executive perk has hardly been grounded. Six financial firms that received billions in bailout dollars still own and…
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12 2008
Powerful Winter Storm Cuts Power, Disrupts Travel
Winter storm packing snow and freezing rain cuts power to thousands in Midwest, Northeast
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12 2008
Music industry drops effort to sue song swappers
Music industry drops effort to sue song swappers
The group representing the U.S. recording industry said Friday it has abandoned its policy of suing people for sharing songs protected by copyright and will work with Internet service providers to cut abusers’ access if they ignore repeated warnings. The move ends a…
