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Tolkien Calendar 2009 by J. R. R. Tolkien $10.17

High fibre, high investment and high speeds

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  

NY SEN: Paterson Won’t Be Rushed

The 10 best indie movies of 2008

The Fall and Fall of eBay

Remembering Nobel Laureate Harold Pinter – “Is Our Conscience Dead?”

Poll: 25% of small businesses fear they won’t survive

 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

US Economy Shrinks as IMF Warns of Great Depression

GMAC Cleared to Become Bank

Something about Carol Blackwell is reminiscent of the main character from this year’s film Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day. Not …

Caregivers get no holiday, though friends, family help

A light-filled cathedral radiates hope

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…

Wall Street still flying corporate jets 

24 Most Underrated Websites of 2008

IndieVest Attracts Indie-Film Investors With Reduced-Risk Model

Winter storm packing snow and freezing rain cuts power to thousands in Midwest, Northeast

Powerful Winter Storm Cuts Power, Disrupts Travel

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…

Warning of 3m jobless in UK as US slashes interest rates