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Kraft vending machine yields samples based on age
CHICAGO — Step up to the vending machine, undergo a facial screening, and get a free Jell-O sample. If you’re an adult with a cell phone, it could be about that easy for the next five weeks at C...
Dec 18, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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McClatchy-Tribune News Service Carlo Galotto, owner of Magnolia Brew Pub in Fort Worth, Texas, got a crash course on Internet etiquette after he seemingly insulted customers on his Facebook page.
Online errors require quick action
FORT WORTH, Texas — Carlo Galotto has gotten a crash course on Internet etiquette, such as how never to seemingly insult customers on your company’s Facebook page. In a now famous, real-time dig...
Dec 18, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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JOHN WRIGHT | The Sun Passengers depart a United Express SkyWest Airlines jet Thursday after arriving at Barkley Regional Airport near Paducah. The flight originated in Chicago.
Holiday travel chugging along
When Olivia Fellows’ older sister moved to Indiana, and added a new baby to the family, Christmas trips from Paducah to New Albany, Ind., became a yearly tradition. Fellows, a senior at the Univ...
Dec 18, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Associated Press Shoppers make their way in the snow with their after Christmas purchases in New York on Dec. 26, 2010. In the weak economy, many people are delaying Christmas for money reasons.
When the most wonderful day of the year comes late
NEW YORK — When Emily Russell’s two young sons wake up on Christmas morning, they’ll find that Santa left them a note instead of the videogames they requested. “Hey, I couldn’t get by your house...
Dec 18, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Congress flips dimmer switch on light bulb law
WASHINGTON — Republicans in Congress are flipping the dimmer switch on a law that sets new energy-savings standards for light bulbs. They’ve reached a deal to delay until October enforcement of ...
Dec 17, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Applications to help with holiday shipping
Getting all those holiday gifts where they need to go — on time — is a chore for many of us. What’s the best way to ship packages? What does it cost? Major shippers have their own smartphone applic...
Dec 16, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Bargainers reach deal to head off shutdown
WASHINGTON — Congressional negotiators reached agreement Thursday on a compromise spending bill to avert a weekend federal shutdown. They also worked toward a deal renewing the payroll tax cut and ...
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Agreement near on spending bill
WASHINGTON — Bipartisan agreement is near on a massive $1 trillion-plus year-end spending package and should be reached in time avert a possible government shutdown this weekend, lawmakers said Thu...
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High-tech tycoons help finance advances in space
SEATTLE — The tycoons of cyberspace are looking to bankroll America’s resurgence in outer space, reviving “Star Trek” dreams that first interested them in science. Microsoft co-founder Paul Alle...
Dec 15, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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US online holiday sales up 15 percent
NEW YORK — U.S. online sales in the holiday season to date are up 15 percent to $24.6 billion, according to comScore. The research firm said Sunday sales on six individual days during the first ...
Dec 12, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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