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A cold slice of watermelon has long been a Fourth of July holiday staple. But according to a news release from Texas A&M University at College Station, the juicy fruit may be better suited for Valentine’s Day.... Starbucks to Cut 12,000 Jobs, Close 600 Stores
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About two months ago, I began receiving robo-calls from Michael E. Carter, a candidate for Missouri’s lieutenant governor post who is exploiting the average Joe’s immense dislike of automated phone calls (a.k.a.,...Future of Airlines Bleak As Fuel Prices Climb
In the wake of ever-increasing fuel costs, the nation’s airline industry is receiving more and more attention. Today, however, that attention came in the form of grim news as two industry-focused groups warned that...St. Louis Residents, Charities Nervous About Future
Many St. Louis residents and nonprofit organizations alike are nervous about what the St. Louis Post-Dispatch described today as a Kingdom under siege.The “kingdom,” in this case, is Anheuser-Busch, while... Controversial Barack Obama Photo Revisited
Now that Barack Obama seems to have secured the Democratic Party presidential nomination, I decided it an appropriate time to revisit the message(s) delivered by a controversial photograph (below) published in a BMW... Obama's ‘Fight the Smears’ Web Site Works Both Ways
In a headline today, TIME asks the question, Will Obama’s Anti-Rumor Plan Work? If my little adventure at the new Barack Obama web site, FightTheSmears.com, is any indication, I’d say the answer is,...Ten Ways the Funeral Industry Might Change
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