August glimpses (USA Today)
U.S. troops who have died while serving in Iraq and Kuwait in August....more...Banking and Financial (Mondaq)
On June 14, 2007, the Delaware Court of Chancery enjoined a shareholders meeting of the Topps Company, Inc. (Topps), at which a vote was to have taken place on its acquisition by private equity co-sponsors Madison Dearborn Partners LLP and an entity controlled by former Disney CEO Michael Eisner (together, the Eisner Group)....more... THE LEADING MEN: Sarich, David and Evan (Playbill)
Question: Are you having fun as Jean Valjean? Drew Sarich: I'm having a blast, man. It's one of those things where you're just given such an unbelievable part to make your own, and I've been given the chance to sort of build the character the way I wanted to build it....more... Back-to-School Confidential (Coastsider)
Night before school All kids bathed, stories read, in bed by 8:30. Day One Up at 5:30, shower and dressed by 6:00 Breakfast of pancakes with warm syrup, sausages and fresh squeezed orange juice served with lecture on ?a good breakfast fuels your brain?. Play Mozart for kids to kick-start the day. Make lunch. Food pyramid balanced lunch including mini-sandwiches cut into hearts, homemade ......more... Tabloids for broadsheet readers | FORUMS (Anorak)
Who will make the most money after Big Brother? Loading ......more... The Birth of EBay (American Heritage)
Did you know that eBay started as a place to sell Pez dispensers? The story goes like this: Pierre Omidyar, a French-born computer programmer living in California, was having dinner one night in 1995 with his girlfriend....more... Verner column: If Coy goes, can economy survive? (Salisbury Post)
For a while there, I was afraid that Coy Privette was going to commit a disappointing and regrettable act by quickly removing himself from the Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners....more... Reviews Some fall leaves will belong to books well worth reading (Tacoma News Tribune)
?No entertainment is so cheap as reading,? British writer Lady Mary Wortley Montague wrote two centuries ago, ?nor any pleasure so lasting.?...more... East End celebrates homes, garden, rescue (The Cincinnati Post)
It's just one of those humble little Cincinnati streets that veers down toward the river from the street they used to call Eastern Avenue, now Riverside Drive. But the people who live on Strader Street have much to celebrate....more... |