More sad than funny ...
Books, Inq. (Free subscription) | yesterday
... Memoir 'Last Words' is pure George Carlin. (Hat tip, Paul Davis.)
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Chicago customs ...
Books, Inq. (Free subscription) | yesterday
... Prince of the City: The mysterious mob hit on 1920s Tribune reporter Jake Lingle . (Hat tip, Paul Davis.) The story of Jake Lingle remains one of Chicago’s nagging murder mysteries, retold in books, a movie, episodes of The Untouchables, and countless newspaper and magazine articles. The case offers a vivid window on a particularly raw moment in Chicago’s past, but the Lingle saga also...
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Little Compton's school hard hit by suspected flu cases
Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
By Paul Davis LITTLE COMPTON, R.I. -- Suspected swine flu spread through the rural Wilbur & McMahon School last week, sending 80 elementary students -- about a quarter of the school -- home Friday with fevers, aches and coughs. "All of it was flu related," said Principal James M. Gibney, who attributed the surge in illness to the school's small size and the town's tight-knit community,...
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Mike James to miss next five weeks with broken hand
Wizards Insider (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Wizards assistant coach Sam Cassell emerged from the locker room last Saturday, covering in a full lather of sweat. He shouted, "I got him! I got him!" Cassell had just beaten Paul Davis in a game of one-on-one, 12-11, after coming back from a 7-1 deficit. Cassell shouted, "These guys don't understand. I retired by choice! Not by force!" The Wizards don't have a roster spot available...
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Police may face charges over violent arrest
The Observer (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Babar Ahmad case being reviewed by DPP after force paid £60,000 in damages Five Metropolitan police officers could face prosecution over a "serious, gratuitous and prolonged" attack on a British Muslim man that led the force to pay £60,000 in damages. Keir Starmer, the director of public prosecutions (DPP), is considering whether to bring charges against officers from the force's...
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The Speed of Growth of Perspective's Collaborative Learning Manager
PRWeb - Daily News Feed (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
An ever increasing number of local authorities are finding assistance in their monitoring of students attendance and progression through the use of Perspective's, a leading authority in apprenticeship training and distribution learning, Collaborative Learning Manager. (PRWeb Nov 8, 2009) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/11/prweb3169784.htm
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Paul Davis: Opening meetings, case closed
Opelika-Auburn News (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
I am not a quitter, usually. Most of the time, I have given up involved debates with my bride. I usually pose, back away, and pout. We built a home last year. I mean, she and daughter-in-law built a new home at Lake Martin. I made one suggestion and it was shot down quicker than a quail over a baited field. I made no other suggestions.
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Coinstar Tumbles Post Q3; Redbox Launches The 3-Studio Work Around
Tech Trader Daily (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
DVDs for rent, cheap. Coinstar (CSTR) shares are down sharply today following the company’s Q3 financial report yesterday. The numbers were a bit confusing; the top-line was lighter than the Street consensus, although that apparently reflected the inclusion in the Street’s estimates of the company’s entertainment unit, which was [...]
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Incoherent self-absorption ...
Books, Inq. (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
... The Prisoner (the new one) reviewed . (Hat tip, Paul Davis.)
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Coinstar Inc. Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
SeekingAlpha Retail Stocks (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Coinstar Inc. ( CSTR ) Q3 2009 Earnings Call November 05, 2009; 05:00 pm ET Complete Story »
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Redbox Third-Quarter Revenue Up 90%
Inside Redbox (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Redbox parent company Coinstar released its third-quarter investor update today, and the news was stellar. 3Q revenue from Coinstar’s Redbox and much-smaller DVDXpress brands jumped to $198.1 million, a 90% increase over the $104.2 million earned in the same period in 2008. Redbox’s sales growth surpassed marketing and administration costs, as operating income doubled to $34.5 [...]
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Vintage journalism ...
Books, Inq. (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
... The Death of Newsroom Swagger. (Hat tip, Paul Davis.) See also Go West, Old Media. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)
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Details emerge in case of missing Chipley baby
Dothan Eagle (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
A woman whose vehicle neighbors said was at the same residence where a baby was reported missing hours later in Chipley, Fla., on Saturday once wrote Florida’s governor, claiming the baby was in a harmful environment.
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Canadian jailed for flying stolen plane into U.S.
CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
A Canadian student pilot who stole a plane from a flight school in Thunder Bay, Ont., and flew it across four U.S. states, shadowed by jet fighters, has been sentenced to two years in an American prison.
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Redbox Begins Testing Higher Rental Prices
Inside Redbox (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Several commenters on this site have claimed recently that Redbox kiosks in their areas have been charging more than $1 per night for rentals. The kiosk vendor confirmed yesterday that it is currently testing two different pricing models, one in Albuquerque, New Mexico and one in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Kiosks in Albuquerque are charging $1.50 per [...]