Oprah Winfrey chooses short story collection

CHICAGO â€“ Oprah Winfrey has blessed the book world’s eternal underdog: the short story. Publishing’s surest hitmaker announced Friday that her latest pick was Uwem […]

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McDonald’s says no way Ronald will retire

Retire Ronald McDonald? No way. That’s the message McDonald’s Corp.’s CEO Jim Skinner gave Thursday to the red-haired clown’s critics who say the cartoon promotes […]

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Volcano in Iceland

The eruption of a volcano beneath Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull has resulted in dangerous amounts of volcanic ash in the sky, huge headaches for travelers, and, it […]

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Billionaire Aids Charity That Aided Him

Were it not for the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, there might be no Google. Thirty years ago today, Sergey Brin, a 6-year-old Soviet boy facing […]

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All That’s Jazz

TOKYO — Jazz musicians have often been called “swinging cats.” But Jiken Miyazaki, founder of CafÃ© Samurai, takes it literally. His “jazz kissaten” (coffee shop) […]

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Pony Express Artifact

A letter that took two years to reach its destination evokes the hazards of the Pony Express In 1860, an ill-fated Pony Express rider, whose […]

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McDonald’s sales take hit from US joblessness

McDonald’s US sales decline deepens as joblessness, competition catch up to burger chain CHICAGO (AP) — The supersized recession that was a boon for business […]