Credit Crunch Is A Boon For Cookbook Publishers
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Retail sales figures are at their lowest levels in a decade, but one book type that is flying off the shelves is the cooking genre - specifically, cook books with step-by-step guides for cash-strapped families on how to rustle up a meal on a budget.
Easing Death's Sting While Turning A Profit
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Sheriff: Family cremated mom on BBQ, kept benefits
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Geneticist says evolution may be near its end
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LONDON - Human evolution may be winding down as the forces that once drove it - older fathers, isolated populations and widespread child mortality - are disappearing, a geneticist at the University College London argues.
Sentenced to 20 hours of Bach, rap fan lasts minutes
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URBANA, OHIO — A defendant had a hard time facing the music.
Andrew Vactor was facing a $150 fine for playing rap music too loudly on his car stereo in July. But a judge offered to reduce that to $35 if Vactor spent 20 hours listening to classical music by the likes of Bach and Chopin. Vactor, 24, lasted only 15 minutes, a probation officer said.
The New Age Of Frugality
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Duo claim record by watching 57 films in 123 hours
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NEW YORK (AP) -- You may want to try this at home. Suresh Joachim, of Toronto, and Claudia Wavra, of Petersburg, Germany, claim to have broken the Guinness World Record for movie-watching, after seeing 57 films in 123 hours in a plexi-glass house in Times Square.
Mackerel Economics
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When Larry Levine helped prepare divorce papers for a client a few years ago, he got paid in mackerel. Once the case ended, he says, "I had a stack of macks."
Real Home Sells For $1.75 On EBay
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Las Vegas rolling the dice on its new mob museum
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LAS VEGAS -- Las Vegas hopes its newest museum will be a hit.
The city is opening The (redacted) Museum: The Las Vegas Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement, which will showcase southern Nevada's colorful and storied past in organized crime.
