David Baldacci, Amanda Hocking and Stephenie Meyer Join the Kindle Million Club

David Baldacci, Amanda Hocking and Stephenie Meyer Join the Kindle Million Club

17 November 2011

SEATTLE, Nov 09, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) — /quotes/zigman/63011/quotes/nls/amzn AMZN -2.68% –Amazon.com, inc., today announced that David Baldacci, Amanda Hocking and Stephenie Meyer are the latest authors to join the Kindle Million Club, selling over 1 million paid copies of their books in the Amazon.com Kindle Store ( amazon.com/kindlestore ). They join 11 other authors in [...]

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OSU football still has life, but fans shouldn’t hold their breath

OSU football still has life, but fans shouldn’t hold their breath

17 November 2011

well, it happened. the letdown. Squeezed in between the massive win against Wisconsin on Halloween weekend and impending matchups with Penn State and Michigan, were a pair of games with our border rivals. when Indiana visited the ‘Shoe Nov. 5, the Buckeyes got past their first potential letdown hurdle in a slightly sloppy 34-20 win. [...]

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A Mission’s Troubles Offer Window on an Unsteady Region in Afghanistan

A Mission’s Troubles Offer Window on an Unsteady Region in Afghanistan

17 November 2011

Mimi WellsSoldiers posted at Checkpoint 2.5 keep 24-hour guard duty. Conditions at the checkpoint are bare, and its position is so exposed that soldiers are required to wear body armor at almost all times — even in the bathroom. They came carrying cases of frozen meat, downloaded episodes of their favorite TV shows, baby wipes [...]

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New research calls for Moratorium on 1080 poison use

New research calls for Moratorium on 1080 poison use

17 November 2011

Friday, 4 November 2011, 5:24 pm Press Release: The Graf Boys New research calls for Moratorium on 1080 poison use TheGraf Boys The following discussion piece, releasedthis week, explains how research used to support 1080 poisonuse in New Zealand does not stand up to basic scrutiny, andsuggests bird species that are most likely to show [...]

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Park Sterling Corporation and Community Capital Corporation Complete
Merger

Park Sterling Corporation and Community Capital Corporation Complete Merger

17 November 2011

CHARLOTTE, NC and GREENWOOD, SC, Nov 01, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) –Park Sterling Corporation /quotes/zigman/2380070/quotes/nls/pstb PSTB +0.51% , the holding company forPark Sterling Bank, which has its main office in Charlotte, NorthCarolina, announced today the completion of its acquisition ofCommunity Capital Corporation , the holding company forCapitalBank, which has its main office in Greenwood, South [...]

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IFF, PH, AIZ, SKM, APH – Stocks to watch at NYSE

IFF, PH, AIZ, SKM, APH – Stocks to watch at NYSE

16 November 2011

International Flavors & Fragrances inc. (NYSE: IFF) went up 1.51%, to close at $54.45 and its overall traded volume was 1.15M shares during the last session against its average volume of 1.03M. IFF opened at $54.19 and is trading within the range of $54.09-$54.89. the stock has a 52-week range of $50.40-$66.29. At current market [...]

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F1: My season is like a bad round of golf, says Hamilton

16 November 2011

LONDON – McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton has played down the significance of being beaten by a team mate over the course of a season for the first time in his motor racing career. The Briton won in Abu Dhabi on Sunday but left the Yas Marina circuit knowing that whatever happens in next week’s season-ending race [...]

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TempletonEmerg.Mkt. – Net Asset Value(s)

TempletonEmerg.Mkt. – Net Asset Value(s)

16 November 2011

Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust PLC (“TEMIT”) On behalf of TEMIT, Franklin Templeton Investment Management Limited reports the unaudited cum-income net asset value (“NAV”) of TEMIT as at 15th November (Stuttgart: A0Z24E – news) 2011 was £1,998m, representing a NAV of 605.66 pence per share. The unaudited ex-income NAV of TEMIT as at 15th November [...]

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Harvesting the Farm

Harvesting the Farm

16 November 2011

When it comes to trees, Stanford takes the cake. Its tree community is vast, from the iconic palms along Palm Drive to the illustrious unofficial mascot. but Stanford also has dozens of edible fruit trees tucked away in nearly every corner of the Farm. According to retired chief groundskeeper Herb Fong, many of these fruit [...]

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Alabama mistakes make difference

Alabama mistakes make difference

16 November 2011

Beyond all of Alabama’s stalled drives and four failed field goals, No. 1 LSU made the kind of plays that can sometimes supply the sliver of difference needed to continue on the path to a national title. The fourth-ranked Crimson Tide didn’t in that 9-6 overtime defeat in a 1-versus-2 matchup Saturday night. “that was [...]

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