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Cigarettes, newspaper billed at $2,323.49

A Canadian man in Winnipeg is fighting a credit card bill from a 7-Eleven store of $2,323.49 for two packages of cigarettes and a newspaper.

Paul Westerberg Album "49" Offered as 49-Cent MP3 Download

Los Angeles - Paul Westerberg, frontman for the 80's alternative rock band, has made his latest solo album, "49," available for download from the Amazon MP3 and TuneCore stores for just 49 cents. "He finished it on Monday, sent it to me on Tuesday and it was out this weekend," Westerberg manager Darren Hill told Billboard.com. "It's just wonderful that you can actually do this. The freedom an artist can enjoy these days is fantastic. Can you imagine me pitching this idea to a label?"

Newspaper chain Gannett buys all of web marketing service ShopLocal

Newspaper chain Gannett Co. Inc. has bought out its two partners and taken full ownership of ShopLocal LLC, which hosts online versions of newspaper circulars for more than 100 multi-channel retailers.

Newspaper reports Microsoft, AOL continue talks

Executives from Microsoft Corp. and Time Warner Inc.'s AOL are trying to advance discussions on a possible combination that could give the software maker an alternative to a deal with Yahoo Inc., a newspaper reported Wednesday.

Duck-Billed Dinosaurs "Outgrew" Their Predators

The duck-billed dinosaur Hypacrosaurus grew three to five times faster than the fearsome predators that hunted it, reaching its full size by age ten, according to a new study.

Duck-Billed Dinosaurs "Outgrew" Their Predators

Talk about being a big baby. The duck-billed dinosaur Hypacrosaurus grew three to five times faster than the fearsome predators that hunted it, reaching its full size by age ten, according to a new study.

Duck-billed dinosaurs outgrew predators to survive

With long limbs and a soft body, the duck-billed hadrosaur had few defenses against predators such as tyrannosaurs. But new research on the bones of this plant-eating dinosaur suggests that it had at least one advantage: It grew to adulthood much faster than its predators, giving it superiority in size.

Busts net illegal cigarettes

Two Winnipeggers' stockpile of black market cigarettes went up in smoke during separate busts in the North End by Winnipeg police and provincial investigators this week.

Court orders online newspaper editor to identify visitors to website

Reporters Without Borders condemns today’s decision by a Kuala Lumpur high court ordering the editor of the Malaysia Today online newspaper,

Big Tobacco Lures Young Smokers With Menthol Cigarettes: Study

(HealthDay News) -- Tobacco companies are manipulating menthol levels in cigarettes to appeal to newer, younger smokers, part of a deliberate strategy to get younger people, particularly African-Americans, hooked, a new study contends.

Trucker's toilet stop leaves 49 tons of mess

A truck driver who got caught short while on the road made a bigger mess than he intended, when his unscheduled toilet break left 49 tons of dirt spilled across the highway.

Kumble cautioned for remarks to newspaper

Anil Kumble, India's Test captain, has been cautioned by the BCCI for divulging details of the Sri Lanka tour selection meeting to a newspaper.

Pope doesn't wear Prada: Vatican newspaper

ROME (Reuters) - After years of speculation that Pope Benedict wears shoes by Prada, the Vatican's official newspaper denied such talk as "frivolous".

Get a Logitech Harmony Universal Remote for Xbox 360 for $49.99

If you decided to take advantage of Tuesday's mention of an Xbox 360 deal and plan to utilize the console's media-center features, you'll want a good remote to go with it. Look no further than the Logitech Harmony Advanced Universal Remote for Xbox 360, which eCost has on sale for $49.99 (plus shipping).

Pietersen's tenure begins in style

England 49 for 1 (Bell 22*, Cook 20*) trail South Africa 194 (Smith 46, Anderson 3-42, Harmison 2-49) by 145 runs

Mainichi forcing deletes on forums

Mainichi newspaper has also been forcing the companies with forums that they can put pressure on to delete all posts by members that have anything at all to do with waiwai. The posts go back even 3 years. this does not seem in the spirit of free speech. free speech which allowed Mainichi to grow as a newspaper. I am surprised this website still has anything about waiwai.

NASA negotiating to buy space shuttle successor from Japan

A Japanese newspaper is reporting that NASA has begun negotiating with Japan's space agency to purchase a Japanese spacecraft to replace the space shuttle. The newspaper says US officials have been in unofficial talks with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency about buying the H-2 Transfer Vehicle, or HTV. The HTV is an unmanned cargo vessel being designed to deliver supplies to the international space station, which is currently kept stocked by the space shuttle as well as Russian and European spacecraft.

Row between Wegener and Mecom grows

The supervisory board at Dutch newspaper company Wegener resigned on Friday in a row with British newspaper man David Montgomery, who owns 87% of the company through Mecom.

Israel controversy forces Chicago museum to close exhibit early

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China Says There's No Antitrust Probe On Microsoft

natenovs writes "China's intellectual-property rights enforcer said the government isn't probing Microsoft Corp. for breaching antitrust laws, denying yesterday's report by a state-owned newspaper. 'We are not conducting an anti-monopoly investigation against Microsoft and have no plans to do so,' Yin Xintian, a spokesman and legal director at the State Intellectual Property Office, said by telephone today in Beijing. The newspaper's report is 'completely untrue,' the agency said on its Web site."

China proposes changes to foreign company patent rules - report

BEIJING (XFN-ASIA) - Foreign companies making discoveries in China will have to file for patents here or risk losing legal protection for their intellectual property, the Financial Times reported, citing proposed amendments to the patent law. The amendments, which could become law this year, come at a time when foreign companies including Microsoft are setting up research centers in China as they look to expand sales in the market, the newspaper noted. If foreign companies fail to register Chinese discoveries first in China, rivals will be able to challenge the validity of any subsequent domestic patent and potentially block sales in the local market, the newspaper said. Another proposal involves the adoption of an 'absolute novelty' standard that will make it hard to get a Chinese patent for inventions that are already in use overseas, i

Newspaper apologizes for false royals story

LONDON (Reuters) - One of Britain's most-read newspapers was forced to apologize on Friday after falsely reporting that Queen Elizabeth's husband Prince Philip was suffering from prostate cancer.

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