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Thousands of people were ordered to get out of Paradise on Wednesday as an out-of-control wildfire threatened the Northern California city that also was devastated by flames just weeks ago. Authorities ordered residents of 3,200 Paradise homes to evacuate...
Read Thousands evacuate as flames near Paradise, Calif. (Links)
Oil prices rose Wednesday after a U.S. government report showed crude stockpiles fell more than expected and Iran test-fired nine missiles, including a type capable of reaching Israel. Light, sweet crude for August delivery is up 69 cents at $136.73 a barrel...
Read Oil turns higher on US data, Iran missile tests (Links)
For three decades, small-town retailers suffered amid tough competition from big discounters and malls that drew shoppers from a hundred-mile radius. But some retailers in rural areas are now seeing a boost as shoppers clobbered by high gas prices shop more...
Read Signs that rural retailers are seeing a boost (Links)
A man climbed part way up The New York Times' 52-story headquarters early Wednesday, becoming the third person to scale the skyscraper in less than five weeks. The climber, identified by police as David Malone, made it to the 11th floor of the mid-Manhattan...
Read Man arrested after climbing NYC skyscraper (Links)
Iran test-fired nine long- and medium-range missiles Wednesday during war games that officials said aimed to show the country can retaliate against any U.S. or Israeli attack, state television reported. Oil prices jumped on news of the missile tests, rising...
Read Iran test-fires missiles in Persian Gulf (Links)
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called on President Bush to release oil from the government's emergency reserve to knock down gasoline prices she says "are helping push the economy toward recession." Pelosi, D-Calif., in a letter to Bush noted that the Strategic...
Read Pelosi: Tap emergency oil reserve to lower prices (Links)
Women may not earn as much as men or fly up the corporate ladder as quickly, but they get the last laugh since they live longer. Right? As it turns out, women probably aren't saving enough to bankroll those extra years in style. They invest more...
Read Longer lives, less pay _ women not saving enough (Links)
It seems that every new electronic device on the market claims to be Bluetooth enabled. But what exactly is Bluetooth? How can it make your business more efficient? And why is it called Bluetooth? Bluetooth is a wireless technology that uses short-range radio...
Read How to best use Bluetooth technology in a small business (Links)
Executives from major Internet companies - Microsoft Corp., Google Inc. and Facebook Inc. - are due for a grilling about online privacy in a Senate committee today, but the company likely to get the most scrutiny is a small Redwood City startup called NebuAd...
Read Senators likely to scrutinize NebuAd / Redwood City startup's ad tactics create privacy issues for legislators before hearing (Links)
Couch, Internet and cell phone potatoes Americans are watching more television than ever, in addition to spending more time on the Internet, a Nielsen report said Tuesday. Americans spent 127 hours and 15 minutes watching television in May, up 4 percent from...
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