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In another sign that dead tree media is, well, dying, Amazon.com, the largest book retailer, announced that for the first time, sales of ebooks exceeded the number of hardcovers sold. Amazon sold 143 ebooks for every 100 hardcovers sold during the second quarter of this year. The Kindle Store...

A Tacoma, Wash., man has been named the "bad luck bandit" by police in nearby Wenatchee after he stole Native American collectibles from a local store, but was arrested after his getaway car ran out of gas less than 50 feet from the scene of the crime. After calling police, the store owner...

Just when you thought Apple's iPhone 4 publicity couldn't get any worse, Whoopi Goldberg just murdered it, literally. Goldberg, co-host of the popular daytime talk show The View, expressed her frustration with her new iPhone 4 after it dropped her important interview call while on the air...

In 2007, Lord Conrad Black was convicted by an Illinois U.S. District Court for diverting funds from Hollinger International, a newspaper media company, for personal use including corporate jets and a lavish NY apartment. His application for bail was rejected, and now the IRS wants $71 million in...

After a recall of 40 products earlier this year, Johnson & Johnson's McNeil Consumer Healthcare division now reports that its over-the-counter pain reliever, Tylenol and other medications involved in the recall, are in short supply and will continue to be limited until 2011. The shortage is due...

Denny's Corporation is planning to launch franchises across the UK within two years. The stores in England stores will continue the traditional Denny's personal table-service, with breakfast, lunch, dinner, and late night food options at value prices. The company currently owns 1,500 locations...

The City of Austin Animal Advisory Commission arrived at a unanimous vote on Wednesday evening to propose a ban on retail sales of cats and dogs that are not spayed or neutered -- ones not sterilized to prevent the birth of unwanted litters, which contributes to the overpopulation of animals. The...

The US Department of Labor fined a Baltimore County McDonald's franchise owner for child labor violations. Bill Taylor, President of B&D Taylor Inc., which owns the McDonald's on Sweet Air Road in Phoenix, MD, must pay about $30,500 in back wages and child labor penalties. Taylor's company...

The pressure to go big has finally hit Carl's Jr. The chain is currently testing "Footlong Cheeseburgers" at several California locations. The test launch comes just after KFC introduced its Double Down sandwich, and Sonic's release of its Footlong hot dog Quarter Pounder Coney. The giant...

Standing 25 ft. tall and 122 ft. long, a dinosaur made of scrap wood--called the "Vermontasaurus"--may be more reviled in Green Mountain State than even Barney. And because neighbors and regulators don't like it much, this intended piece of art might need a permit--or else go extinct. Brian...