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Cool yule buzz on the latest in gift gear for your nerd

In the holiday stampede, it's all too easy to pick an outdated gadget or obsolete program. Widely available for $299. — Victor Godinez Sound ID 400 Bluetooth headset What is it? The $129 Sound ID 400 is available at...

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November 21st Updates to the Online Best of 2009 Book Lists

Today's updates to the list of online "best of 2009" book lists: Amazon.com (best book covers) David Wolach (best poetry books) Libraries Matter (children's books) Library Journal (best books) Library Journal (best genre...

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Palin's Book Tour To Stop In Washington Co. Today

NORTH STRABANE TOWNSHIP (KDKA/AP) ― Sarah Palin will be signing books at the Sam's Club in North Strabane Township today. Eric Engman/Getty Images Former Vice-Presidential candidate Sarah Palin will be in Washington County...

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Happy 89th birthday to Stan 'The Man' Musial

His father Lukasz, a Polish immigrant, almost immediately began to call the boy "Stashu." If you grew up in St. Louis, by now you know the math, which is so familiar that it must have been taught in the public and private...

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10-year-old skates to new heights

Boy turns playtime passion into a book, Web site and more Shawn D. Lewis / The Detroit News Southfield -- Estin Baldwin is a published author who dreams of turning his first book about skateboarding friends into a film and...

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Personal checks becoming currency of holidays past

Nov 21, 2009 (The Dallas Morning News - In October, the Dallas Federal Reserve Bank stopped processing paper checks at its Uptown facility. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is aggressively integrating its stores and Web site this year....

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New vs. used electronics: What is best?

This Christmas, as some children beg for game consoles and families dream of owning flat-screen TVs, many shoppers will face a conundrum: Should they buy electronics brand new or take a chance on used?

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Book: 'Retrofitting Suburbia'

In light of the usual focus on how to redevelop urban cores, the book "Retrofitting Suburbia: Urban Design Solutions for Redesigning Suburbs" offers an interesting look at the possible future of suburbs, and what to do with all...

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[$$] Game Changer (at Barrons.com)

LOOK OUT, GAMESTOP. YOU MAY SOON GET NETFLIXED. It's rare that I write about start-ups because we try to focus on publicly held companies that readers can invest in today rather than tomorrow. But every now and again, I come...

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What to Do When the Dow Hits 7,500 Again (at Motley Fool)

Talk about ironic. I originally submitted this article to my editor more than a year ago, after the Dow had fallen "all the way" to 11,500 -- but it didn't get published. And now, here we are, happy to be "all the way" back to...

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