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According to The Kansas City Star, we poor Johnson County residents have been suffering from a lack of shopping.

But retail square footage in the county increased 49.3 percent in 2007, with the addition of 1.3 million square feet….

It seems to me that "new urbanism" needs to be about more than shopping opportuni...

Cover songs get own best and worst lists Friday, Jun 27, 2008 - 12:06 AM

By MELISSA RUGGIERI Don't ever ask people their opinion about the "best" or "worst" anything unless you're prepared for an argument.

But I'm sure that even the most zealous debater won't have much to say about British magazine Total Guitar this week naming Celine Dion's version of "You Shook Me All Night ...

Bill Gates, who today ends his full-time involvement with the company he and Paul Allen cofounded 33 years ago, was often right. The Microsoft empire of 91,200 employees, billions in profit and ubiquitous products stands as testament.

Bill Gates shows off Windows software in this 1990 photo. That was also the year Microsoft became the first software company to surpass $1 billion in sales....

EXETER — The former Exeter Area Junior High School building will officially be turned over to Squamscott Community Commons on Monday, June 30.

The Exeter Region Cooperative School Board approved a warranty deed and maintenance agreement and supported signing the appropriate documents that would transfer the building to the community center during a meeting on Tuesday, June 24. The C...

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) — Malaysia's national carmaker Proton on Friday launched a "zero-defect" campaign aimed at erasing a reputation for poor quality that has left it struggling to compete against foreign competitors.

Proton managing director Syed Zainal Abidin also announced plans to fit all models with natural gas tanks from October to help motorists beat the rising cost of fuel. ...

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It’s arguably been one of the hottest and most controversial issues in Austin this past year: the school board at Austin Public Schools.

Opinions have been fierc...

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What?! No!! America's presses didn't exactly screech to a halt, but the media lapped up the story, with reporters descending on tiny Gloucester, Mass., from as far away as Brazil and Poland.

Teens making a pact to get pregnant enjoyed several news cycles not because it was so unbelievable, but because i...

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Topics included ''Britney's Tears: the Abject Female Celebrity in Post-emotional Society'' and ''Hooker, Victim and/or Doormat: Lindsay Lohan and the Culture of Celebrity Notoriety.'' European and American academics met Wednesday to examine society's fascination with ''train wreck'' female celebrities and why the public and the media seem to get a kick out of Britney's meltdown, ...

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SAN FRANCISCO, June 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Fordela Corporation [http://www.fordela.com ] has announced the launch of its online video platform; Fordela Media Manager(TM), a full-...