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Savvy Tip: Two Ways to Score Free WiFi at the Airport
Searching for (or stealing) someone else's spotty Internet signal is never fun. Trust me, I've tried it — and let's just say Savvy wasn't smiling when it cut out . .
How the World's Biggest Corporations, From Starbucks to Wal-Mart to Barnes & Noble, Claim to Be 'Local'
HSBC, one of the biggest banks on the planet, has taken to calling itself "the world's local bank." Starbucks is un-branding at least three of its Seattle outlets, the first of which just reopened as "15th Avenue Coffee and Tea." Winn-Dixie, a 500-outlet supermarket chain, recently launched a new ad campaign under the tagline, "Local flavor since 1956."STIMULUS WATCH: Early road aid leaves out neediest
STIMULUS WATCH: Early road aid leaves out neediest By MATT APUZZO and BRETT J. BLACKLEDGE WASHINGTON (AP) — Counties suffering the most from job losses stand to receive the least help from President Barack Obama's plan to spend billions of stimulus dollars on roads and bridges, an Associated Press analysis has found. Although the intent of the money is to put people back to work, AP's review of more than 5,500 planned transportation projects nationwide reveals that states are planning to spend the stimulus in communities where jobless rates are already lower.The 53 Places to Go in 2008
:kool: 1. LAOS Vietnam and Cambodia are so 2007. Now, Laos is shaping up to be Indochina's next hot spot.'Atlas Shrugged': From Fiction to Fact in 52 Years (Parallels to today)
'Atlas Shrugged': From Fiction to Fact in 52 Years By STEPHEN MOORE (Wall Street Journa,l JANUARY 9, 2009) Some years ago when I worked at the libertarian Cato Institute, we used to label any new hire who had not yet read "Atlas Shrugged" a "virgin." Being conversant in Ayn Rand's classic novel about the economic carnage caused by big government run amok was practically a job requirement. If only "Atlas" were required reading for every member of Congress and political appointee in the Obama administration.In-flight Internet raises etiquette concerns: Phone calls, expletive-laden chats, pornography open up ‘ticklish area’
NEW YORK - Seat 17D is yapping endlessly on an Internet phone call. Seat 16F is flaming Seat 16D with expletive-laden chats. Seat 16E is too busy surfing pornography sites to care.The Kitchen Sink
The kitchen sinks are ready By Wesley Pruden It's October and time to start throwing the kitchen sink. Throwing the kitchen sink is fun because it makes a lot of noise when it shatters against an opponent's head, particularly when the sink is full of dirty dishes. The dirty dishes this year are mostly from the Obama's Good Time Diner on Chicago's always interesting South Side.No Sleep For Janet Jackson
So I wake up early Monday morning to study and get ready for the outing to see Janet Jackson. I took my test and then was off to New York. I went with my friend Ian who we quickly bonded because of Janet, but we kind of lost in translation because he was able to get on the train to new york but i wasn't able to get on it (he went to get a ticket right when the train got there.)
Eventually i met him at Virgin Megastore where we had to camp out to buy Janet Jackson's album and get free tickets to see her perform at Good Morning America.
GOOGLE WEDDING SEIZES ISLAND
December 5, 2007 -- THE wedding this Saturday of Google co-founder Larry Page on a tiny Caribbean island is a logistical nightmare for planners who are flying in 600 guests on private planes and trying to find deluxe hotel rooms for all the bigwigs. Page, 34, the most eligible bachelor in America, will wed girlfriend Lucy Southworth, 27, on entrepreneur Richard Branson's private getaway, Necker Island, sources confirmed to Page Six. Page and Southworth, a biomedical informatics (information processing) doctoral student at Stanford, have been dating for over a year.Moulin Rouge!
Moulin Rouge! is a 2001 musical film directed by Baz Luhrmann, based largely on the Giuseppe Verdi opera La Traviata. It tells the story of a young British poet/writer, Christian, who falls in love with the star of the Moulin Rouge, cabaret actress and courtesan Satine, played by Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman, respectively.
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