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Readers mourn as Borders prepares for liquidationTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 11:14PMVIENNA - With the announcement that Borders could be turning over its stores to liquidators as early as Friday, the Mid-Ohio Valley will lose its large bookstore. According to the Associated Press, Borders is expected to ask the U.S.

Not Letting Truth Get in Way of a Good StoryTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 11:06PMWASHINGTON - Most would agree that one would have to stoop pretty low to question the story of ...

MLB Meets Comics: Picking 30 Players to Play Famous Superheroes and VillainsTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 5:39PMThe new Captain America  movie is set to hit theaters this weekend in the revival of one of comic books' greatest superheroes. Many who grew up in my generation ('80s and '90s) did so while never having read a comic book—myself included—but rather we were taught how to "collect" them in hopes that someday we could strike it rich.  Thanks to people presumably much smarter than I, we have all been ...

Novelist Hart to speak at USCB author seriesTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 5:28PMJohn Hart, two-time winner of the Edgar Award for best novel and New York Times best-selling author,

Blogging Superstar and Accidental 'Pioneer Woman' Ree Drummond Rustles Up New Food Network SeriesTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 3:15PMAward-winning blogger and best-selling cookbook author Ree Drummond brings her signature wit and down-home recipes to an all-new Food Network series. Shot on location at her family's picturesque Oklahoma ranch, The Pioneer Woman premieres Saturday, August 27th at 11:30AM ET/PT, serving up a slice of frontier life along with the "accidental country girl's" step-by-step recipes for creating ...

10 Stocks With a Conscience to Crush the MarketTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 2:46PMThese stocks have a double-edged sword that could juice your portfolio's returns.

Alison Brod Got Her First Client in an Elevator, Doesn’t Own a Single Pair of JeansTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 2:28PMAlison Brod. When Alison Brod graduated from Tulane University in 1991, she thought she was a shoo-in for a job at an ad agency in New York that represented Ralph Lauren and Revlon. “The boss was my uncle's close friend. I thought, of course they’re going to hire me to be this huge copywriter,” she says. And? “Not happening.” The job market then was tough. Brod gave herself 30 days to find an ...

Is this the Year for British Comedian Gina Yashere?Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 12:45PM*Gina Yashere! Have you heard of her? Sure you have! She was the first British (Bri’ish) performer on the cult classic “Def Comedy Jam.” No? How’s about her being named one of the finalists on “Last Comic Standing,” and she is a regular on television on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean. What do [...]

Law School Grads Face Uncertain ProspectsTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 12:27PMThe New York Times’ David Segal has a devastating piece on the economics of the law school business. Basically, law school programs are hugely profitable, and the schools have expanded — and jacked up prices — rapidly, leaving many grads with too much debt and little in the way of career prospects. In fact, law [...]