Kindle hindered
Published 9:32 pm Thursday, October 14, 2010
Why books will never die: College students aren’t warming to Amazon.com’s Kindle device, which can be loaded with digital versions of textbooks. Students reportedly miss being able to highlight passages, scribble notes in the margins and mark pages with sticky notes.
But the real problem is they can’t sell the Kindles back to the bookstore at the end of the quarter for beer money.
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Problem solved: A Russian court has ruled against the grandson of Josef Stalin, who once said, “Death solves all problems,” dismissing a libel suit against a Russian newspaper that called the Soviet dictator a “bloodthirsty cannibal.”
However, the paper was told to apologize for its comparison of Stalin’s mustache to a “greasy ferret.”
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Chasing a Dreamliner: Several Washington state-based companies, including Microsoft, Costco, the Seattle Seahawks and Everett’s Cascade Bank have written the Boeing Co. encouraging it to bring its second 787 line to Everett rather than move the jobs elsewhere.
Businesses in South Carolina, another potential site for the 787 plant, also have made their case to Boeing, including Buck’s Farm Supply and Propane, Tony’s Truck Toys and the Hooters restaurant in North Charleston.
