Fans charged $690 for Jimmy Page book
(AFP)
Fri, 10 Sep 2010 14:23:47 GMT
AFP - A leather and silk-bound photographic autobiography by Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page will go on sale later this month for a hefty 445 pounds (540 euros, 690 dollars).
Wash. executes man convicted of woman's murder
(AP)
Fri, 10 Sep 2010 09:43:17 GMT
AP - Convicted killer Cal Coburn Brown was executed early Friday by lethal injection for the rape, torture and murder of a Seattle-area woman, after delivering a statement complaining he was treated unfairly by the legal system.
Wife of gospel star Marvin Sapp dies of cancer
(AP)
Fri, 10 Sep 2010 09:58:02 GMT
AP - Gospel singer Marvin Sapp is mourning the death of his wife and manager, MaLinda Sapp.
World's most expensive book to go under the hammer
(Reuters)
Fri, 10 Sep 2010 05:34:17 GMT
Reuters - A rare book by America's most famous bird artist, John James Audubon, billed as the most expensive in the world, is going under the hammer in December alongside a first edition of Shakespeare's plays.
Report: US must deal with homegrown terror problem
(AP)
Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:49:06 GMT
AP - The U.S. was slow to take seriously the threat posed by homegrown radicals and the government has failed to put systems in place to deal with the growing phenomenon, according to a new report compiled by the former heads of the Sept. 11 Commission.
Fact or Fiction? Top 8 Linux Myths Debunked
(PC World)
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 18:18:00 GMT
PC World - If the idea of using Linux in your business is one that makes you nervous, chances are you've fallen prey to one or more of the many myths out there that are frequently disseminated by competing vendors such as Microsoft. After all, each Linux user means one less sale for such companies, so they have a powerful motivation to spread such FUD.
Vt.: Log Cabin All Natural Syrup not the real deal
(AP)
Thu, 09 Sep 2010 20:05:45 GMT
AP - A new Log Cabin syrup touted as "all natural" looks a lot like the pure, 100 percent maple product that's the pride of Vermont, right down to its packaging in a plastic beige jug.
Medvedev rejects claims of Russia authoritarianism
(AP)
Fri, 10 Sep 2010 14:44:58 GMT
AP - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Friday hotly rejected criticism of his country as authoritarian, calling it a young democracy, but indicated authorities won't ease up on opposition movements whose attempts to rally are often broken up harshly by police.
Russians mourn bombing victims; 6 others killed
(AP)
Fri, 10 Sep 2010 15:23:35 GMT
AP - Clashes between police and alleged militants left six more people dead Friday in Russia's volatile North Caucasus, even as stunned residents laid flowers in a square where a suicide car bombing killed 17 people and wounded more than 140 only a day ago.
Obama: America's enemy is al-Qaida, not Islam
(AP)
Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:54:19 GMT
AP - President Barack Obama is appealing for religious tolerance, reminding Americans that the "overwhelming majority" of Muslims around the world are peace-loving people.