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Israel braces for crime war after mobster dies in car bomb - SummaryTel Aviv - Israeli police were bracing Monday night for an all-out mob war, after a powerful car bomb killed the head of one of the country's most powerful and prominent crime families earlier in the day. Yakov Alperon, 54, died when the bomb ripped ... ... |
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When The Shop Roams YouCaption: At top - customers sit at ease selecting groceries as shelf moves past. Lower photo shows clerk restocking the endless shelves. Inset shows operation of the novel store. Modern Mechanix blog has a snippet from a new self-service store c. 1933 where instead of you roaming the aisles, the ... |
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AltSearchEngines Leaves the ReadWriteWeb Blog Network; Moves IndependentWe've learned via Yakov at Quintura that the AltSearchEngines blog has moved into independent status. This info has been confirmed by AltSearchEngines editor Charles Knight.The site launched in June 2007 and Compete shows 40,000 unique visitors in September 2008.This news comes just days after th... |
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Russia's WomanJournal Raises €6 Million For ExpansionThe publisher of WomanJournal.ru, Russia's leading female site, has raised €6 million ($7.7 million) from three French investors, as this segment hots up not just in the west but in the increasingly busy Russia, too. Milanor sold a big minority stake to Ventech, XAnge and AGF, though the siz... |
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Vladimir Putin Tests Russian GPS on His Own Dog [In Russia...]Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has been pushing for a Russian satellite navigation system known unfortunately as GLONASS, and yesterday the system had its first launch: a tracking collar for the PM's dog, a black labrador named Koni. According to Putin, "She's wagging her tail, she li... |
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LA Times: War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, And Blogs Scoop YouEver since Sam Zell took over the LA Times, mutiny's been in the air. First, those pesky staffers filed a lawsuit against their employer, who they claim is a huckster who is bilking the company out of millions, tax-free. Now, the new editor in charge, Eddy Hartenstein, is calling it treason for ... |
