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Bank seeks repayment of promissory note in court

January 11, 2008 – 7:21 pm

The Bank of Edwardsville filed a breach of contract suit against Reed Overbeck in Madison County Circuit Court Jan. 8, alleging Overbeck defaulted on a promissory note. According to the complaint, Overbeck entered into the agreement on Feb. 6, 2007, in ...

Judge bars Bibles to grade schoolers

January 11, 2008 – 7:10 pm

ST. LOUIS -- A rural Missouri school district's long-standing practice of allowing the distribution of Bibles to grade school students is unconstitutional, a federal judge has ruled. - How is the handing out of Bibles in public school by Gideons ...

House panel postpones Clemens’ personal appearance

January 10, 2008 – 3:39 am

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee announced Wednesday it will delay next week's scheduled Mitchell Report hearing featuring the personal appearance of witnesses Roger Clemens and his former personal trainer, Brian McNamee, until Feb. 13. The committee, after discussions with ...

USPTO Accepts ContractCentral Trademark Application

January 9, 2008 – 3:48 pm

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has accepted ContractCentral's application for Trademark effective January 9, 2008 and has issued serial #77367787.

Frustrated employees lay down rules for cranky customers

January 8, 2008 – 8:45 am

Frustrated employees have banded together on the popular social networking site Facebook to give cranky customers the basic rules on how to order their daily fix if they want to get good service. A trip to Tim Hortons is part of ...

Newport Beach home sells for record $35 million

January 7, 2008 – 11:31 am

Nicolas Cage sold his Newport Beach, Calif., house last week for $35 million — a new record for Orange County, local brokers say. The movie star, who has bought and sold many houses, paid $25 million for the nearly 0.6-acre ...

Audi R8 the Ant’s Pants and the Bee’s Knees

January 5, 2008 – 10:32 am

Among a passel of other international pubs, Automobile, Playboy, and Autobild have all named the R8 the ant's pants and the bee's knees, or something like that. Latest to sign the R8 Fan Register is the Robb Report, which has ...

Young Boy Finds Way to Feed the Homeless

January 4, 2008 – 12:04 pm

Jack Davis is only 11, but he had a pretty grown-up idea: He was disturbed to learn that Florida restaurants throw out food that could be given to the hungry and the homeless -- because the restaurant owners could be ...

Under pressure from EMI, RIAA could disappear

January 3, 2008 – 2:19 am

EMI is unhappy with its contributions to music trade groups. Now, the IFPI confirms to Ars that the organization is taking a hard look at its own budget and mission, with a special eye to its relationship with national groups ...

Download Music From Any Shared iTunes Library with OurTunes

January 2, 2008 – 1:59 am

Windows/Mac only: Freeware application ourTunes downloads music from any shared iTunes library on your network to any folder on your computer. There's a good chance you've heard of ourTunes (or a similar app, myTunes) before, as it used to be ...