Chris Ramos, of Bronx, NY, carries an armload of books through the stacks Friday July 23, 2010 on opening day of the Pequot Library's 50th annual book sale.

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Saturday, July 24, 2010

Chris Ramos, of Bronx, NY, carries an armload of books through the stacks Friday July 23, 2010 on opening day of the Pequot Library's 50th annual book sale.

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Pequot book sale always on the bestseller list

By Robert Austin On Friday afternoon April 16th at approximately 3 p.m., Joseph Benzola locked the door of Metaphysical Books and Tools for the last time and walked away. Forever

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Metaphysical Books. RIP.

OMAHA, Neb. — Jake Varner already etched his name into the history books. But don’t think for a second that Varner is going to be satisfied with second place

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College wrestling: Cyclones land three in NCAA finals (The Ames Tribune)

Ivy League-Around the Ivy League

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Ivy League (USA Today)

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National League Team Notes (USA Today)

theodp writes "Three Amazon inventors set out to correct what they felt was a real problem: that 'out-of-print or rare books ... typically do not include advertisements ... the content is fixed and, therefore, has not been adapted to modern marketing.' Their solution is spelled out in newly-disclosed Amazon patent applications for On-Demand Generating E-Book Content with Advertising and ...

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Amazon Wants Patent For Inserting Ads Into Books (Slashdot)

Rooms and Blooms: A Mystic House and Garden Tour presented by the Mystic River Historical Society and the Mystic Garden Club will take place on June 20, 2009 from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm in Mystic, Connecticut. This is a rare opportunity to view historic and unusual homes and gardens in Mystic.

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Saturday, June 20 2009 (WNPR Connecticut Public Radio)

Fri., Jan. 30...

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Film: Film Love (Creative Loafing Atlanta)

We're in Gary, Indiana where Obama's delivering his closing argument to a crowd of 40,000. Four days until the election and the strain is clearly getting to the Illinois senator.

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A Fit of Temper from Obama (Time Magazine)