….e-books have now reached that tedious cliché, the tipping point. Amazon.com Inc.’s latest Kindle e-book reader has sold out — weeks before it even started shipping. The new device is smaller, cheaper, and has a better screen. Amazon (AMZN 129.17, -0.48, -0.37%) says it’s now selling more e-books than paper-based books — about 43 %…
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Racine-caught Brown Trout Recognized as a World Record
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Wolves vs. Dogs
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I read a story yesterday about a Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources website that warns about Hundreds subscribe to Wisconsin wolf attack alerts.) The DNR webpage allows visitors to sign up for email alerts when there are reports of wolf attacks. I signed up, so that my dog (the pseudonymous Dog X) and I can…
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Inside Google Books: Books of the world, stand up and be counted! All 129,864,880 of you.
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Private Sector Job Gains for All America a Paltry 42,000 in July
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On Campus: University of Wisconsin-Madison ranks #12 as a party school
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LA Times: Arizona Was Once Tolerant of Illegal Immigrants. What Happened?
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Daily Bread for Whitewater, Wisconsin: 8-2-10
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Good morning, Today’s forecast for Whitewater calls for a partly sunny day, with a high of eighty-five. The City of Whitewater has three scheduled public meetings for today. At 4 p.m., the Parks and Rec Board meets. At 6 p.m., the Whitewater Effigy Mounds Preserve Task Force meets. Also at 6 p.m., Whitewater’s Planning Commission…