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Ellen DeGeneres signs Greyson Chance to new record label

May 27, 2010
Greyson Chance's cover of Lady Gaga's "Paparazzi" made him a YouTube sensation when he posted his performance two weeks ago. Now, the 12-year-old...

Wal-Mart's ASDA to buy Danish-owned Netto grocery for $1.1B

May 27, 2010
ASDA, the U.K.'s second-largest supermarket chain and a division of Wal-Mart, is purchasing discount market Netto, which operates 193 stores. The...

Road paint shortage may put brakes on freeway projects

May 26, 2010
You know those highway strips? The yellow and white lines on the highway that keep your car in the right lanes? Well, those lines are made by using...

NBA shoots for edible team logos

May 26, 2010
The National Basketball Association has found a new way to get fans hungry for some hoops --...

Wrigley Field prepares for huge Toyota sign

May 26, 2010
The Chicago Cubs are looking to put a new beacon up above Wrigley Field: a 360-square-foot Toyota sign to loom about 50 feet above the left-field...

BP oil spill pays off for satirists

May 25, 2010
Mad about BP and want to... wear it? The company's oil spill disaster is turning out to be a boon for satirists. Parody products are using the...

Obama sending 1,200 more troops to U.S./Mexico border

May 25, 2010
President Obama is sending an additional 1,200 National Guard troops and requesting $500 million for border security, according to an article in...

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Dell unveils Streak tablet to compete with iPad

May 25, 2010
Guess you can't let Apple have all the fun. Dell announced it will release its own tablet computer called the Streak, a five-inch platform that...

Austria hires druids to preserve road safety

May 25, 2010
At first, the Austrian motorway authority ASFINAG was skeptical about hiring druids to lower the rate of fatal accidents on a stretch of road near...

News agencies cut back on Obama coverage

May 25, 2010
The New York Times has an interesting article about how media cost-cutting is impacting White House reporters. "For decades it was a given that ...