Line between virtual and real world blurred as more pay for online assets
TORONTO (CP) - In the virtual world, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jean Charest are one in the same. The bodybuilder-turned-California governor and curly-haired Quebec leader have been replaced in a new Internet game by a 57-year-old Ottawa lawyer who runs online versions of Quebec and California.
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One of world's last "open outcry" trading pits shuts in Singapore
They curled their fingers, raised their arms, and tapped their heads while their throats went dry from hours of shouting.
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Chilmark Man Jailed for Rare Map Theft
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - In the end, cooperating with the government carried more weight for map thief E. Forbes Smiley 3rd of Chilmark than the calls for punishment from the institutions he had wronged.
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Local child therapy workers bringing hope to Haiti
Two women from a West Chester Twp. children's therapy clinic recently returned from Haiti with an invitation for other people to help support an orphanage in the poor, island country.
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Microsoft Sets Zune Price at $249.99
Microsoft Corp. has vowed to put considerable money and effort behind its bid to dethrone Apple Computer Inc.'s market-leading iPod, but it won't be using price as a weapon. Microsoft announced Thursday that it will charge $249.99 for its new Zune...
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