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Top 10 Photos of the Week

February 26th, 2007 at 9:38 pm » Comments (0)

Some great photo work on Malgusto this week.  You’ll love these latest pics.



Women Stage Breast-Feeding Protest at Mall

February 26th, 2007 at 9:15 pm » Comments (0)

Dozens of women staged a breast-feeding protest at the Berkshire, PA Mall on Saturday to protest a security guard’s recent action in telling a nursing mother to use a blanket or stop. Sure to be a real suckfest.



UPS is San Francisco’s Biggest Parking Violator

February 26th, 2007 at 9:08 pm » Comments (0)

International courier UPS receives an average of more than one San Francisco parking ticket every hour, giving the company the unenviable distinction of being the city’s No. 1 parking violator.



Telegram Era Comes to an End

February 26th, 2007 at 8:25 pm » Comments (0)

For more than 150 years, messages of joy, sorrow and success came in signature yellow envelopes hand-delivered by a courier. Now the Western Union telegram is officially a thing of the past.



US Retail E-Commerce Sales Booming

February 26th, 2007 at 9:59 am » Comments (0)

Retailers had very happy holidays. US retail e-commerce sales (excluding travel) for the fourth quarter of 2006 were the highest they have been in four years, according to the US Census Bureau.



Converting Croquet to ‘Toequet’

February 26th, 2007 at 9:11 am » Comments (0)

Elitist takes croquet and transforms it to ‘Toequet,’ a soccer-croquet version of the sport.



Egyptian Blogger Kareem Amer Gets 4 Years For Insulting Islam

February 26th, 2007 at 8:34 am » Comments (0)

An Egyptian court this week sentenced blogger Abdel Kareem Nabil Suleiman to four years in prison. He is the first person in Egypt to be jailed for internet-based journalism.



British Road Accidents Cost National Health System 470 Million Pounds

February 26th, 2007 at 8:02 am » Comments (0)

Deaths and injuries on Britain’s roads cost the NHS £470m every year and the economy £8bn as well as destroying families, according to a Government watchdog.



No Sleeping on the Bench

February 26th, 2007 at 7:55 am » Comments (0)

Judges in Utah are warned to quit sleeping during court. Judges warn lawyers to quit being so boring.



IRS Zeros in on eBay

February 26th, 2007 at 7:40 am » Comments (0)

IRS goes after eBay, wants info on seller earnings.