Youth to start signing up for Magnolia livestock show in January (The Potpourri)

The Magnolia Youth Livestock Show will be signing up participants Jan. 6 and 7 from 6 to 8 p.m., at Free and Associates, 33122 FM 149 in Pinehurst. Magnolia Independent School District students who enter livestock and some non-livestock projects in the Montgomery County Fair ate eligible to enter. All livestock categories will participate in a showing and then the live auction process. For the ...

Frugal is cool in cash-strapped US (Guardian Unlimited)

In the grip of the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, America has undergone radical changes. Greed is no longer good and luxury is a shameful word.

Macworld Conference & Expo 2009 Exhibitor Profiles (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

SAN FRANCISCO----Macworld Conference & Expo 2009 takes place January 5 - 9, 2009 at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco.

Boom or bust in book industry (The Australian)

AMID the worst economic crisis in decades, publishing executives are still making what many see as big gambles on new manuscripts.

The year in review -- July (Eastern Shore News)

Almost 80 workers at Bayshore Concrete Products Corp. have lost their jobs in the last two weeks because of declining highway projects.

Artist catches eyes with lifelike glass fish (Boston Globe)

NEWBURYPORT - The magic is not that the fish are anatomically correct or the right colors. It's the spark of life that suggests they are about to swim away.