Electronic book debuts as portable reading device
New York AP reports the Rocket eBook a paperback-size 22 ounce device holding 4000 pages priced at 499 dollars aims to let readers download books from the Web. Other firms like SoftBook Press Everybook offer larger units for corporate or consumer use, signaling a soon broader market for digital reading.
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New York
Jack Kerouacs
SoftBook Press
Menlo Park
Calif
Everybook Inc
Middletown
Martin Eberhard
NuvoMedia
Palo Alto
Eberhard
Sukru Terzi
Bob Jones University Bars Gay Grads From Campus in Threats
Bob Jones University, a private self-sufficient Christian college, warned gay alumni and certain other graduates not to return to campus or face trespassing arrests. The policy, targeting graduates only, drew fire from opponents but the school narrowed it to allow visits to the museum while preserving its tax-exempt status concerns. The institution, long independent and not federally funded, revoked its tax exemption in 1970 over interracial dating policies, a decision upheld by the Supreme Court.
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Greenville
S.C
Bob Jones University
Bob Jones
Eldon Wedlock
University of South Carolina
Pait
Paut
Museum of Religious Art
Wayne Mouritzen
Ter
Jim Berg
Mouritzen
Internal Revenue Service
U.S. Supreme Court
Hudson's Detroit flagship falls in landmark demolition
Julie Bart recalls Hudson's glory days as Detroit’s downtown flagship, a symbol of the city’s rise and fall. The 25 story red brick building will be demolished with 2,728 pounds of plastic explosives amid renewed development, drawing live local coverage and demotion‑watching from hotels nearby.
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Detroit
Julie Bart
Hudson’s Department Store
Hudson
Bart
Michigan
Michael Hauser
Joseph Lowthian Hudson
Spit sample links rape suspect to two Tampa Bay attacks
Police used a spit sample recovered by a St. Petersburg officer to obtain a DNA match tying Charles Peterson, an ex convict, to two December store rapes and related thefts. Investigators linked the suspect to past robberies and a separate Christmas Eve killing, with Peterson under parole for burglary and armed robbery.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
Michael Paetz
Tampa
Charles Peterson
Peterson
Florida Department of Law Enforcement
Tampa Bay
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Harvard Business Review
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Barnes & Noble
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Marshall Field Department
Target
Mervyn’s
Mars Mt
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Louis Phillipe
Andrews Hwy
Odessa
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