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• Mayor indicted on theft, perjury charges
... Sheila Dixon was indicted Friday on charges that she accepted illegal gifts during her time as mayor and City Council president, including travel, fur coats and gift cards intended for the poor that she allegedly used instead for a holiday shopping ...
• Obamas to keep seasoned White House chef
A lot of the shopping is done at farm stands and co-ops in the environs." Scheib called the White House chef position the "best-known anonymous chef in the country." To do well at the job, he said it’s essential to know the first family well and ...
• Blu-ray discs seen as bright spot in glum season
One HD-DVD disc even allowed online shopping for movie-related items. After seeing the holiday sales figures, analysts believe Blu-ray sales will keep growing rapidly this year. Richard Doherty at Envisioneering Group believes 2009 disc sales will be ...
• At CES, progress comes a step at a time
Jeremy Arditi, president Greenzer.com, a shopping portal that aggregates consumer products that meet its standards for environmental awareness, said retailers were “seeing a consumer that is knowledgeable in this space.” But even knowledgeable ...
• U.S. Army recruiters going after gamers
Army Experience Center at the Franklin Mills shopping mall in northeast Philadelphia has 60 personal computers loaded with military video games, 19 Xbox 360 video game controllers and a series of interactive screens describing military bases and ...