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[ In Opinion ] News Corp Charges To Access Online Newspaper Websites
Because what News Corp just doesn't get is that people wont pay for online news. Its been a free model ever since the internet began. Changing the structure now will only see people go elsewhere for their daily news fix. Its kind of like the boffins at the top of News Corp just don't understand how the internet advertising game works. Drag people to your site, and advertisers will pay. Either cost per impression or cost per click. That's fairly simple. ... 0 comment(s)
[ In Opinion ] Remembering the Gettysburg Reunion of 1913 No one dared to criticize the United States and Confederate flags that flew side by side at the Gettysburg soldiers' reunion of honored men who had been enemies on the field of battle just 50 years earlier. Some of today’s politicians and people’s rights groups could learn something from these grand old men of yesterday... 0 comment(s)
[ In Breaking News ] Federal Minimum Wage to Increase to $7.25 on July 24 This increase is the last of three provided by the enactment of the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007, which amended the FLSA to increase the federal minimum wage in three steps: to $5.85 per hour effective July 24, 2007; to $6.55 per hour effective July 24, 2008; and now to $7.25 per hour effective July 24, 2009... 0 comment(s)
[ In Opinion ] Leave the Kids Alone I remember, as a mere lad, when Pink Floyd came out with an album entitled “Another Brick in the Wall.” The album featured a song called Leave Those Kids Alone.... 0 comment(s)
A Letter to Georgia’s Citizens: from Chris Clark Georgia is blessed with abundant natural beauty and a rich cultural heritage. Many of these amazing landscapes and historic sites are part of our award-winning state parks system, with 63 properties from the mountains to the coast... 0 comment(s)
[ In Opinion ] Lock And Load This week, on a warm spring day in the middle of the afternoon an elderly couple were working out in their front yard; nothing unusual about that. They were approached by three men who stated that they were interested in buying the truck that was parked in their driveway.... 0 comment(s)
News from Senator Saxby Chambliss This week the Senate passed H.R. 2346, the Supplemental Appropriations Act, which provides funding for various government programs, including ongoing military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and H.R. 627, the Credit Cardholders Bill of Rights Act... 0 comment(s)
[ In Government & Politics ] Remember the True Meaning of Memorial Day Memorial Day gained resurgence under the Clinton Administration when Congress established the National Moment of Remembrance. The idea was born when children touring the Nation’s Capital were asked what Memorial Day means, and they responded, “That’s the day the pool opens”... 0 comment(s)
BBB Warns Small Business Owners to Beware of Telephone Relay Fraud Better Business Bureau warns small business owners that reports of scammers plying their trade through telephone relay services — typically used by the hearing impaired to make phone calls — are cropping up all across the country.... 0 comment(s)