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By WAYNE QUESENBERRY/Staff Pet grooming, a simulated bow hunt, consignment sales, real estate listings, fiber optic materials and archery equipment are among the offerings of new businesses in Wytheville and Rural Retreat. Pattys Second Hand Treasures After soon-to-be 20 years as a military family, Rob and Patty Myers wanted to work for themselves. They are [...]

Did your parents ever give you a hard time for wanting to engage in competitive sports? When I first started rowing in ninth grade my Dad hinted that it might get in the way of my schoolwork, but when it became clear that there was no negative impact he was fine with it. The flexibility [...]

To the point is an editorial selected and debated by the editorial board and written after a majority opinion is formed. This is the Collegians official opinon. School has started, and so have all of the extracurricular activities on campus. Intramural sports stand out from the long list of activities K-State provides. The reason intramural [...]

Starting September first owners of small pets may bring them onto Kamloops buses, as long as there is room. Spokeswoman Erin Felker says for many customers buses are their only way of getting around, and transit recognizes the need to sometimes take pets to the vet or groomer. But she says not just any pet [...]

In 1996 Alan Greenspan accidentally coined a catch phrase. It was irrational exuberance, and it became the identifying marker for the dot-com boom that followed. Today his successor, Ben Bernanke, might be wise to coin a new term. Irrational depression. There is ample evidence, on boards here and elsewhere, that most traders think the world [...]

Hundreds of Oxfordshire schoolchildren are being offered a kickstart to the 2012 Olympics with an event at Blenheim Palace. More than 300 seven- to 12-year-olds have been invited to the Blenheim Palace International Horse Trials next month to find out more about the sport. As well as getting up close with some equine stars, there [...]

Billionaire John Malone likes buying things at a bargain. His Liberty Media Corp. made an offer of $17 per share in May for 70% of Barnes amp; Noble (NYSE: BKS). However, he decided to end his takeover attempt and simply invest in the down trending book chain instead. Facing stiff competition from Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT), [...]

In the past three years, Chico State athletes have brought home three national championship titles and not one of them had a varsity athlete on their roster. Mens and womens club volleyball and the club wakeboarding team are the three teams to boast a national title to their names. Aside from varsity athletics, students may [...]

But if a company cant make a transition to math, it will have to turk at scale. Turking at scale is another way of describing the dirty business of managing people, with all of the chaos, uncertainty, and HR headaches it entails. Theres an old adage among investors that a change in order of magnitude [...]

The novel has died! Opening with a solemn funeral scene, the Gentlemen of Lesiure (or the GOL as they like to refer to themselves) are mourning the loss of their dear friend the novel, killed by modern day evils like television and the internet. Presenting a spoof lecture to prove that in fact, its more [...]