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Its simple. You want to know about the rapture? Read the Bible. Turn to the Book of Revelation. Of course, you wont see anything there about the rapture happening Saturday. But thats the scuttlebutt: The rapture is coming at 6 pm Saturday. As just about everyone knows by now (save for Bret Easton Ellis, who [...]

The US Securities Exchange Commission has implicated itself in a report detailing a series of internal purchasing violations of Apple products that cost the SEC as much as $1 million. Reuters uncovered the report, which was filed by SEC Inspector General David Kotz in December 2010. Kotz, who serves as the agencys internal watchdog, discovered [...]

By Steve Norder snorder@colleyvilletexascourier COLLEYVILLE – Sometime this week, childrens books, videos, games and computers will be placed onto carts for an elevator ride up to the newly completed second floor just to be re-shelved as the final step in the librarys expansion. Our goal is to get it done in a couple days, library [...]

Stamford residents have watched few things in recent city history as closely as the investigation into the possible theft of scrap metal by workers in the Office of Operations. The interest is fraught with skepticism, mostly because the allegations — that some workers may have ignored a city ordinance governing disposal of scrap, delivered old [...]

The Sookie Stackhouse series of books, which hit HBO show True Blood is based on, have helped author Charlaine Harris reach a coveted status in the e-book publishing world. Harris is now officially just one of four authors to have reached the one million mark in the sales of Amazons Kindle ebooks. While the books [...]

Rowley Library staffers have been busy preparing for the switch to a new catalog system, which will go live tomorrow. Thirty-four other libraries in the Merrimack Valley Library Consortium are participating in this effort and converting to the new system called Evergreen. The new system will provide a more user-friendly way to manage library accounts [...]

The antithesis is strong and the metaphor becomes obvious when one realizes that the Sao Paulo Library, once a prison, is now a place of freedom to explore knowledge, ideas, and books.

Western Pocono Community Library at 2000 Pilgrim Way in Brodheadsville has begun registration at the circulation desk for the 2011 Summer Reading Program. Get information on the schedule, many interesting guest speakers and special presentations throughout the summer at the library. Craft fair/flea market bake sale at Gilbert church Salem United Church of Christ, Route [...]

Saving money is on everyone’s mind these days. As a result of the sagging economy, people are engaging in sensible behavior when it comes to handling their finances and as the saying goes, “every little bit helps”. A practice that would benefit all when shopping around for costly products would be to thoroughly research the [...]

In Conducting a Supply Chain Risk Evaluation, the analyst examines the ways in which purchasing executives are having the most success protecting their company from supply chain disturbances this year. Take the 60 minutes to view this webinar (on your computer, mobile phone, iPad, Kindle or printed out) to update your knowledge of the possible [...]