Say what you will about Goldman Sachs (GS) - and folks have had a lot to say about the firm lately, much of it less than laudatory - but its stock continues to resonate with shareholders.
Critics have thrown several fresh shovelfuls of dirt on the wounded duck they want it to be. But the assault has had [...]

Through 50 years of Barbie, the bendable blonde has gone through thousands of styles and professions. The folks at BarbieCollector.com, a line of high-end, limited-edition dolls, often have her in the kind of frilly princess fashions that’ve become synonymous with the brand. But every now and then they break out into bolder, brasher territory. And [...]

Sunday, August 02, 2009
Mark Dawidziak
Plain Dealer Television Critic

For such a corpse-cold customer, the vampire seems to be sizzling hot these days. Not just hot, but drop-dead sexy (or is that undead sexy?).
Executive producer Alan Ball’s stylish vampire series, “True Blood,” stumbled a bit right out of the graveyard gates. But the HBO show gradually found [...]

National Geographic has reported that as human population grows and local wildlife numbers decrease because of development throughout the region, vampire bats have no where else to turn but human blood. As a result, outbreaks of rabies are increasing, and it’s killing people in places where its occurrence has previously been rare.
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