SUNSET CONCERT FESTIVAL AND FARMERS’ MARKET CELEBRATES GRAND OPENING THIS FRIDAY; MUSIC, FOOD, ART DISPLAYS, classic cars AND A WHOLE LOT MORE
SAINT CHARLES, MD.— The Sunset Concert Festival and Farmers’ Market will celebrate its grand opening this Friday at O’Donnell Lake in Saint Charles, featuring a performance  by the local bluegrass band the Port Tobacco [...]

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I first started hearing rumors that Arizona Pizza would be closing a year ago.  The big question is – where will PTP members congregate now?
Pizza, movies go out of business
BUZZ on BUSINESS

By Erica Mitrano, Staff Writer

A La Plata restaurant has served its last fresh, oven-baked pizza.
The town’s location of Arizona Pizza Company has closed for [...]

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By Annys Shin
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, April 3, 2009; 10:00 AM
The nation’s unemployment rate shot up from 8.1 to 8.5 percent last month, new figures out today show, as employers continued to slash jobs in the face of slumping demand.
The economy shed 663,000 jobs in March, the fourth straight month in which job losses [...]

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This was a topic we previously discussed on the Cafe.  A friend saw this article and forwarded it.  If Fairey only ran the photo through a digital filter, then yeah, I think it’s more like infringement.  However, if he did this by hand and even with help of digital, I think that it’s valid on [...]

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I signed an online petition today directed at the AIG bonuses.  I don’t know if it will help, but it made me feel a little better.
AIG Executives: Your Bonuses or Your Jobs!
The U.S. unemployment rate has risen to 8.1% – yet taxpayers are providing more than $170 billion in bailout assistance to help keep American [...]

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By HELENE COOPER
Published: March 16, 2009
WASHINGTON — President Obama vowed to try to stop the faltering insurance giant American International Group from paying out hundreds of millions of dollars in bonuses to executives, as the administration scrambled to avert a populist backlash against banks and Wall Street that could complicate Mr. Obama’s economic recovery agenda.
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This morning I was looking for a person located in Central/Northern Charles County to do men’s shirt alterations.  I tripped across this website – I’ve never seen it befor – have you?
CharlesCountyWebsite.com

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Our tax dollars at work.
Insurance giant AIG to pay $165 million in bonuses
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER, AP Economics Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) – American International Group is giving its executives tens of millions of dollars in new bonuses even though it received a taxpayer bailout of more than $170 billion dollars.
AIG is paying out the executive bonuses [...]

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It would be cool to have a co-op grocery store and/or cafe in St. Charles.  I think they tend towards wanting “up scale” around here – but maybe there is some kind of happy compromise?  I know Safeway and Giant aren’t going anywhere.  Whatchagonnado?
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GLUT FOOD CO-OP
Natural Foods for People, Not for Profit
Since 1969
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I have long found local currencies very interesting.  They are good and smart for lots of reasons, mostly because it keeps local businesses humming.
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MOUNT RAINIER, Md. (WUSA) — An early morning delivery, a constant stream of customers, business bustles at the Glut Food Co-Op.
“I’ll use half in Anacostia Hours,” says Nick Williams.
He spends his Anacostia [...]

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First Friday in Leonardtown is here!
Next big event is March 6 STARTING AT 5pm.
Visit uptown and downtown to rediscover the many treasures of Historic/New Leonardtown!
Participating Businesses & staying open late:
Art In Wire, Arizona Pizza Company, Brewing Grounds, Cafe des Artistes, CSM, Do-Dah Deli, Fenwick Street Used Books & Music, Good Earth Natural Foods, Heron’s Way [...]

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I’m finding it difficult to scrounge some sympathy for Mr. Greenburg.
Andrew Clark in New York, The Guardian
The former AIG chairman, Hank Greenberg, is suing the crisis-stricken insurance company, claiming he lost $2bn (£1.4bn) of his personal fortune because the firm failed to inform shareholders of vast losses run up by its controversial London finance [...]

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I love this idea and when I own an office building, I will probably have a kick-ass slide too!
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A company has unveiled what it says is the first helter-skelter to be built inside a UK office building.

Tenants taking up space in the new Electric Works block in Sheffield are offering their staff a quirky [...]

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In Old Town, The Sex Shop Is a Kiss-Off

By Allison Klein
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, March 1, 2009; Page A01
To many in Old Town Alexandria, the sex shop that opened recently on King Street is nothing short of scandalous, a historical desecration just blocks from the boyhood home of Robert E. Lee.
But to Michael Zarlenga, [...]

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Looking for a job?  Here is a list compiled by CareerBuilder.com – HERE
Also, on CNN this morning I heard that McDonalds is actually doing quite well.

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