Google Monopoly launched today, but has proven too popular for its own good: the Monopoly City Streets site is currently down due to traffic overload. So we're talking about a lot of traffic, even with all the other 9/9/09 stuff competing for eyeballs today. Hasbro and...
The big news in Niagara Falls is the huge controversy over the secret practices of The Niagara Parks Commission in awarding a lease to Maid of the Mist Steamboat Company Limited to offer the boat service at Niagara Falls. It is estimated that the lease will generate at...
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"For a nation that prides itself as a high-tech utopia, the land of fancy third-generation (3G) phones, wireless broadband and citizen-driven media, it's amazing how South Korea continues to invent new ways to be held hostage by a single corporation ― Microsoft. It's now...
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Vancouver, Toronto, and Montreal have been included on Hasbro's new Monopoly game, Monopoly Here and Now: The World Edition. " Monopoly's boardwalk stroll is now a hike up Mount Royal, and getting from jail to...
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Two of the world's biggest airlines have announced that they are to form an alliance, that they say will allow them to offer lower prices, but their rivals are saying that this is nothing short of a...
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OPINION: The State of California contradicted the Supreme Courts decision on November 4 issue on the " Gay Marriage" which was endorsed by John MacCain. Californians vote for the altering and overriding the rule of the Supreme Court allowing " SAME -SEX MARRIAGE" The...
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The situation in Burma after getting hit by Cyclone Nargis is back in the headlines. This time, it has much to do with money issues. " International aid agencies helping the victims of the devastating cyclone in Burma are losing as much as a fifth of the money that they...
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I wonder if this is something that can be done temporarily or if it will have long standing effects?"Normally, only a handful of overseas and Hong Kong publications are available for purchase in China, and then...
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"New Weapon Against Crime in the SouthCrime in the South's fast-growing cities has a negative affect on economic development and social and community harmony. In Africa, with one fifth of the world's population,...
It was a matter of time before someone called Hillary on her ridiculous statements about OPEC and who better than Josh Marshall:"What is Hillary talking about? She's going to break up the OPEC oil cartel? ...
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"The Boston Tea Party was a direct action against a corporate monopoly that led to the birth of the United States. The raiders of the Tea Party pledged silence for 50 years. One of them, George R. T. Hewes, lived...
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The fight over whether Jerusalem is part of Israel or Palestine has extended into Monopoly, after toy maker Hasbro invited websurfers to nominate their city for inclusion the forthcoming Global Edition.
"Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko is in Moscow to try to persuade Russia not to cut gas supplies to his country in a dispute over an unpaid bill.
He has just a few hours with President Vladimir Putin to settle the row over a demand by Russian gas monopoly Gazprom for...
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London, New York, and Paris are currently top contenders to replace Boardwalk in the forthcoming world edition of Monopoly.However, democracy can change that. Vote for your favourite city (Vancouver) here...
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"Voting has opened for the first ever world edition of the board game Monopoly.
The manufacturer of Monopoly, Hasbro, has set up a website where people can vote for cities from a prepared list or nominate a city to feature in the game.
Just 22 cities will make it on to the...