$$One textbook bill passes, another dies

N-TXTBK-NY 1-1-1-1 Two bills, attempting to combat high textbook prices, were sent to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s desk this month, but on Oct. 12 Assembly Bill 1548 passed, and will take affect in 2010, while Senate Bill 832 was vetoed. Both bills were similar in that they aim to inform instructors about edition changes, what additional supplements come with the books and most importantly prices.

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$$Mentryville Mystery

In the 19 Century towns sprung up around oil wells across the U.S. when ambitious young men went searching for, as an antiquated show once put it, “black gold” and “Texas tea.” Many of these towns became dilapidated ghost towns once the natural resources in the area were exhausted.

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