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Cadalyst magazine was back in print form with a December issue. Issues were being given away for free at AU but the plan is to sell future issues for $10. The magazine will be published quarterly.

It may have been early in the morning, but that didn't keep hundreds of area shoppers from heading to the stores in Albert Lea Friday during the traditional day-after-Thanksgiving Black Friday frenzy.

Ahh, Black Friday. It's one of the craziest and most dangerous days to shop. Lots of great games going on sale, though the hassle of getting to your favorite retailer before everyone else can be near impossible.

Best Buy employee Damon Huff brings out a display of GPS units Wednesday in preparation for the store's Black Friday post-Thanksgiving sale.

In an ironic twist, less expensive price points for popular toys put them on more parents' shopping lists -- even as predictions of sluggish sales led retailers to downsize holiday inventory orders.

DOES anyone understand Italian wine? I mean really understand the country and its wines in the same way as we do with France or New Zealand perhaps.

Just to rub it in to Scotland fans what they will be missing, even New Zealand, famous for the oval ball and not the round variety, have qualified for the World Cup finals.

The following is a profile of a local winemaking team, Brett Johnson and Joshua Stanton, both current students at the University of Cincinnati and their operation, Garden of Eden Wines.

Zadie, Nigella, Steig and, of course, the boy wizard. The decade has seen publishing phenomenons like no other, but which books, for better or worse, have summed up the noughties? by Brian MacArthur Published: 12:00PM GMT 13 Nov 2009 Never in the history of bookselling has there been such a phenomenon as Harry Potter; JK Rowling's series sold in ...

Woodstock incumbents swept the Nov. 3 city council election, but there will be a few new faces in Canton.

Suppose you could look at the pool in back of James Cameron's Malibu estate. Or admire the ornate garden at Haim Saban's Beverly Hills mansion.

Stephanie Hayes and Colleen Jenkins , Times Staff Writers In Print: Saturday, November 7, 2009 Cashier Jamesha Williams checks out customers Julie Mackley, left, and her mother-in-law, Dorothy Mackley, who bought several items on sale Friday at the Tyrone Square Mall Sears.

Read this piece from the Daily Beast . If you want honest wine, at all price points, you have to find them, they will not find you.

Smart consumers are taking advantage of various offers at retail to buy Activision's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 for less than half the recommended retail price.

Domain squatters better start breaking out copies of Rosetta Stone language learning software.

Last month: - , Months on list: 1 2. BOUNCE BACK By John Calipari with David Scott Kentucky's basketball coach on rebounding after setbacks.

The horses were my first clue that something was wrong. I thought it would be a piece of cake.

Iowa farmers said their corn and soybean fields came through the weekend freeze basically intact, but some damage was reported.

Bob Dylana s Christmas album is out: words to strike terror into the heart of some rock fans.

Do you like eating bugs? How about neon vomit? If you answered yes to one or both of those questions, this week's PlayStation Store update is for you! Headlining the weekly update is Critter Crunch , an adorable and addictive puzzle game that features beautiful, hand-drawn graphics and a variety of modes to keep puzzle addicts busy for some time.