'Spider-Man' stops comic book theft - UPI.com
ADELAIDE, Australia, May 3 (UPI) -- An Australian comic book store owner said he was dressed as Spider-Man for a promotion when he stopped a thief with the help of two Jedi knights. Michael Baulderstone, 45, owner of the Adelaide Comics Center, said

Spider-Man foils comic book thief in Australia - BBC Asia-Pacific
Michael Baulderstone, who was dressed as Spider-Man for a promotional event, spied a customer behaving suspiciously. CCTV footage shows him "leap" into action and confront the would-be shoplifter who had slipped a AU$160 (£97) X-Men book into his bag. Mr Baulderstone said customers at the shop in

Google's Book Play - Forbes
BURLINGAME, CALIF. -- People may be buying fewer books than before, but big tech companies are becoming increasingly determined to sell them. Amazon, of course, started out shipping books and lately has been pushing its Kindle e-book reader and

See which media stars diss book exposing Obama unread - WND.com
Members of the news media, including from publications such as Time and Newsweek, have reacted harshly to the announcement of the No. 1 non-fiction book in America, which investigates President Obama, with multiple reporters sending expletive-laden e

Bredesen pens book on health care overhaul - WTVF
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen has written a book about his proposal to improve the American health care system. The book, published by Atlantic Monthly Press, is titled "Fresh Medicine: How to Fix Reform and Build a Sustainable

New trial ordered in Michael George comic book store - Detroit Free Press
said that Macomb County Barbara George, 32, was shot once in the head while preparing a surprise birthday party for her husband at Comics World, the store they operated. Though Clinton Township police were suspicious that Michael George

Book a Flight in a Flash Now with AirTran Airways' New - Earthtimes (press release)
ORLANDO, Fla. , May 4 -- AirTran Airways, a subsidiary of AirTran Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AAI), today launched a sale for travel to all of the airline's destinations. Travelers may purchase these sale fares at airtran.com, from their local travel agent

NJ school bans book on gays - WPVI
In March, a group of citizens asked for three books about gays to be removed from the Rancocas Valley High School library. School officials Steven Goldstein, chairman of the gay rights group Garden State Equality, says he doesn't have a problem

Woodward Book on Obama Due out in September - ABC News
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. investigative journalist Bob Woodward, who rose to fame reporting on the Watergate scandal in the 1970s, will release a new book on President Barack Obama in September, publisher Simon & Schuster said on Wednesday. Woodward

Laura Bush kicks off book tour in northern Va. - Denver Post
McLEAN, Va.—Former First Lady Laura Bush kicked off a national book tour Tuesday in northern Virginia, cranking writes about a fatal car accident she was involved in as a teenager growing up in Midland, Texas. In an interview with Oprah Winfrey