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For education and discussion only. Not for commercial use. SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 20, 2003--Store closing sales have just started at all Top Furniture Company, Inc. stores. These stores have operated under the trade name of Sofas & More, Top Furniture and Woodworks Furniture. Top Furniture was the largest independently owned furniture chain in Northern California. This family owned business has been in operation for over 50 years. Top Furniture selected Hilco Merchant Resources to conduct the sale at all locations. The selection was approved by The United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California. Over $3 million of...

At one time it would have wounded me greatly to write this column. Then I wouldn’t have understood myself if I had read these words as written by someone else. At that time I had some feelings left for the "American people." Then I read this by John Loeffler, radio host and columnist: "Witness the worldview changes that have occurred since the radical left flower child revolution of 1960s. Americans have experienced such historical revisionism in schools that few can tell you what the Bill of Rights contains and why those rights are so important. America has been in a...

Scientists ID New Form of Exercise Scientists Identify Way of Strengthening Muscle Cells Without Lots of ExerciseW A S H I N G T O N, April 10 — It's a couch potato's dream: Instead of sweating and straining, people someday may simply pop a pill to get in shape, say researchers who have identified how muscle cells get stronger from regular exercise.Researchers at Duke University and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center have found the chemical pathway that muscle cells use to build up their strength and endurance.With this basic knowledge in hand, it may now be...