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Those who fear Amazon is on the verge of becoming a monopoly that eats all competitors and locks up the retail market should take note of an announcement last week by Sears Holdings: The company will be closing another 100 stores this year. Some will see Sears’ downward trajectory as proof that Amazon is on the verge of assuming near-monopolistic dominance of the retail market. In fact, it proves the opposite: No one can blithely assume that kind of power, at least not for long. Just look at Sears’ history: Back in the 1960s, many feared the Sears chain would...

Sect inspired 'leader of Sears Tower plot' By Toby Harnden in Washington (Filed: 25/06/2006) The alleged ringleader of a terrorist cell that planned to blow up the Sears Tower in Chicago was an adherent of an obscure black Islamist sect that was first investigated by America's Federal Bureau of Investigation in the 1950s, relatives said yesterday. According to an FBI indictment, Narseal Batiste, 32, wanted to build an "Islamic army" to "wage war against the United States government" and provide "material support to al-Qaeda". He and the six other accused lived in Miami. Narseal Batiste Relatives said that Batiste, described...

RINO Jim Kolbe's Log Cabin Republicans Run Offensive Ads; SEAR Club President Demands Answers from Kolbe Campaign by Todd Evans South East Arizona Republican Club The Log Cabin Republicans are at the Republican National Convention doing everything they can to disrupt the efforts of mainstream members of the party who support, along with President Bush, defense of traditional marriage and protection of the unborn. The Log Cabin Republicans have stated that they are unlikely to endorse President Bush unless he and other convention speakers support their radical gay agenda. Now, the radical group has released a TV ad in which...