Want to get out of your broadband Internet subscription, but don’t want to pay the early-termination fee? If so, you might pay attention to a lawsuit filed earlier today in Seattle federal court. Two former customers of Qwest Communications have filed a putative class-action lawsuit against Qwest, seeking to end early-termination fees for Internet subscribers. Click here for the WSJ story, from Andrew LaVallee; here for the complaint. Qwest declined to comment on the suit. WSJ Law Blog October 16, 2008
FDIC Announces Plan to Free Up Bank Liquidity
Source: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) announces a new program—the Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program—to strengthen confidence and encourage liquidity in the banking system by guaranteeing newly issued senior unsecured debt of banks, thrifts, and certain holding companies, and by providing full coverage of non-interest bearing deposit transaction accounts, regardless of dollar amount.
+ Statement by Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Chairman Sheila Bair; U.S. Treasury, Federal Reserve, FDIC Joint Press
Conference
+ Fact Sheet: Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program

Tim Haney was about 12 when he and a couple of friends, playing a Halloween prank, took a historical plaque from a tree at the Vrooman Mansion in Bloomington, Illinois.
“I’ve been wondering for years how to give it back,” said Haney, who finally decided that “the time was right.” The plaque, which made reference to Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas giving speeches under the tree, remained for decades under Haney’s mattress in his parents’ Bloomington home and later in his garage in Normal. About three weeks ago, Haney, 62, took the plaque to the Vrooman Mansion Street and told innkeeper Theora Stark his story.
http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2008/10/03/news/doc48e697c93ab05766573529.txt

Weekly “Woof ’n’ Worship” service in Massachusetts
The services will include the prayer: “Dear Lord, please make me the kind of person my dog thinks I am,’”
http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/state/x247288798/-Woof-n-Worship-service-welcomes-dogs-and-their-families-into-church

A plumbing mistake turned water into wine during a public celebration in Marino, Italy
"At the heart of the town's famous Sagra dell' Uva, or Grape Festival, is the moment when sparkling white wine flows from the fountains in the main square," BBC News reports. But this year locals and tourists had to make do with water, as bad plumbing meant the wine supply was switched by mistake to local homes."
http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2008/10/oops-italians-g.html

Curious names
Jersey Shore in Pennsylvania was originally named Waynesburg by the two brothers, Reuben and Jeremiah Manning, who laid out the town circa 1785. Around the time that this was happening, a settlement arose on the eastern side of the West Branch Susquehanna River (Nippenose Township), opposite Waynesburg. A rivalry developed between the two settlements, and those on the eastern shore began referring to the settlement on the western shore as the "Jersey Shore," because the Manning family had relocated from New Jersey. The nickname became so fixed that in 1826 the original name of Waynesburg was officially abandoned and changed to Jersey Shore.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jersey_Shore,_Pennsylvania

paragoge (par-uh-GO-jee) noun
The addition of a letter or syllable at the end of a word, either through natural development or to add emphasis. For example, height-th for height.
Via Latin, from Greek paragoge, from para- (beyond) + -agogue (leader).
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