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American Reporter - INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -- Im cuckoo for coffee cards. You know, the little cards that get punched, stamped, or marked whenever you buy a cup of coffee or latt� at your favorite local coffee shop. (Not Starbucks though - they dont believe in rewarding ...



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Cleveland Plain Dealer - 11:20 a.m. Akron - An Akron woman died Saturday morning when she drove the wrong way on state Route 59 in Akrons downtown and collided with another vehicle, police said. Police are investigating the traffic death of Barbara Gunther, 60, of Plymouth ...



Chinas growing blogosphere turns on US coffee icon

ABC News - BEIJING Starbucks boss baristas must have known trouble was brewing when they first hung their forest-green logo outside a crimson pavilion in the Forbidden City. And sure enough, when the arch-symbol of globalization set up shop in the heart of ...



Italian coffee company Illy looks to expand with luxury

Herald Tribune - TRIESTE, Italy: It was Andrea Illys grandfather, Francesco Illy, who back in the 1930s invented the espresso, a steam-driven coffee maker, to replace the little pots Italians had used until then. So it is not surprising that Illy, who now runs the ...



Owner orders Coffee Cup to pack up

Charlotte.com - The company that owns the 60-year-old Coffee Cup restaurant uptown has ordered its operators to vacate the building immediately. But the proprietors, Gardine Wilson and Anthony McCarver, aren't obeying. They hope they can work out a compromise with ...



FOLLOW THE READER: BEYOND THE AMERICAS

San Francisco Gate - A 200-year-old home in the small market town of Woodstock, it has six bedrooms with shower, TV, hair dryer, telephone and tea/coffee maker. All are nonsmoking. Singles are 50 pounds ($97 US), doubles 60 pounds ($117), including a full English ...