Kansas

From The Guardian:

Fifty years ago, Holcomb, Kansas was devastated by the slaughter of a local family. And then Truman Capote arrived in town .

Navigational device maker Garmin Ltd. reported a 24 percent increase in third-quarter profit as lower costs offset a drop in sales.

The results beat Wall Street estimates but did little to calm investors' concerns that consumers are more likely to turn to cell phones equipped with increasingly sophisticated navigational features of their own.

Shares plunged $3.66, or 11.7 percent, to $27.75 in afternoon trading.

The National Science Foundation has awarded a $2.7 million grant to an eight-state consortium of technology centers and community colleges that is working to block cyber attacks and stop the loss of high-tech jobs in the U.S., officials said Wednesday.

Sprint Nextel Corp. said Wednesday it has reached a "memo of understanding" that would settle a series of shareholder lawsuits challenging its $483 million acquisition of Virgin Mobile USA.

In a regulatory filing, the Overland Park, Kansas-based company said it and Virgin were releasing additional details about the structure of the deal and the negotiations that led up to the two companies reaching an agreement.

Reading Moby Dick –at 30,0000 Feet

Reading Moby Dick –at 30,0000 Feet