The Illinois company, which charges $1 a day for DVD rentals, expects to have 22,000 machines in supermarkets, Wal-Mart stores and fast-food outlets by December.

Requests to help locate missing or stolen electronic devices or even to shut down service are typically refused.

The Butterfinger brand of candy bars has gone back to comedic advertising after several years.

Noncommercial radio stations like Scott Johnson?s might be soon about to roar ? or at least squeak loudly enough to be heard.

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Next week publishers will release ?The Lost Symbol,? Dan Brown?s follow-up to ?The Da Vinci Code,? and other high-profile titles, including Senator Edward M. Kennedy?s memoir.

DirecTV and Verizon have app stores. Other cable, satellite and phone companies are working on new technology, but the industry is still wrestling with many questions.

Nivea, Axe and Old Spice are pitching liquid soaps to men, complete with manlier ?poufs.?

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