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Family videotape treasures at risk (Guardian Unlimited)

A virulent mould is destroying the magic moments that were captured on audio and VHS cassettes in the 1980s and 1990s

Family videotape treasures at risk (Guardian Unlimited)

A virulent infection is destroying the audio and videotapes once used to capture important moments of family life and great historic events. The fungal blight, or 'tape mould', has already ruined thousands of miles of audio and video tape in Britain and, according to specialist restorers, much more is likely to be deteriorating, unobserved, in storage. The infection of VHS cassettes and of the ...

Music retailer thrives serving captive audience (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

As music retailers struggle to stay in business, a Los Angeles firm is doing nicely targeting a demographic that gets bigger every year -- prisoners.

: Fundamentalists find an audience among Kurds : (Kurdish Media)

SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq: Kawa Kamal's shop is doing a booming business selling CDs, DVDs and cassettes of Muslim sermons and other religious material. Kamal says he makes about $250 a day in CD sales alone, about three times what he was making five years ago.

ON THE HILL (New Orleans Times-Picayune)

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is hosting a fundraiser July 30 for Sen. Mary Landrieu's re-election campaign. Bloomberg, who switched from the Democratic to Republican Party to run for mayor and is now an independent, has praised Landrieu's centrist record in the Senate.