Genealogy column: Internet helps, hurts researchers

With the advent of the Internet, we all began to see the vast amount of genealogical information that began to appear in cyberspace.

The Next 4 Dot-Com Buyouts

Shares of Salary.com (Nasdaq: SLRY - News) -- a small provider of human resources applications on the cloud -- soared 43% yesterday, after agreeing to be acquired by larger rival Kenexa (Nasdaq: KNXA - News).

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Digital archive provides millions of rural photos

ILA — For a century, four generations of Mark Stovall's family have worked the land of his Madison County farm. So a recent Internet advertisement promoting old aerial photos of rural homesteads and farms around the nation grabbed his attention.