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NY Times: Living with Frank Lloyd Wright. Houses by famous architects are notoriously impractical. So when Frank and Jeanne Cretella bought the only Frank Lloyd Wright house in New York City three years ago, they were worried that the roof might leak.

NY Times: Shafts of ancient ice pulled from Antarctica’s frozen depths show that for at least 650,000 years three important heat-trapping greenhouse gases never reached recent atmospheric levels caused by human activities, scientists are reporting…

NY Times: Like most small-business owners, Eric Truran first viewed the Web as an opportunity to grow. But as time went by, he came to see it as a way to shrink. Ths story is interesting as much for the e-commerce angle as a look into issues small business owners face.

NY Times: Long considered the David to Microsoft’s Goliath, Google is increasingly being thought of as a Goliath itself. Also Wired News: Who’s Afraid of Google? Everyone

Business Week: Cyber Monday, Marketing Myth: Despite a huge amount of hype, the Monday after Thanksgiving is historically only the12th-biggest online shopping day of the year.

Motley Fool: You can retire on $24,000 a year and travel the world. Really!. The authors, Billy and Akaisha, also wrote another recent Motley Fool article, How Much Is Enough? Their web site is: RetireEarlyLifestyle.com

NY Times: As an ambitious college student, Cassie Napier had all the right moves – flips, tumbles, an ever-flashing America’s sweetheart smile – to prepare for her job after graduation. She became a drug saleswoman.

Nancy Pearl’s Book Lust, which includes her weekly picks.

NY Times: The overwhelming traffic of e-mail is driving an increasing number of employers to find ways to control the load.

NY Times: Two new books make the case for a drastic simplification of the tax code. Writer’s conclusion: These books, to use the language on the jacket of “Flat Tax Revolution,” are calls to join a crusade. We’d be better off just starting a conversation.