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The Cardinals stumbled to the end of their most wretched road trip in 35 years and returned home an unraveling club in search of the pulse they apparently forgot to pack.Latest debacle has Cards groping for answers (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

Economists and virtual worlds are teaming up, to mutual benefit. As virtual economies need economists, so economists need virtual economies - to experiment with.Virtual economies have their own Ben Bernankes (The Journal News)

Avatars interview for real life jobs at hosted jobs fairs in the virtual world.Second Life Job Fair Brings Real Work (DesignTechnica)

On July 25, the company controlling Second Life announced that it would no longer allow gambling. Economic activity was cut by nearly half as gambling halls shut down. That's a recipe for disaster in any economy, but the online world stayed on an even keel. That's in part due to the firm grip on its currency market by Second Life's equivalent of Ben Bernanke, chairman of the Federal Reserve.Virtual Worlds: An Economist's Sandbox (TechNewsWorld.com)

LOS ANGELES----Addicted.com, a website for addicts and their families to find support and recovery resources online, has announced a 24-hour, seven-day-a-week, toll-free number as an additional resource to addicts and their families.Addicted.com Launches Toll-Free, 24-Hour 'LifeLine' for Addicts and Their Loved Ones (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)