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Artists have become the occupiers of last resort … The worse things get, the more creative you have to become," says Robert McNulty in a Wall Street Journal piece by Alexandra Alter.

“New York will, literally get dimmer,” writes Peggy Noonan in the Wall Street Journal.

After a decade-long bender, U.K. pubs are said to be closing at a rate of about 39 a week, reports Jennifer Martinez in the Wall Street Journal.

After a dispute with their landlord, Monica Byrne and Leisah Swenson packed up their wine bar, and with the help of neighbors, moved it down the street on a drizzly Sunday morning, reports Cara Buckley in the New York Times.

“The Green Depot brings eco-consciousness down to earth, where it belongs,” writes Mike Albo in the New York Times.

"We are focusing on shopper marketing as one of the next big growth areas in our business, after digital," says Hamish McLennan, ceo of Y&R Advertising, in announcing an alliance with Mars Advertising

The Walt Disney company’s new cable channel for boys is a big hit — among girls, reports Brooks Barnes in the New York Times.

"We’ve gone aggressively into Hispanic marketing because we’re getting double-digit sales gains," says Mark Addicks, the General Mills chief marketing officer, in a BusinessWeek piece by Ronald Grover.

"We have a very liberal definition of what is news. We think it’s something that happens in your neighborhood," says Adrian Holovaty, founder of EveryBlock, in a New York Times piece by Claire Cain Miller and Brad Stone

The rise in jobless and homeless people is helping so-called "street papers" grow even as traditional newspapers shrink, reports Janine Lorber in the New York Times.

The first time Volkswagen asked Italians for some design help, "the only suggestion was to enlarge the car’s rear window," reports Phil Patton in the New York Times. (more)

It used to be that American cars ruled the world, but now the world rules American cars — and everyone else’s, suggests Chris Woodyard in USA Today. (more)

“My one luxury is that nobody has a real preciousness about Warrant or Styx,” says Chris D’Arienzo, in a New York Times piece by Dave Itzkoff

John Wesley Harding, the songwriter and novelist, is touring America "as ringleader of Cabinet of Wonders, a reading, writing and folk-rocking descendant of vaudeville," reports Jim Fusilli in the Wall Street Journal. (more)

Given that "78 percent of people who buy beer in Ireland drink it within three hours," Diageo is thinking that putting beer coolers in supermarkets there makes sense, reports Aaron O. Patrick in the Wall Street Journal. (more)

Claiming that old-fashioned bank formats "are superior in every way," Chase is replacing WaMu’s warm-and-fuzzy "Occasio" floor plans with straight lines and bulletproof glass, reports Robin Sobel in the Wall Street Journal. (more)

You might know Bobby Vaughn as the guy who "helped start the Von Dutch clothing line," but these days you’ll find him at FTW, his new surf shop in Rockaway, Queens, reports Cory Kilgannon in the New York Times. (more)

"We are all in a big international pile of crap — but we’re in it together," says Didier Guidj of viedemerde.fr, as reported by Sebastian Moffett in the Wall Street Journal.

"Wikipedia may be the closest thing to a metropolis yet seen online," writes Noam Cohen in the New York Times. (more)

A new website is connecting consumers to the farmers who feed them, report Brad Stone and Matt Richtel in the New York Times. (more)

Claudio Torghele had an ephiphany about the future of fast food while in a shopping mall food court, reports John Tabliabue in the New York Times. (more)

Intel has built "three prototypes of kiosks" that could change the way we shop, reports Anne Eisenberg in the New York Times. (more)

"Merlot is struggling out of the hole that greedy winemakers dug for it," write Dorothy J. Gaiter and John Brecher in the Wall Street Journal. (more)

Even before Hurricane Katrina hit, the Falstaff brewery in New Orleans had been converted into apartments, and the Jax brewery into a shopping mall, reports Nick Kaye in the New York Times. (more)

About a third of Cool News readers who responded to our online survey last week said they never shop at Walmart, that the retailer doesn’t appeal to them, never did and never will — recession or no recession. (more)

" … Some scientists see a slim silver lining in the sudden newsiness of laughably large numbers," reports Natalie Angier in the New York Times. (more)

Aziz Inan says he’s "always looking for math puzzles" and has uncovered a quirky quiz for April Fool’s Day, reports Dan Vergano in USA Today. (more)

It appears the technology sector has finally gotten the hang of marketing its jargon — now if only they could agree on what they’re talking about. (more)

Hewlett-Packard is riding a "cloud" to a new service that could be magazine publishing’s answer to YouTube, reports Ashelee Vance in the New York Times. (more)

Online social networks are booming for baby boomers, but they view the sites differently than younger generations, reports Marco R. della Cava in USA Today. (more)