• Clocks' Early Spring Forward May Bring About a Few Falls (f)
  When few people were paying attention in August 2005, Congress lengthened daylight saving time by four weeks in the name of energy efficiency. Feb 1, 2007
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• OLPC test drives $130 laptop at CES | InfoWorld | News | 2007-01-10 | By Dan Nystedt, IDG News Service (p)(f)
  The One Laptop Per Child Project (OLPC) has whittled down the cost of the green and white computer they hope to deliver to school children in developing countries to about €100 ($130) so far, and hope to reach the target price of $100 in 2008, a project leader said Monday.
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• Volunteers needed to slow kudzu (p)(f)
  The Rappahannock Phragmites Action Committee contacted about 60 landowners in Richmond and Essex counties last month, seeking their permission to kill the feathery reed. “It’s basically going to take over the Eastern Seaboard,” said Alice Wellford, a determined nature-lover who has chopped it, shoveled it and sprayed it into submission in marshland her family owns in Essex County. Sep 2, 2006
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• Pluto’s New Place in Space (p)(f)
  An international committee of astronomers has come up with a new definition [for “Planet”] that would include Pluto — a planet would be any body massive enough to be round that is not a star but is orbiting one. “These are the most fundamental physical parameters that apply not only in our solar system, but everywhere in the universe”. A “pluton” would be any planet beyond Neptune. August 16, 2006
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• 50 Coolest Websites (p)(f)
  Many of this year's choices are shining examples of Web 2.0: next-generation sites offering dynamic new ways to inform and entertain, sites with cutting-edge tools to create, consume, share or discuss all manners of media, from blog posts to video clips. TIME.com
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• Room 101 (p)(f)
  Evolution of Microsoft and MAC computer desktops.
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• Tattoos Become a Fad Among Iranian Women (p)(f)
  TEHRAN, Iran - It’s an undercover movement - literally: Tattoos have become a fad among many young Iranian women who proudly display them in private but must keep them under wraps from authorities.
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• Quick Change Artists (p)(f)
  America's Got Talent TV show audition #236 Chicago, Il.
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• New Home for World’s Agricultural Legacy (p)(f)
  See Also June 18, 2006 AP Article at http://tinyurl.com/qbor9
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• Outpouring of Support for Lost Dog (p)(f)
  On June 1 about 6 p.m., her 14-year-old shih tsu, Rags , was in the yard of her home at 8400 Maple St., in the Oakcrest neighborhood across Route 1 from Laurel Lakes Centre. A thunderstorm apparently frightened the dog and he ran away. June 15, 2006
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• Local Business Thinks Globally - Barrie Zucal (p)(f)
  Barrie Zucal’s
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• The Genographic Project - Human Migration, Genetics, Maps, DNA (p)(f)
  Explore your own genetic journey with Dr. Spencer Wells. DNA analysis includes a depiction of your ancient ancestors and an interactive map tracing your genetic lineage around the world and through the ages.
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• Scientists ponder invisibility cloak (p)(f)
  Imagine an invisibility cloak that works just like the one Harry Potter inherited from his father. Researchers in England and the United States think they know how to do that. They are laying out the blueprint and calling for help in developing the exotic materials needed to build a cloak. MAy 25, 2006
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• 'Antique' Phone Tax Dropped (p)(f)
  The Treasury Department, conceding that it has no right to continue collecting a 108-year-old tax on long-distance telephone calls,will drop its legal battle for the tax and instead refund about $13 billion to callers who have paid the tax in the past three years. The 3 percent tax, enacted in 1898 to help pay for the Spanish-American War and revised in 1965, was declared illegal by five federal courts of appeal.May 26, 2006
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• Zaadz: Connect. Grow. Inspire. Empower. (p)(f)
  The Plan. Ours involves Capitalism. Spirituality. Enthusiasm. Love. Service. Inspiration. Leaders. People CRAZY enough to think they can change the world. And courageous enough to do something about it. And committed enough to stick to it when they feel like giving up.The quick version of what we're gonna do: build The most inspired community of people in the world.Imagine social networking with a purpose, a community of seekers and conscious entrepreneurs circulating wisdom and inspiration and wealth and all that good stuff. Fun fun fun.
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• Golf Guide - DC/MD/VA (p)(f)
  Swing is A Guide to Washington Golf is published by The Washington Post and washingtonpost.com May 5, 2006
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• Welcome to Interrobang (p)(f)
  The origin of the Interrobang.
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• Greeters Give Troops a Taste of Maine Patriotism (p)(f)
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• A Meditation On The Speed Limit (p)(f)
  … a look into what happens when people abide by the 55 miles per hour speed limit. (Video) also at video.google.com
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• Wi-fi rots your brain ? (p)(f)
  LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY in Canada has canned a big wi-fi project out of fears that it could cause cancer and rot its students` brains.
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