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December 20 to 31, 2005
Mash-ups, or combi
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s of songs, are going mainstream and making big bucks for some...
April 25 to May 1, 2005
An "alarming number" of young American girls are taking steroids to emulate the look of "models and movie stars": http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/04/25/
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April 18 to 24, 2005
Another case of copyright law going too far - in Ghana, folk artists could be imprisoned, fined, or both: http://www.boingboing.net/2005/04/21/ghana_
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alizes_f.htm...
The sandal-combi
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-bottle opener! Perfect to wear with the TV/DVD-combi
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-beer fridge mentioned last week...
April 11 to 17, 2005
Did you know that samples of a flu virus were mistakenly sent to 3,700 labs around the world and that some have gone missing? This normally would not cause worry except for the fact that the virus i...
April 4 to 10, 2005
Scientists are figuring out ways to stimulate neurons remotely with laser beams and are already controlling fruit flies...
March 21 to 27, 2005
Their $6,000 video, which tells the story of what happens when a student representing the U.S. in a mock United
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s gets a little overzealous, is absolutely hilarious, professionally done, and i...
Los Alamos
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al Lab scientists find a way to detect fingerprints via their chemical residue...
March 14 to 20, 2005
How fast can mistakes travel in this digital age? Thanks to a transcriptionist's typo, a 1962 nuclear test blast called "Project Sedan" was renamed "Project Sudan", causing an inter
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al inciden...
And here's photos of all those wildflowers that have been blooming in Death Valley lately: http://news.bostonherald.com/
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March 7 to 13, 2005
Is Hawaii turning into a consumption-addicted haven for the wealthy at the expense of long-time residents and native familes? The state's only inter
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al cargo shipping terminal is near capacity...
Did you know that the U.S. is one of only 11 democratic
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s in the world that does not give its citizens a Constitutional right to vote...
The blogosphere's raving about 27 year-old Maya Arulpragasam, daughter of a Sri Lankan revolutionary, who's mixing terrorist themes with pop art and music and causing an stir among critics as well a...
February 28 to March 6, 2005
From Miami to Oakland, kids are putting 150-decibel train horns on their cars and stunning bystanders: http://www.duluthsuperior.com/mld/duluthsuperior/news/
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February 21 to 27, 2005
Boston resident Geoff Hargadon made a popular parody of the art installation "The Gates". His site got 4 million hits, and he got a reception with the mayor, appearances in inter
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al newspaper...
Wal-Mart flew in a team of labor experts to counter 21 year-old employee Joshua Noble and 17 others who tried to form a union. Despite inter
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al attention, the effort failed. "It's just a bunch o...
February 14 to 20, 2005
Hawaii's poetry slam team made quite a splash last year at the
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al poetry slam competition in St. Louis. You can watch their inspiring performances in a new documentary on the subject calle...
The mating scent of the German cockroach has been found - here's the clever methods scientists used: http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2005/02/17/
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al/w110206S34.DT...
It's true, the Inter
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al Monetary Fund bankrupts the Third World, as noted by a former banker in this article mentioned last year...
The grisly story of Manadel al-Jamadi, which just became fully known - he died in Abu Ghraib while hung from his wrists: http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/02/17/
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Intricate snow sculptures from the Inter
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al Snow Championships 2005...
February 7 to 13, 2005
This may help explain why the Economist has more frontal nudity than all other inter
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al news magazines combined...
GPS technology is killing lighthouses. What will happen if GPS fails? http://service.spiegel.de/cache/inter
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al/0,1518,340729,00.htm...
January 31 to February 6, 2005
Make your own fires in the coming apocalypse with this gadget: http://news.com.com/Sensors+drafted+to+turn+off+lights+
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wide/2100-1008_3-5563775.html?part=rss&tag=5563775&subj=news.1008.2...
January 24 to 30, 2005
Introducing the spray-on plastic solar cell: http://news.
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algeographic.com/news/2005/01/0114_050114_solarplastic.htm...
This was understandably popular - people are worrying about hybrid human/animal experiments, including human/rabbit egg combi
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s and mice with human brain cells...
January 17 to 23, 2005
The dollar is so weak inter
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ally that drug dealers are now doing business in Euros...
January 10 to 16, 2005
"Babylon Wrecked by War: US-Led Forces Leave a Trail of Destruction and Contami
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in Architectural Site of World Importance"...
January 1 to 9, 2005
Professor Francis Boyle, an expert on inter
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al law from the U. of Illinois, recently gave an informative talk on the restoration of the independent
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state of Hawaii under inter
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al law...
Interactive charts of the Inter
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al Phonetic Alphabet. You can listen to every sound that humans use to communicate...
More on Michelin's air-less tire, which lasts two to three times longer than conventional tires: http://www.eyebeam.org/reblog/archives/2005/01/michelins_tweel_combi
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_airl_1.htm...
December 6 to 12, 2004
Beautiful photos of all the
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al parks in the U.S....
November 29 to December 5, 2004
This is great! The combi
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rug/laundry bag...
November 22 to 28, 2004
A ten-year-old toasted cheese sandwich said to bear the image of Virgin Mary sold for $28,000 on eBay: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/
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world/2002102840_sandwich28.htm...
Gold teeth, freaking, and baggy pants - teenagers these days are driving school principals nuts! http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/news/
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/10289574.ht...
November 15 to 21, 2004
The Library of Congress is putting 30 million pages of copyright-free newspapers from 1836 through 1922 online...
U.S. pressure to try to ban inter
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al work in stem-cell research may mean its end...
The GOP seeks a ban on RU-486, the "abortion pill": http://washingtontimes.com/
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November 8 to 14, 2004
Ever need to do a little research yourself on the latest trends? Just go to Google News and search for a few key phrases, sorted by date. Here are four: "inter
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al survey", "scientifi...
Scientists have created the "photocapacitor", a more efficient solar cell/battery combi
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...
"Creative Consequences of the Rights Clearance Culture for Documentary Filmmakers" - the film "Tar
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" may have cost $200 to make, but it cost $500,000 to clear the rights for it. Stric...
"Confessions of an Economic Hit Man" - a former respected inter
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al banker admits to helping the U.S. cheat poor countries out of trillions, allowing for economic takeover...
November 1 to 7, 2004
The above inter
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al news item was originally discovered by blogger Jonas Luster...
This was all over the news - Americans are getting heavier, leading to tons of extra weight and fuel for airlines. And 3.8 million more tons of carbon dioxide in the air...
Because of a clash with federal law, legislation protecting whales from high-speed boats in the Hawaiian Islands
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al Marine Sanctuary has been overturned. This may lead to the end of offshor...
October 25 to 31, 2004
"Administration's own actions fuel rumors of draft": http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/
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al/197438_pot30.htm...
Yes, the U.S. knows where Osama is. And he's still getting "only" $1 million a year from his family: http://www.
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.com.pk/daily/oct-2004/24/index12.ph...
October 18 to 24, 2004
Nat'l Geographic survey - less than 15% of U.S. 18-to-24 year olds can locate Iraq on a map: http://news.
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algeographic.com/news/2002/11/1120_021120_GeoRoperSurvey.htm...
October 11 to 17, 2004
"McDonald's Losing Revenue in World-Wide Market" http://www.thehilltoponline.com/news/2003/04/11/
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World/Mcdonalds.Losing.Revenue.In.WorldWide.Market-415308.shtm...
September 13 to 19, 2004
A new travel survey "found Hawaii consistently fell below most competitor desti
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s in offering good value for the money and unspoiled beauty. Also, Japanese visitors did not view the islands a...
Does anyone know of space for a gymnastics program that "put 11 kids on the
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al team last year"...
About the horrible pollution and cancer-causing rivers in China: http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/12/inter
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al/asia/12china.html?ex=1252641600&en=195e0c8a98b98708&ei=5090&partner=rssuserlan...
September 5 to 12, 2004
"From the time that Hawai'i first became a strategic American outpost in the Pacific, the military has condemned thousands of acres of state and private land for training and military bases...
It's good to know that some people keep things secret (and sacred). Here's the popular article and its followup: http://www.guardian.co.uk/inter
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al/story/0,,1299444,00.htm...
Pictures and personal accounts of arrests and the detention area at the Republican
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al Convention...
"Bush: 'Our Long
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al Nightmare of Peace And Prosperity Is Finally Over'...
August 30 to September 5, 2004
"Despite a strong state economy, the homeless rate in Hawaii has nearly doubled over the past four years, and the majority of the new homeless are native Hawaiians and those with some Hawaiia...
Jewish groups are up in arms about the Christian cross-like podium at the Republican
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al Convention...
Outsourcing Greed http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/09/01/inter
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August 15 to 22, 2004
Doctors discuss the link between birth month and illness. February babies have a higher risk of schizophrenia! http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/
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world/2002011657_birthmonth21.htm...
August 2 to 8, 2004
Topic of the Week: Supporting Local Arts and Designs Hawaii is one of the toughest states for those involved in the arts to make a living. The word on the street is that Studio One, a popular galler...
The Terror Advisory Map: http://www.
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allampoon.com/terrormap/terrormap.as...
July 26 to August 1, 2004
After a year in operation, Kev's News goes online! Since everyone seems to have a blog these days, I decided to go ahead and just do it. I see the rise of blogs as a symptom of people learning how t...
About the first truly effective shark repellent, A-2: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/07/30/inter
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al1353EDT0604.DTL&type=scienc...
A pilot creates a folding electric guitar: http://www.cbc.ca/story/arts/
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July 19 to 25, 2004
Apple has released software for Verizon's $80 a month
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wide roaming wireless network - get online anywhere in the U.S....
"
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s Lite...
The UK is thinking about compulsory "drug vacci
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s" for children...
Canada's music industry is trying to bill dentists who play music in waiting rooms: http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/
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July 5 to 11, 2004
Of all people, William F. Buckley writes about the need for marijuana law reform: http://www.
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alreview.com/buckley/buckley200406291207.as...
June 28 to July 4, 2004
An article on those trying to get China to eat more vegetarian and less things like sparrow chicks, snake heads, and badgers. Old cultures are hard to change though. "Asked why she eats domestic cats...
June 21 to 27, 2004
"California sues food companies over mercury levels in canned tuna": http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/06/21/
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June 7 to 13, 2004
A
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al interactive map of power plant pollution impacts. Hey, where's Hawaii...
May 31 to June 6, 2004
This week: unconscious passwords, isolation epidemics, and video grid time-shifting! "Future of Visual Gadgets Rolled Out" A nice summary of the Society for Information Display's inter
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a...
May 10 to 16, 2004
A woman lives for almost four months without half her skull due to a "delay" in medical insurance processing: http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/05/13/
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May 3 to 9, 2004
* Taiwan's
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al postal service (forcing 1/3 of branches to paper...
April 26 to May 2, 2004
The first criminal charges under the
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's "can-spam" laws have been filed...
"One of the
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's wealthiest towns will soon have cameras and computers running background checks on every car and driver that passes through....
April 19 to 25, 2004
"Hawaii tops
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in extinctions"...
If you listen to a CD I give you, will you be busted? As part of a
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wide crackdown, the FBI raided Deer Valley High School...
April 12 to 18, 2004
Noisy cell phones are becoming a problem in
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al parks...
I've seen a lot of Web sites. This could be the worst-designed site ever made...
March 29 to April 5, 2004
"Nude women have been on the menu at The Sutler for years, but the Nashville pub covered up the 19th-century Victorian photos after being warned they might be too racy for state law....
A combi
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of many of the evoting article that have been written lately...
March 22 to 28, 2004
Is your identity safe? The story of how American medical records and credit histories are being exposed outside the U.S. with no privacy guarantees. One reporter's fascinating detective work throug...
March 1 to 7, 2004
"For the first time, a microbial fuel cell has generated electricity while cleaning wastewater, a development that could make sewage treatment more affordable for both industrialized and developin...
February 23 to 29, 2004
A surreal report of Arayanfest 2004, the latest "inter
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al" gathering of white supremacists...
February 9 to 15, 2004
20% of this beer's profits go to the non-profit World Turtle Trust, which is currently financing four inter
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al projects. I tried it recently and it's very good (and I am a beer snob)...
February 2 to 8, 2004
The market for luxury cars (which cost up to $1 million) is booming
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wide. "There are more rich people every day, and the spread between the people who have money and those who don't is gettin...
January 26 to February 1, 2004
"There has been a dramatic rise in the number of people detained or sentenced for internet-related offences in China, according to the London-based rights group Amnesty Inter
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al"...
The real story here is not that Hawaii is hosting the most prominent (inter
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al) conference on next-generation Internet technology - it's the fact that due to strict "anti-terrorist" policies...
"Stress Epidemic Strikes American Forces In Iraq": http://observer.guardian.co.uk/inter
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al/story/0,6903,1130771,00.htm...
You may have read the articles I mentioned about the rise of "cyberbullies" in school - well, it's gone inter
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al...
January 19 to 25, 2004
"Republican staff members of the US Senate Judiciary Commitee infiltrated opposition computer files for a year, monitoring secret strategy memos and periodically passing on copies to the media"...
January 12 to 18, 2004
Finally, Verizon announces that it will convert its entire
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wide telecommunications network to packet switching, "the protocol on which the Internet runs". This, over 40 years after AT&...
A new joystick combi
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fitness machine gives you a real workout.....
January 5 to 11, 2004
Yet another inter
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al study on global warming was released - 1/4 of all species could be extinct by 2050? "Global Warming Imperils Species...
December 29 to January 4, 2004
Is the American Dream over? Business Week said so, and so does this article. More proof that the rich are richer and poor are poorer. "The Death of Horatio Alger"...
"The fish that threatened
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al security"...
December 22 to 28, 2003
The
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al Park Service is altering footage of demonstrations at the Lincoln Memorial, removing anti-war protests and replacing them with pro-war and religious rallies that didn't even occur there...
December 15 to 21, 2003
The anatomy of a Hawaiian high-tech news item This year, a UH-Manoa researcher working with inter
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al collaborators discovered a new unknown subatomic particle, called X(3872)...
* August 12: First reported at an inter
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al symposium at Fermilab...
December 8 to 14, 2003
Thanks to cdbaby.com (which made Jack Johnson popular) and frequent
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al touring, Alexi Murdoch is poised to be the Next Big Thing in music. His music continues where Nick Drake left off...
Alexi has become popular on the strength of his self-made year-old 4-song album on cdbaby, two songs off which have already been featured on
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al TV shows. Many college/independent DJs and majo...
Details behind the first
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al Geographic cover story ever to be completely shot digitally...
December 1 to 7, 2003
The resig
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letter of Roy Disney, Chairman of the Feature Animation Division at Walt Disney Company...
A great five-part essay on the homeless problem in San Francisco, which has the
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's worst problem with "hard-core homelessness". What to know what life is really like on the street...
November 24 to 30, 2003
"FBI Scrutinizes Antiwar Rallies" http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/23/
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al/23FBI.html?ex=1070427600&en=29ec279a46883de9&ei=507...
November 17 to 23, 2003
We now return you to our weekly broadcast. Lots of new science/tech this week for some reason... Things got a little heated in London...
In Rolling Stone, Robert F. Kennedy wrote a nice article on Bush and his attack on the environment: http://rollingstone.com/features/
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alaffairs/featuregen.asp?pid=215...
November 10 to 16, 2003
"Terror Is A Triple Meat Pizza: Who needs war and evildoers and a big nuclear holocaust? We've got a
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al obesity epidemic...
Now that people are sharing their iTunes playlists, a new form of bigotry is emerging: discrimi
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based on a person's terrible taste in music (at least among networked college students). It "tell...
October 20, 2003
* It sells 32% of the
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's disposable diapers...
October 14, 2003
A great, great expla
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of how this
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's electrical grid works, why more large-scale blackouts are predicted, the effects of deregulation, and yet another example of capitalism ignorin...
September 30, 2003
You heard it here first folks. Windows is indeed a threat to
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al security...
September 2, 2003
The incredible story of an Estonian man who lived in the forest for eight years evading the Soviets: http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/23/inter
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al/europe/23FPRO.html?8bl=&pagewanted=all&position...
August 25, 2003
*
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al Public Radi...
August 4, 2003
It is official U.S. policy to encourage people to buy larger, less efficient cars: "The Senate rejected a proposal to require a sharp increase in automobile fuel economy Tuesday after concerns wer...
July 14, 2003
Yes, you need to know about Mr. Winkle. He's the sensation that's sweeping the
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:...
July 10, 2003
"This is coming whether we like it or not," said Jim Lewis, with the Center for Strategic and Inter
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al Studies. "It's not how do we stop the tidal wave. It's how do we manage it." Also, if yo...
July 8, 2003
For his thesis, Sean Gorman made an interactive program to identify power, Internet, and phone networks throughout the U.S. On a map you can select any company and see exactly what network wires t...