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A pen that can read and write
NEW YORK NYT -- The Cross Convergence pen can be used to keep track of Web addresses but not just with its conventional ballpoint refill. A tiny scanner at the opposite end can read and store up to 300 addresses hidden in bar codes on products, in advertising and in...
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ADVISORY/Photo of a Proton rocket, showcasing the Pizza Hut logo, which will carry the International Space Station's service module into orbit is available on AP PhotoExpress and Wirepix.com
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Fashion bends for technology WASHINGTON AP -- Ideally, Jonathan Davis would love to have his cellular telephone, handheld computing device and other electronic trinkets on his person at all times. But fashion reality won't allow that. "I have far too many gadgets and not enough pocket real estate,"...
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Hilton's Stress-Less test BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. AP -- Going after travelers who feel they need to decompress after a hard day, Hilton Hotels is testing Stress- Less rooms that include miniature flowing fountains. Besides the soothing sounds of water flowing over rock and bamboo, the rooms also have...
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Help wanted -- urgently DALHART, Texas AP -- The Dalhart City Council voted this week to spend up to $35,000 to attract new workers to the Panhandle city of about 7,000 an hour's drive northwest of Amarillo. The campaign, called "New Millennium Homestead Opportunity," was proposed by the...
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Marines apply hunting tactics
Marines at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, and Camp Pendleton, California, are sharpening their ability to detect potentially dangerous people under the tutelage of both police personnel and big, game hunters, reports the Associated Press. Combat Hunter is a 2-week program to teach Marines how to observe, profile and track potentially...
Winds felled 60 oil, gas platforms
HOUSTON -- This summer's back-to-back punches from hurricanes Gustav and Ike destroyed 60 oil and gas platforms in the Gulf of Mexico, but the structures represented only a minute percentage of the region's overall production, the U.S. Minerals Management Service said Wednesday. Before the storms, the Gulf...
Burke waltzes to title with Hough
LOS ANGELES -- Brooke Burke waltzed away with the mirror ball trophy on the "Dancing With the Stars" finale. The 37-year-old TV personality and mother of four dominated the seventh season of the popular ABC dancing competition and bested former NFL player Warren Sapp and former 'NSync...
Thailand shuts down second airport
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Thai authorities shut down Bangkok's second airport Thursday after it was overrun by anti-government protesters, completely cutting off the capital from air traffic as the prime minister rejected their demands to resign, deepening the country's crisis. Thailand's powerful army commander, who has remained neutral...
Rare Viet turtle was nearly soup
SON TAY, Vietnam -- A rare Vietnamese turtle, one of just four believed left in the world, was swept away by a flood, taken hostage by an enterprising fisherman and nearly ended up in a soup pot. Instead, the 150-pound animal returned to its lake Wednesday and...
Raul Castro says he'd like to meet Obama at Gitmo
HAVANA -- Cuban President Raul Castro said in an interview released Wednesday that he would like to meet President-elect Barack Obama on "neutral ground" -- and he suggested the American naval base at Guantanamo Bay. The Cuban leader's offer came in a rare interview in Havana with...
Astronauts ready for shuttle's return
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- With their visit winding down, the world's 10 space travelers zipped up a huge space station shipping crate Wednesday and loaded it back onto shuttle Endeavour for return to Earth. Their last major task together cleared the decks for a relaxed Thanksgiving. ...
Brazil flood victims loot stores; death toll hits 97
NAVEGANTES, Brazil -- Hungry flood survivors looted supermarkets and emergency crews tried to get aid to nearly 80,000 people driven from their homes Wednesday, as rain-spawned mudslides and overflowing rivers killed at least 97 people and isolated cities in southern Brazil. Amid mounting misery in the disaster...
Laptop searches in girl's death tell chilling tale
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Someone performed Internet searches for "neck breaking" and "household weapons" on the home computer of a Florida mother charged with killing her missing 3-year-old daughter, according to court documents released Wednesday. The Orange County State Attorney's Office released almost 800 pages of discovery documents...
Stores using freebies and coupons to lure shoppers
Just in case massive markdowns aren't enough to persuade shoppers to fork over cash for presents on Black Friday, some retailers are hoping to woo shoppers with freebies and coupons. Friday is the traditional start of the holiday shopping season, and it historically was when the surge of shoppers helped...
SDSU vacancy attracting applicants
SAN DIEGO -- From San Diego to Atlanta, the early consensus is that the vacant San Diego State football job is attractive despite the school's lack of success during the last decade. "The interest in this job is phenomenal," athletic director Jeff Schemmel said Wednesday in his...
Hitler's bookmark? Feds seize object
SEATTLE -- Authorities have recovered a stolen 18-carat gold bookmark that reportedly was given to Adolf Hitler by his longtime mistress, Eva Braun. Christian Popescu, a Romanian national, was arrested Tuesday outside a Bellevue Starbucks after trying to sell the bookmark to an undercover agent for $100,000,...
Scans show distractions of age
NEW YORK -- Brain scans of older people in a noisy lab machine give biological backing to the idea that distraction hampers memory with aging, researchers reported Wednesday. The finding bolsters a theory about one reason why memory weakens with age: Older people have more trouble remembering...
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