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Once Lapre’s system arrived by mail, Kasich and his fellow legislators found the system easy to understand and follow. “We placed tiny ads in a local paper until we found ones that turned a profit, even if it was just a $30 or $40 profit,” Kasich said. “Then we multiplied that ad by hundreds and hundreds of newspapers all over the country. Doing this repeatedly, it’s easy to see how we quickly reached 4.8 trillion dollars. And this fantastic system was ours for only three easy payments of $19.95.”

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John F. Kennedy Space Center – 51-L Shuttle Mission
January 28, 1986,11:38:00 a.m. EST
It’s been twenty years – here’s the original mission summary. It’s amazing how fast time flys….. Lonny Paul
First Shuttle liftoff scheduled from Pad B. Launch set for 3:43 p.m. EST, Jan. 22, slipped to Jan. 23, then Jan. [...]

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Bird
Flu Computer Database Helps Scientists Develop a Vaccine
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Format war looms for new wireless standard – Breaking – Technology
The UWB Forum – led by Motorola spinoff Freescale Semiconductor – and the WiMedia Alliance – supported by Samsung Electronics and chip-makers Intel and Texas Instruments – had been trying to unite on a single standard since forming a task group with the Institute of [...]

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Scientists at the Institute of Cancer Research in London and three British universities found no link between regular, long-term use of mobile phones and glioma.

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Monday, January 23 is going to be the unhappiest day of the year, according to a British university researcher. Cliff Arnall, a health psychologist at the University of Cardiff, specialising in confidence-building and stress management, told AFP the prediction was the result of some gruelling mathematics.

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Growing up, Saturday Night Live was THE show to be allowed to watch. It was risque, it was the days of Chevy Chase and Jim Belushi, Roseann Roseanna Anna Danna and the crew. The best years of Saturday Night live – with the “Two Wild and Crazy Guys,” the show was definite hit. [...]

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Computer and electronics sites prove popular in December
Visits to seven of the 10 top computer and consumer electronics sites increased by double digits in December, according to Nielsen/NetRatings. TigerDirect.com experienced the largest increases, with visits jumping 50% to 4.2 million from 2.8 million a year earlier.
CircuitCity.com had the second largest increase, with visits rising 49% [...]

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Cutting the Cord – It’s a Wireless World!
18% Of European Cellular Users Interested In Disconnecting Their Landline
January 20th 2006
Study finds over one quarter of French users feel same.
According to the latest research from the Strategy Analytics Wireless Network Strategies service, one in five cellular users in Western Europe would consider disconnecting their landline because of [...]

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