| CONSUMER
NEWS |
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 FDA Approves Device Using Power of
Magnetism To Cure Depression
Tested successfully on Wooly Willy (right). |
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| TECHNOLOGY |
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Google Planning Data Barges at Sea
Will circumnavigate globe hauling
trillions of junk e-mails. |
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| MISCELLANEOUS |
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DHS Consulted Panel of Sci-Fi
Writers on Counterterror Efforts
Sought help guarding borders with other
dimensions. |
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75% of Americans Say Gays Should
Be Allowed to Serve in Military
Not that there's anything wrong with that. |
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| EDUCATION |
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 Saudis
Reveal Ambitious Plans for New
University
King Abdullah University of
Science and Technology (shown)
already being touted as world's
worst party school. |
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| FEATURE |
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| McCain said that the
middle class would be
“put through the
wringer” if Obama is
elected. What’s a
wringer? |
| A ) | someone
placed on a sports team
not from the school or
area he’s supposed
to be from, or older than
the rules allow. |
| B ) | a person used
as a hand model by ring
makers. |
| C ) | a 19th
century hand-cranked
devise used to wring the
moisture out of clothes. |
| Hint: if
you’ve ever used a
wringer, you’re too
old to be President. |
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| TRAVEL |
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Study: Inequality in Some
Major U.S. Cities Rivals Cities in Africa
Why travel overseas when you can observe
the vast gap between rich and poor right
here, in the good ol' USA? |
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| ALSO IN THE NEWS ... |
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Investment Banks Prepare Year-End
Bonuses Amidst Meltdown
Word on the street: mass layoffs, lobbying successes,
infusion of federal cash promise bigger-than-ever bonuses. |
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