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Convicted murderer keeps online journal
Jan 2 2007 11:25PM (CT)
MASON CITY, Iowa (AP) - A man facing the death penalty for the drug-related slayings of five people in northern Iowa is writing about his life in prison.
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Low-cost laptop could transform learning
Jan 2 2007 11:21PM (CT)
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) - Forget windows, folders and boxes that pop up with text. When students in Thailand, Libya and other developing countries get their $150 computers from the One Laptop Per Child project in 2007, their experience will be unlike anything on standard PCs.
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Dutch ban Segways from public roads
Jan 2 2007 11:18PM (CT)
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) - Dutch police banned Segways from all public roads, bike paths and walkways as of New Year's Day, surprising the nation's official importer of the two-wheeled, self-balancing scooters.
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Toyota developing drunken driving system
Jan 2 2007 11:02PM (CT)
TOKYO (AP) - Toyota Motor Corp. is developing a fail-safe system for cars that detects drunken drivers and automatically shuts the vehicle down if sensors pick up signs of excessive alcohol consumption, a news report said Wednesday.
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CEO of AT&T subsidiary dies at age 47
Jan 2 2007 3:00PM (CT)
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - Samuel Starr, the chief executive of AT&T Inc. subsidiary Sterling Commerce, has died from a sudden illness.
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SIA: November chip sales up 11.3 percent
Jan 2 2007 1:18PM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Global chip sales increased 11.3 percent in November, driven by strong demand for consumer electronics, the Semiconductor Industry Association said Tuesday.
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Ships to repair damaged undersea cables
Jan 2 2007 9:46AM (CT)
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Taiwan's Chunghwa Telecom Co. said Tuesday two repair ships will soon start fixing undersea cables damaged last week by an earthquake off the island's coast that resulted in a major disruption to telephone and Internet links across Asia.
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