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Some fear billboards distract drivers
Feb 21 2007 9:12PM (CT)
MINNETONKA, Minn. (AP) - When officials in this Minneapolis suburb didn't like the two eye-popping digital billboards that Clear Channel erected along the freeway, they pulled the plug. They had the power company cut off the electricity.
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Music industry cracks down on colleges
Feb 21 2007 7:47PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - College students who faced lawsuits for illegally sharing large music collections over campus computer networks increasingly risk being unplugged from the Internet or even suspended over lesser complaints by the recording industry.
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AOL tacks ad to bottom of e-mail
Feb 21 2007 5:13PM (CT)
DULLES, Va. (AP) - Short text advertisements touting AOL products and services are now being tacked to the bottom of e-mail messages sent from some AOL accounts.
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Breakup becomes YouTube breakthrough
Feb 21 2007 3:21PM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Was it live ... or was it just a stunt for YouTube? A one-time college couple say their melodramatic Valentine's Day breakup _ complete with singers, hundreds of spectators and a profanity-laced tirade _ was real. Those who were there say it all seemed a little too staged.
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Missing laptop found in ET hunt
Feb 21 2007 2:28PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The Space Sciences Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley, has signed up more than 1 million volunteers worldwide in a search for extraterrestrial intelligence. They've found no aliens yet, but they have at least turned up one missing laptop.
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Study: Virtual men are standoffish too
Feb 21 2007 2:14PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Males stand further away when talking to other males in the virtual world of Second Life and are less likely to keep eye contact, according to a study that shows at least one aspect of human behavior carries over into the virtual realm.
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Study: Virtual men are standoffish too
Feb 21 2007 2:14PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Males stand further away when talking to other males in the virtual world of Second Life and are less likely to keep eye contact, according to a study that shows at least one aspect of human behavior carries over into the virtual realm.
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Exercise machines to work with iPods
Feb 21 2007 11:31AM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Your workout at the gym isn't going to be any less painful. But the world's leading commercial provider of exercise equipment might at least help make the session on a stair-climber or treadmill more entertaining.
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Google shuts hole in desktop product
Feb 21 2007 7:50AM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - A potentially devastating hole in Google Inc.'s prevalent desktop search product could have exposed personal files on users' computers to data thieves. Google fixed the defect within weeks of being informed about it and says it has no evidence the vulnerability was exploited.
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States seek laws to curb online bullying
Feb 21 2007 1:13AM (CT)
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Ryan Patrick Halligan was bullied for months online. Classmates sent the 13-year-old Essex Junction, Vt., boy instant messages calling him gay. He was threatened, taunted and insulted incessantly by so-called cyberbullies.
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