Passings: Edward M. Kennedy - American Reporter

DUMMERSTON, Vt. -- The Democratic Party's most stalwart defender of civil rights, labor rights, health care, immigration, housing and education for nearly five decades in the U.S. Senate has left us. On Tuesday night, cancer claimed the life of
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From the Labs: Materials - MIT Technology Review
Results : Office paper dipped in carbon-nanotube ink becomes a strong, flexible, highly conductive material that can be incorporated into lightweight batteries (where it serves as a conductive layer) or high-energy capacitors called ultracapacitors
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ViewSonic's new VNB131 ViewBook Pro puts an attractive spin on the 13 - engadget
ViewSonic® Corp., a leading global provider of visual display, computing and digital content solutions, today announced the commercial availability of its first ULV notebook solution â€" the VNB131 ViewBook™ Pro. ViewSonic's 13.3" VNB131 ViewBook
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Mercedes-Benz F800 Style in Geneva - MSN Money
Offering a dual approach to a green future, the Mercedes-Benz F800 Style concept will be revealed next month at the Geneva auto show featuring striking sheetmetal and a slew of new driver technologies. Mercedes is calling the F800 Style a research
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British Premier Struggles to Repaint Blotched Image - New York Times
For someone who has spent nearly 13 years in the highest reaches of government, about two and a half of them in the top job, Mr. Brown has an astonishingly bad public image. Dour is the word most often used to describe him, but that is on the mild
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Copper Drops From Four-Week High on Concern Demand May Weaken - BusinessWeek
Feb. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Copper fell from the highest price this month on concern that swelling stockpiles of the metal may signal weakening demand. Inventories in warehouses monitored by the London Metal Exchange rose to 555,025 metric tons today
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Film notes: Local movie contest narrows field to three - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
other winners were Lawrenceville's Randy Kovitz and Deborah Hosking, for their screenplay "Lightweight," about a woman going through life changes who learns she can float, and Sewickley native Ross Thomas for "Anywhere But Here," about a 6-year
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Honda EU3000i Handi Portable Generator Earns Most Innovative Product - WebWire
ALPHARETTA, Ga. - Rental Equipment Register (RER) magazine has named the Honda EU3000i Handi portable generator as a recipient of the prestigious 2009 Innovative Product Award. The EU3000i Handi tied for first place in the magazine’s generators and
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