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1)
STUDENT-BUILT VEHICLES GET 1,000 PLUS MILES PER GALLONS
http://www.rensselaerrepublican.com/articles/2006/04/28/news/community/community02.txt

2)
NATIONAL SPELLING BEE GOES PRIMETIME
For the first time in its 79-year history, the National Spelling Bee will
go prime time for next month's drama-filled finals.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/EDUCATION/05/02/spelling.bee.ap/index.html

3)
Idaho utility hard drives -- and data -- turn up on eBay
http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,111148,00.html
Anybody with five bucks and a little patience may be able to score
sensitive corporate or customer data on eBay.


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4)
Avian Flu: Can IT Handle a Pandemic?
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1957612,00.asp
VeriCenter Chief Technology Officer Dave Colesante is a rare bird.
Unlike many IT executives, Colesante has actually thought about a
potential avian influenza virus, or bird flu, pandemic and reckons his
company, which provides technology services, is relatively prepared if
the virus becomes transmitted through human contact.
After all, Colensante's 225-person support staff is used to managing
VeriCenter's seven data centers from home.
And that's a good thing if a bird flu pandemic hits, because the
federal government would encourage "social distancing" to prevent
further illness. According to the Department of Health and Human
Services, a severe bird flu pandemic would make 30 percent of the
population, or 90 million people, ill and result in 2 million deaths.
Companies would have absentee rates of about 40 percent. "You would
have to set up to remotely manage IT," said Colesante in Houston.
"You'd have to leverage connectivity."

5)
Logging On and Losing Out: Dealing Addiction to America's Kids
http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/gambling/
One type of gambling that has undergone a true renaissance is poker.
In recent years, poker has also become extremely popular with young people
in high school and college.

6)
Yahoo hit with click-fraud lawsuit
<http://www.smh.com.au/news/breaking/yahoo-hit-with-clickfraud-lawsuit/2006/05/04/1146335837117.html>
Crafts By Veronica has sued Yahoo for breach of contract, unjust
enrichment, civil conspiracy, and fraud, alleging that the
internet company has been publishing its advertisements through
spyware distributors and typosquatter websites. Veronica argues
that this perpetuates click-fraud, and that Yahoo has not only
ignored the problem, but has encouraged improprer advertisements
when earnings threatened to fall under investor expectations. The
suit also names Overture Services, a search-ad company Yahoo
acquired in 2003, and an unnamed company identified as Yahoo's
syndication partner.

7)
Skype 2.5 proves harder to block
http://www.techworld.com/security/news/index.cfm?NewsID=5946
The beta version of the Skype 2.5 Voice over IP client includes a
number of features to make it harder for security products to
block.

8)
"The Code Breakers"
A BBC World Documentary on Free/Open Source Software and Development
http://www.apdip.net/news/fossdoc

9)
Reporters Without Borders (RSF): Press Predators Censor
Internet
Freedom Of The Press Worldwide In 2006
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=17084
http://www.rsf.org/IMG/pdf/report.pdf

10)
Journal Publishers don't like Federal Research Public
Access Act of 2006 requiring scholars who
publish articles based on federally funded research to place those
articles on free Web sites within six months of being published in an
academic journal.
<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/08/business/media/08journal.html>http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/08/business/media/08journal.html

11)
Teachers may obtain highly qualified teacher status
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Teachers/newteacher.html
without ever leaving their homes, Teacher Incentive Fund
to encourage more experienced teachers to go to
high-poverty schools and reward them for results.

12)
Wells Fargo computer missing
http://www.twincities.com/mld/pioneerpress/14513672.htm

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