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September 30, 2006
Recall: Sept 24 - 30, 2006
Pew Internet & American Life Project: More Americans turn to the internet for news about politics -- On a typical day in August, 26 million Americans were using the internet for news or information about politics and the upcoming mid-term elections.
NY Times: The Ascent of Wind Power -- Wind power is emerging as an alternative in fast-growing countries like India and China that are avidly seeking new energy sources.
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Recall: week of Sept. 25, 2006
Chicago Tribune: For retirees, health-care cost increases add to pains of aging -- Geraldine Picha knew that her pension would be modest, given her tenure of 15 years at the phone company. What the Chicago-area resident did not expect was that her retiree health premium would eat up every penny of that pension--and more.
NY Times: Arbiter of Style and Grammar Goes Online -- The Chicago Manual of Style will be available online by subscription, freeing users to consult it on the fly.
Wired News: It Is 'One Small Step for a Man' -- An Aussie computer programmer downloads Neil Armstrong's historic "one small step for man" declaration from his 1969 moonwalk. Sound-editing software shows Armstrong got it right in the transmission from the moon.
Wired News:Peek at NSA's Secret Reading List -- What's the typical U.S. spook reading up on? From encryption to extraterrestrials, recently divulged documents offer a glimpse between the covers of the National Security Agency's classified internal magazines.
Journalism.co.uk -- How to: avoid back pain while at the computer and How to: Set up and run a successful blog
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