The program that revitalized my interest in application software that works over the Internet is Writely — a nice online word processing system. It is not only powerful, but it doesn’t exhibit online character. By that, I mean it is not slow to respond and sluggish to use. It can …
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – Gunmen shot and killed a pro-rebel legislator during midnight Christmas Mass, the government said Sunday, as escalating violence continued to threaten a shaky cease-fire. Joseph Pararajasingham, 71, was fatally shot at St. Michael’s Church in Batticaloa, eastern Sri Lanka’s main town, military spokesman Brig. Prasad Samarasinghe …
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PHILADELPHIA – The nation’s biggest cable companies are boosting their rates by single-digit percentages, citing rising costs for programming and investment in new services. Industry leader Comcast Corp. (CMCSA) is raising the rate on its most popular cable package by an average of 6 percent next year in all markets, …
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Sometimes your huge, crazy, dancing holiday light display can be a little too popular. Cops asked a Deerfield Township, Ohio, man who covered his house with 25,000 Christmas lights rigged to dance when holiday music plays to pull the plug on the display after a car wreck Tuesday night, according …
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CHARDON, Ohio – A 75-year-old Amish widower, afraid his church community would find out about him seeking sex from a prostitute, was scammed out of more than $67,000 from the prostitute and her boyfriend, a prosecutor says. Jake Byler of Burton Township gave the pair the money because they had …
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SANTA MARIA, Calif. – In a stunning development, Michael Jackson‘s (search) lawyers decided Friday not to present a defense rebuttal in the pop star’s child molestation trial, which means closing arguments could begin as early as Wednesday. The defense suddenly rested after prosecutors, in a final move, showed the jury …
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NEW YORK – Stocks rose unexpectedly in a late rally Tuesday after U.S. Treasury Secretary John Snow said the United States was calling on Beijing to take only an intermediate step toward flexibility for its yuan currency. The Dow Jones industrial average (search) rose 79.59 points, or 0.78 percent, to …
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SAQQARA – A superbly maintained 2,300-year-old mummy bearing a golden mask and covered in brightly colored images of gods and goddesses was unveiled Tuesday at Egypt’s Saqqara Pyramids (search) complex south of Cairo. The unidentified mummy, from the 30th pharaonic dynasty, had been closed in a wooden sarcophagus and buried …
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NEW YORK – Jessica Alba (search) says she’s more focused on her craft than ever — even if she chose a movie so she could go scuba diving in the Bahamas for four months. That film, “Into the Blue,” won’t be out until later this year. Right now, Alba co-stars …
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Cell phones don’t cause brain tumors, as far as scientists can tell at this point, says a study in Neurology’s April 12 edition. The findings echo previous research. “These results are in line with other large studies on this question,” says Christoffer Johansen, MD, PhD, DMSc, in a news release. …
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