All Stories from August 11, 2012 (Change date)
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Do the crime, hire someone else to pay the timeAug 11, 2012 7:54 am - In May 2009, a wealthy 20-year-old was drag racing through the city streets of Hangzhou, China, when his Mitsubishi struck and killed a pedestrian in a crosswalk. The ca...
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Congress has food fight over fresh vs. frozen fruitAug 11, 2012 7:54 am - WASHINGTON — Are canned pears the nutritional equivalent of a juicy fruit off the tree? House Republicans seem to think so. And their proposal to tinker with a program t...
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Why robots might make great teachersAug 11, 2012 7:54 am - We’ve been promised for years that robots will soon move from factories into our everyday lives (maybe even white-collar offices), and yet so far, the closest thing we h...
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Obama campaign app has privacy advocates concernedAug 11, 2012 7:54 am - Forget the clipboard. Forget the field office. All the modern campaign volunteer needs is a smartphone and a smile. President Obama’s re-election team has taken canvassi...
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Democrats criticize Florida’s new voter-registration lawsAug 11, 2012 7:54 am - TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The last Sunday before Election Day is the same every time for Jerry West. He closes his Jacksonville, Fla., music shop selling eight-track tapes and...
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Which presidential candidate would you want to help you change a tire?Aug 11, 2012 7:54 am - Call it the summer stalemate. It’s hot outside, the presidential candidates are running from one rally to the next, but, for all their hustle, we don’t really see much m...
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How to find a lost cellphoneAug 11, 2012 7:49 am - New York Times technology columnist David Pogue lost his iPhone on an Amtrak train earlier this week but recovered it last week after police found it in the backyard of ...
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Free Wi-Fi catches on with NYC’s subway ridersAug 11, 2012 7:47 am - NEW YORK — Emily Langmead was hesitant when she first heard of free Wi-Fi in the subway. Like many New Yorkers, she wondered what the catch was. But now, she says, she u...
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4 steps you should take to avoid getting hackedAug 11, 2012 7:46 am - Last Friday evening, a hacker got into Mat Honan’s Apple account, remotely erased the data on his iPhone, iPad and MacBook, deleted his Google account, commandeered his ...
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What happens when our cellphones can predict our every move?Aug 11, 2012 7:45 am - Your cellphone knows where you’ve been. And new research shows it can take a pretty good guess at where you’re going next. A team of British researchers has developed an...