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Wearable tech: How three designers weave technology into fashion
These three designers have created novel ways to incorporate the ever-changing world of technology into the fast-paced world of fashion. Their clothes make music, change shape, and monitor your heart.
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Presidential libraries: from Boston to Honolulu ... or maybe Chicago
Presidential libraries can be found coast to coast, and may even go beyond that once a site is selected for President Obama's future repository of documents and artifacts. To quickly hopscotch around to the 13 official presidential libraries and museums overseen by the National Archives, plus that of Abraham Lincoln, check out this library list.
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US gun industry by the numbers
As the debate over gun control rages on, the firearms industry in the United States is thriving. Here are seven key figures.
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'Let's Pretend This Never Happened': 7 stories from a memoir by The Bloggess
From a pet turkey to Post-It arguments, here are seven stories from popular blogger Jenny Lawson's new book 'Let's Pretend This Never Happened.'
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Top 5 ways to save on your summer vacation
If you're pining for a summer vacation but worried about costs, consider how Wayne and Pat Dunlap of Del Mar, Calif., managed to tour 51 countries over two years, marvel at the Egyptian pyramids, scale a New Zealand glacier, and visit Laotian Buddhist monks all for less than $100 a day. "We often stayed at guesthouses and hostels, ate at local family restaurants, took public transportation, and in some cases, traveled on cruise ships offering reduced rates," says Mr. Dunlap, author of the travel book "Plan Your Escape." This year amid price worries and higher summer airfares, especially to Europe such ingenuity could prove essential. Here are five cost-cutting strategies that can help:
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An 800-year history lesson: big debts, long recovery
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John Patrick Bedell: Antigovernment extremism behind shooting?
John Patrick Bedell, the gunman identified by authorities in the Pentagon shooting, harbored intense antigovernment feelings. But where he fell on the political spectrum – right wing vs. left wing – is not only unclear, but it also may not be what's germane in the case.
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San Francisco: ousting loiterers, but losing character?
A proposed "sit/lie" law for San Francisco would clear up loiterer havens like the Haight-Ashbury district, but critics say it will take away some of the city's culture.
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It wouldn't be spring in Texas without colorful wildflowers
The spring forecast for Texas: A 100 percent chance of bluebonnets and other colorful wildflowers.
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Joe Stack IRS attack: All-American rage?
Fury over taxation and the IRS is more common – and honorable – in the US than elsewhere. That may help explain why some empathize with Joe Stack.
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 02/23
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Opinion: Joe Stack was a terrorist: Do Republicans like Scott Brown and the tea party get that?
Joe Stack was a terrorist. Period. Yet some mainstream Republicans and tea partyers empathize with him.
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Joe Stack IRS attack: 'hero' debate heats up
Joe Stack, who attacked the IRS by flying his plane into its offices in Austin, Texas, is being lauded as a 'hero' in antigovernment circles. The son of the man he killed strongly disagrees.
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Joe Stack IRS attack and the growth of the tax resistance movement
Federal tax authorities spend a lot of time trying to convince Americans like IRS attacker Joe Stack that paying taxes is part of one’s civic duty. But resistance – though not violence – is downright American, say tax protesters like Wesley Snipes.
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Alarm at Austin plane crash troubles pilots
Many in the general aviation community urge regulators not to overreact to Thursday's crash.
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IRS: a frequent target of antigovernment violence
Thursday's attack, in which Joseph Stack flew his plane into IRS offices in Austin, Texas, is just the latest in a string of attacks against the Internal Revenue Service. There are an average of 918 threats against employees a year, says a government agency.
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 02/19
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Former terrorist: Austin attack reflects growing US turmoil
Joe Stack's apparent suicide flight in Austin, Texas, Thursday, which killed at least one person and caused two others to be hospitalized, is indicative of what some are concerned is building antigovernment sentiment, says a former domestic terrorist.
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Top question for fiscal commission: Are Americans better than leaders ask us to be?
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Austin plane crash targeted IRS, officials say
The remains of the plane's pilot – believed to be Joseph Andrew Stack – have been recovered. Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo calls the attack "a criminal act by a lone individual."
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Plane crash in Austin points to vulnerabilities from small planes
Thousands of civilian aircraft fly within the general aviation system every day. But there are few regulations, laws, or security procedures that would prevent a pilot with ill intentions from using a plane for evil purposes.
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Joe Stack: Antitax 'terrorist' or solo IRS-hater?
The pilot of a plane that authorities say targeted an IRS office in Austin, Texas, left an apparent suicide note citing a Big Brother tax code. At least at first glance, Joe Stack's views fit more into a pattern of solo attackers avenging personal beefs than a terror conspiracy.
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Who is Joe Stack?
Joseph Andrew Stack, the software engineer being linked to Thursday's plane crash in Austin, left behind an anti-IRS, antigovernment Web manifesto.
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 02/18
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Small plane crashes into Austin office building – was it intentional?
Witnesses say the single-engine plane appeared to accelerate before crashing into the seven-story building, where IRS employees, among others, worked.
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Marital affairs: what happens after spouses cheat
Why Americans are getting more conservative about affairs, but seem willing to accept them in their own marriages.
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Marjah offensive: Q&A on why it matters to Afghanistan war
After weeks of publicizing, US troops are set to launch one of the biggest offensives of the Afghanistan war, against the Taliban stronghold of Marjah in Helmand Province. Here’s a briefing on just how important this town is and why NATO gave the Taliban so much advance warning.
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Meet the new mobile shopper: Smarter phones, savvier spenders
Mobile shopping is growing fast. Will it change the way you shop?
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‘Buy local’ movement gives new life to corner stores
Communities urge residents to think and spend locally in a bid to boost area businesses.
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Outdoor cats are easy prey for coyotes
Cats are known as hunters but when coyotes come on the scene, cats who go outdoors become the prey.
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