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Door handles undergo a modern-day metamorphosis
By Phil Patton, New York Times Monday, July 18, 2011 Spacesuits have no buttons, and space stations have no door knobs. Automobiles, which sometimes aspire to be spaceships, seem to want to lose their old-fashioned door handles. Decades ago, car customizers like George Barris banished handles, sometimes replacing them with hidden electric releases. Auto designers tended to devise flush, sleek …
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By the numbers: The top eco car
CNET compares the specifications of four cars that get the best fuel economy, to see which one is really the best all-around vehicle. Originally posted at The Car Tech blog
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COLUMN: Here’s your reason to party
Summer in the South is like nowhere else. We spend our days on the water. We drink sweet tea in the afternoon. We grill steaks and fresh corn over ice cold beer in the evening.
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Asherbash 2011 to be held at Roeder Racing
Want to have fun while helping a good cause? Then Saturday’s Asherbash is the place to be. The event, which is in its sixth year, benefits the Batten Disease Support & Research Association — an organization close to the hearts of organizers Leisa and Victor Nikolajevs, whose son, Asher, has the disease. By date (default) read more
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Fundraising ride coming up soon
ROCK FALLS – Team Underwires’ fourth annual Proud To Wear Pink! breast cancer motorcycle raffle and ride, a fundraiser for the CGH Health Foundation Women’s Cancer Prevention Program and Home of Hope Cancer Wellness Center in Dixon, is Aug. 20.
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Social media tailored for the enterprise: tibbr
TIBCO yesterday (13 July) announced the first-in-Asia launch of tibbr 3.0, an upgrade to its enterprise social computing platform, six months after its first release.
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Nursery’s Pink Night will 
benefit breast cancer research
CAMPTON HILLS – Wasco Nursery and Garden Center will host a night out against breast cancer with its Pink Night for Breast Cancer Research from 5-7 p.m. Thursday at the center, 41W781 Route 64.
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The Holiday Crunch: Why you’ll have to pack more pounds
As the peak summer season gets under way, British holidaymakers venturing abroad will discover dramatic price increases for everything from transport to theme-park admission.
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Gazette.Net: Sandy Spring Museum raffles trip for two
The Sandy Spring Museum is raffling a Trip for Two. The winner can choose their dream destination from the 2012 catalog of Odysseys Unlimited. Tickets are $ 50 each and can be purchased at the museum or online at www.sandyspringmuseum.org.
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Community Calendar for July 7
Tuesdays, 1 p.m. The Watertown senior group meets every Tuesday at 1 p.m. at Watertown City Hall. All 55+ welcome. Info: (952) 955-1415. Thursdays, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Take Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS) of Watertown meets at the Watertown Community Center.
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What’s Happening in Oroville for July 9
PAWS Thrift and Gift Shop sale The sale, at 357 OroDam Blvd. East, is 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, July 9.
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Challenge to Groupon’s model with trio of deals
Groupon’s online coupons save people cash, but they’re not always great deals for merchants. Some businesses complain that bargain hunters rarely return after scoring a cheap meal or massage.
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Runna to Be Mass-produced Soon
IKCO has provided all required facilities for Runna mass production and aims to dispatch 15 thousand units of this car by the end of the current Iranian year, i.e. March 20.
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Dow Jones Local Media Group to Launch Local Deals Product in Southern Oregon
SouthCoast Media Group (SCMG) a division of Dow Jones Local Media Group (DJLMG) today announced that it will launch an online deals program, Limelight Deals, which will feature savings of 50 percent or better on items and services offered by local businesses.New Bedford, MA (PRWEB) July 08, 2011 SouthCoast Media Group (SCMG) a division of Dow Jones Local Media Group (DJLMG) today announced that …
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/C O R R E C T I O N — Ford Motor Company/
Row Premium Utility Offers Effortless and Efficient Power, Craftsmanship and Exceptional Value, issued July 7, 2011 by Ford Motor Company over PR Newswire, we are advised by the company that the horsepower number should read 355.
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Les Cockrell: Town set to dedicate memorial to veterans
Hickory Creek officials will formally dedicate the town’s Veterans Memorial Park at 9 a.m. Saturday.
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Trying every trick in the book to bring town centers to life
The years have not been kind to many traditional downtown areas in the suburbs south of Boston, where empty storefronts, bad lighting, and broken sidewalks, among other problems, do little to draw shoppers.
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The great outdoors
Interested in discovering what else the Firelands area has to offer once you’ve visited Cedar Point and the Lake Erie Islands? You’re in luck, because the area has much to offer the outdoor enthusiast. Our 2011 Summer Guide breaks it down for you. read more By date (default)
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Tanzania: Memorable Retreat At Historical Ranch
After two blissful days in the Aberdares National Park, we drove further northwards to Nanyuki in the lush plains of Laikipia district across Mount Kenya.The road led through a beautiful landscape, forests and mountain range. It was another hour before we reached the entrance of the Sweetwaters Game Reserve and chimpanzee sanctuary.
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Business or pleasure, Lucerne’s a great place to be
It’s probably down to the country’s Calvinistic heritage that Switzerland has a long-standing reputation for sobriety. Related Stories Zulu dawn: battlefield tourism in South Africa Arabian days and nights in Oman Fresh breeze on the Sussex coast Global traveler: Aviation tax hike Mile high in Denver
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Last march with the Angels
For 44 years, Nathaniel Hamilton has drilled and instilled hard work and character into members of his world champion Angel Drill Team.Hamilton, of Gurnee, a former top drill instructor for the U.S. Navy who once “pushed” 10 100-man companies around the field, formed the Angels in 1967 after volunteering at North Chicago High School and seeing youth who, like himself growing up in Savannah, Ga …
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Hook ’em and Cook ’em tourney growing
BRADENTON — They are keeping it simple at this year’s Hook ’em & Cook ’em Fishing Tournament.
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Edgartown Marine Boat Business Purchased by Island Family
Martha’s Vineyard Boat Detailing, Hauling, Storage and Repair Boat Yard and Marine Services Business…
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Daily deals – too good to be true?
With the demise of daily deals website 1-dayout.co.nz, questions are being asked about the true value of online group buying sites.
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Courtenay resident home after nearly a week stranded on beach
Following nearly a week stranded on a beach in Haida Gwaii living off minimal food and a small stream for water, Courtenay resident Elaine Campbell returned home Wednesday.
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Hot times in old towns
Colombia has a similar reputation to Charlie Sheen: chaotic, drug-addled and prone to violent outbursts.
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