• 'Antique' Phone Tax Dropped (p)(f)
  The Treasury Department, conceding that it has no right to continue collecting a 108-year-old tax on long-distance telephone calls,will drop its legal battle for the tax and instead refund about $13 billion to callers who have paid the tax in the past three years. The 3 percent tax, enacted in 1898 to help pay for the Spanish-American War and revised in 1965, was declared illegal by five federal courts of appeal.May 26, 2006
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• 50 Coolest Websites (p)(f)
  Many of this year's choices are shining examples of Web 2.0: next-generation sites offering dynamic new ways to inform and entertain, sites with cutting-edge tools to create, consume, share or discuss all manners of media, from blog posts to video clips. TIME.com
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• A Meditation On The Speed Limit (p)(f)
  … a look into what happens when people abide by the 55 miles per hour speed limit. (Video) also at video.google.com
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• A New Path for Asteroids (p)(f)
  If it gets exactly the right kind of gravity boost from the 2029 encounter, it will smack into Earth seven years later with enough force to obliterate Texas or a couple of European countries.
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• A-B thanks soldiers in a big way
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• Along the Road to College, More Teens Take a Detour (p)(f)
  Students are taking time out of the classroom to travel, reflect, participate in community service jobs or, in many cases, work so they can pay for college. Some use the time to beef up their résumés to help them gain admittance to elite schools that rejected them during the first go-round. Washington Post Oct 11, 2005 A6
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• Applause for Returning Troops (p)(f)
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• Basic English (p)(f)
  Basic English is a constructed language with a small number of words created by Charles Kay Ogden and described in his book Basic English: A General Introduction with Rules and Grammar (1930). The language is based on a simplified version of English. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Sep 14, 2005
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• Best 2005 Photos in Washington Post (p)(f)
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• Bonus Points: Challenges to Books on the Rise (p)(f)
  Banned Books Week, sponsored by the American Library Association -- the oldest and largest library association in the world -- and other organizations, is held each year to draw attention to books chosen by librarians for children to read that have been criticized. Washington Post Oct 11, 2005 A06
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• Chef Moz (p)(f)
  Yes, you can read and write restaurant reviews here, but you`ll also find direct links to reviews on other sites.
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• Children`s Holocaust Memorial - Paper Clip Project (p)(f)
  As you visit this site, please take some time to reflect on your power to make a difference in the world. We believe that each person can choose to make a positive impact on the lives of others.
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• Clocks' Early Spring Forward May Bring About a Few Falls (f)
  When few people were paying attention in August 2005, Congress lengthened daylight saving time by four weeks in the name of energy efficiency. Feb 1, 2007
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• Eight Secrets of Happily Married Men (p)(f)
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• F u t u r e M e . o r g (p)(f)
  Send an email to yourself or anyone else, to be delivered many years in the future.
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• Find Great Mock Meat (p)(f)
  the skill for counterfeiting meat has become rather sophisticated. Even without a blindfold, it is often impossible to tell. Get up close and inspect the grain. Breathe deep its waft. Feel it yield to the fork, and to the tooth. Test for "bounce." Mutton isn`t dressing up as lamb, soy is. Washington Post Oct 9, 2005 M7
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• Fire hits Wallace and Gromit sets (p)(f)
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• Flocking Together to See the Snowy Owl (p)(f)
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• Game theorists share Nobel prize (p)(f)
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• Globish (p)(f)
  Globish, a portmanteau of the words Global and English, is a simplified version of the English language that uses only the most common English words and phrases. It is used by non English speakers of various native tongues. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Sep 14, 2005
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