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...cell-phone headsets and eliminating the static that often occurs when hearing aids and mobile phones interact. A miniature microphone transmits the wearer's voice back to the phone. And for people who use in-the-ear hearing aids, there's another version of ELI that hangs on a cord around the neck. Next Product: Patchwork...
...members of Harvard China Care (HCC) went trick-or-treating for a different reason: to save Chinese orphan Fu Jinjin’s life. Fu is a two-month-old living in Henan, China who suffers from myelomeningocele, a disease in which spinal fluids leak from the spinal cord. She needs an operation which would close the leak and drain any excess fluid in her cerebellum. An American surgeon pledged his professional help to the case if HCC could raise $6,000 this Halloween to cover the hospital fees, according to HCC’s website...
...afternoon of the same day, when no ransom calls had been received, John and a friend began to search the premises. When they found JonBenet's body, duct tape across her mouth and throat and, according to some reports, a cord around her neck, John carried his dead daughter up from the basement, away from the possible crime scene...
...Didion declares that “the way I write is who I am, or have become,” and this is indeed carried out in the fractured, meandering style of her prose. Passage of time appears to hang on the end of a bungee cord: snaking back through memories, or dragging through each present day as it comes, but always snapping back to the day of Dunne’s death. Didion recounts the events of this day eight separate times. This repetition counteracts the effects of what Didion terms “magical thinking...
...complaint about the Mighty Mouse is that it's not wireless. Since Apple itself sells a nice wireless mouse, and since most mouse makers have found ways to add tons of features without diminishing battery life, there really isn't any good reason why Apple didn't cut the cord this time. To the company's credit, they didn't try to give me a half-baked excuse. Will a wireless one eventually roll out? Presumably, but you never ever can tell...