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...science entries came close to matching the Encyclopaedia Britannica's in terms of accuracy - with 2.92 mistakes per article for Britannica and 3.86 for Wikipedia - no one argues that Wikipedia's content is flawless. Critics say the writing is clunky or prone to bias and that the authors focus on pet projects. Indeed, the site's list of Star Wars creatures totals more than 15,000 words, while the entire entry on World War II has just...
...SwebApps is aiming at small businesses, restaurants, creative professionals and anyone else who might want a mobile presence. The service costs $200 to $400, plus $25 per month for hosting. Mobile Roadie's service, which is expanding beyond its initial focus on bands, costs $400, plus $29 per month for hosting. By way of comparison, putting up a rudimentary website entails similar costs...
...goosing the economy and helping automakers, the current program requires new-car purchases and doesn't mandate huge jumps in gas mileage. Happily, the first wave of buyers opted for cars more fuel-efficient than the law demands. The top three sellers in the first week were the Ford Focus, Toyota Corolla and Honda Civic (all made in the U.S. but with lots of foreign parts). Now the turned-in vehicles (the Ford Explorer led the list) are headed for the scrapyard, but only after their engines are snuffed with a solution of liquid glass (sodium silicate) to keep them...
Privately, White House officials have been downplaying the importance of a public plan, saying it is far more important to focus on the structure and the regulations surrounding the state insurance exchanges that would be created as the marketplace for insurance under a revamped health-care system. These exchanges would give purchasers of health insurance, whether they be individuals or businesses, an option of plans to choose from, all of them offering at least a minimum package of benefits and a guarantee against exclusion for pre-existing health conditions. White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel has even gone...
...West, where they are unlikely to get working visas or jobs, at least for the first few years. "I'm a very career- oriented girl, so I can't just leave and sit at home for a year" says Gupta. "I want to work and I want to focus on my career. These things matter." Amar likens arranging marriages to shopping for food. "It's like a department store," he says. "You can pick up whatever brand you like." For the Indian bride, it seems, the preferred choice is now closer to home...