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...available in U.S. autos. As of last summer, Oldsmobile buyers could opt for GPS receivers, with accompanying digitized road maps, built right into their dashboards. A motorist lost in the San Fernando Valley can tap into GPS and get an instant position on the digitized map, accurate to the length of a minivan. At its current $1,995 price, GPS is still an expensive option, but rental-car companies are very interested. As prices eventually come down, these locators could become common features in cars...
Restaurateurs, led by John R. Clifford, the owner of the Green Street Grill, crowded the council chamber to register protests against the ordinance, which they said would hurt their business. They said diners will opt to eat in Boston or Somerville if the law is enacted...
...political heat off Gingrich. At the same time, however, he risks finding himself the fall guy if things go badly. He conceded as much at a hearing this month when he publicly commiserated with Rivlin, who lost internal battles at the White House over whether the Administration should opt for further deficit reduction. ``I hope you'll be the only one in this city that will lose this fight this year,'' Kasich told Rivlin. ``But you know what? I've got a feeling that there will be some others of us that will lose some fights along the way that...
...early for the rest of the software industry to celebrate." Sporkin's ruling allows the government to appeal the decision; put Microsoft on trial; try to negotiate a new agreement, or drop the case entirely, which is not considered a viable option. Microsoft could join an appeal, opt for a trial or also try to work out another settlement...
...about time. Sadly, however, a growing number of parents feel compelled to opt out of public schools altogether: more than 700,000 children are educated at home, up from about 12,500 in the late 1970s. No small number of them are taught by Kenneth and Julie McKim of Pecan Gap, Texas, who started educating their 13 children at home more than a decade ago. Says Julie: ``We wanted our children to be protected before they had to face someone who was offering them drugs or before they had to make moral choices we would rather our children not make...