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...people's, or it really is tricky to type on this thing.) It's certainly tempting to. The hype for the iPhone has been so relentless - witness the screaming Yahoos outside the Apple store - that to praise the phone feels a bit like you're falling for a sales pitch. Resist the temptation. This thing is a marvel...
...conference’s reigning Rookie of the Year in men’s soccer won’t be seeing familiar foes when he steps onto the soccer pitch this summer. Instead, Andre’ Akpan will swap the Bulldogs and Tigers of the Ivy League for the Seleção and the Teaguk Warriors of Brazil and Korea Republic respectively, as the rising sophomore was named to the United States U-20 National Team Roster for this summer’s Under-20 World...
...Neither side has claimed they have the votes on any of the three amendments, and lobbying from environmental groups has reached a near fever pitch. U.S. Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) got 50 Senators to sign a letter supporting the renewable provision (plus Senator Chuck Grassley, an Iowa Republican, who penned his own letter) and sent that to the Democratic leaders. Without that measure, the group would be "hard-pressed" to support the overall legislation, said Anna Aurillo, legislative director for PIRG. Friends of the Earth, meanwhile, tried to dump a ton of coal in a Senate park last week...
...time being. The workforce is unionized again. Salaries are creeping up. A new Wal-Mart Supercenter is on the way. Cargill's strength has turned Beardstown into, if not a boomtown, at least a place that investors are paying attention to. And the town is leading its pitch with the fact that it has a large Hispanic workforce, a bellwether for economic growth. "That's all I need to tell them," says Steve Twaddle, the county's director of economic development. "Businesses understand...
...posted a 2.48 ERA and won six of his seven decisions that season, then went on to pitch four more years...