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...phone craze hasn?t spun completely out of control. In Australia, ornithologists have discovered that the country?s so-called "mimic birds" are starting to use cell phone noises in place of their traditional mating calls. Australia?s cell phones are so pervasive, scientists fear, even birds living in rural areas are familiar with the tone. You?ve got to give the birds some credit. What better way to grab a mate?s undivided attention? Our feathered friends have obviously taken note of the phenomenon known as "Ooh-hang-on-while-I-get-that-cell-phone-call" - that blind...
...meantime, any business that's in the market to upgrade its technology can do so for a fraction of what it would have paid just eight months ago. Robert H. Wager Co., a firm in Rural Hall, N.C., that makes high-tech smoke detectors, was days away from defaulting on a $200,000 contract because of a shortage of critical semiconductors. A two-month search turned up one supplier with a 14-day lead time. Five minutes on VCE turned up supplies that could be delivered immediately. "We're deliriously happy," says sales director Christine Timchek. Similarly, Texatronics, a contract...
...least six years sooner than expected. Where that's happening is turning out to be as surprising as how fast. Of the congressional districts that saw the biggest increases in their Latino populations over the past decade, not a single one is in a state along the Mexican border. Rural areas saw huge growth in Hispanic populations, but so did cities and suburbs. By the end of this year, four of the eight largest U.S. cities may have Hispanic mayors. "It's the only part of the electorate that's growing," says Antonio Gonzalez, president of the Southwest Voter Registration...
...That same weekend, a huge homecoming takes place in Ireland. Twenty years after a young group called U2 backed Thin Lizzy at Slane Castle, Bono and company return to the rural venue to close out the European leg of their Elevation world tour. The daylong Aug. 25 event also includes Coldplay, the Red Hot Chili Peppers and JJ72...
There are few places he hasn’t visited. He has been seen lounging in rural Appalachia, and perched proudly on piers along eastern seaboard. He has hunted for grubs in the marshlands of Nova Scotia; he has cavorted with royal seagulls from afar; he has flown atop the Great Wall; he has been tete-a-tete with distinguished journalists at The Washington Post’s Beijing Bureau; and, most recently, he has been seen circling Tiananmen Square...