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During a bitterly cold January week, penniless women and children stream into a Catholic church in the northeastern Iowa town of Postville that has served as their refuge since May 12, when 389 workers were arrested during an immigration raid at the Agriprocessors Inc. meatpacking plant. The women are among 26 former Agriprocessors workers, most from Guatemala and Mexico, charged with immigration violations and fighting deportation. Released on humanitarian grounds but required to wear electronic ankle bracelets, the women, as well as about 59 children, now depend on the community, especially St. Bridget's church, which operates a Hispanic ministry...
Bored by the bland pop and inane banter blaring from your wireless? It may be time to dump your old FM set and pick up an Internet radio. These audio gadgets look like regular radio receivers but can tune into the 10,000-plus stations around the world that stream music, news and chat over the Web. All you need is broadband and a WiFi router, and you can listen to anything from Malian blues to Tongan talk shows. Not sure which Internet radio to get? Here's some sound advice on three of the best...
Logitech Squeezebox Boom With a beefy, bassy 30-watt amp and a pair of high-performance speakers, the Boom ($260) is built to shake the room. And there's no end to the tunes you can blast out of this little black box. It can wirelessly stream Web stations and - if you can't find anything you like online - music stored on your PC's hard drive. It also connects to personalized internet radio services like Last.fm, Pandora and Slacker. www.logitech.com...
...Roberts Stream 202 Want some musical accompaniment while you're pulling weeds in the yard? The Stream 202 ($180) is battery operated, compact and easy to lug around. And if your Internet connection goes down, no need to panic. The petite set can also tune into analog FM and DAB - the digital radio signal that broadcasts in some 20 countries, including the U.K. and Singapore. www.robertsradio.co.uk...
...part in the school play, her sledding expedition and what she'd cooked for that big birthday dinner - information we would have shared if we still lived in the same neighborhood and talked regularly, the inane and intimate details that add up to life. The constant stream of data is a digital form of closeness. "A beautiful blossoming garden of information about your friends," as Neill puts it, adding, "I don't see how that can be a bad thing...