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...left for dead when steel and heavy manufacturing were smothered by globalization that started some 20 years ago. Pittsburgh never had a housing boom. How could it, when a quarter of the population evaporated when the jobs did? Pittsburgh's finances were so awful that it became a virtual ward of the state in 2003. Is your burg afraid of losing airline service? USAir's business crashed here in 2002. The spacious airport is half empty on a Sunday...
...focus, the life and times of the founders of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Among the vaunted cast of America’s founding patriarchs (and matriarchs), the icons of John Winthrop, Roger Williams, John Endicott, and Anne Hutchinson are increasingly obscure—and Vowell knows it. But their virtual anonymity in the American cultural lexicon leaves them as blank slates for Vowell to fill in with tireless research and her own humanizing perspective.Fans of “This American Life” will know that, like most contributors, Vowell has an innate ability to forge strong connections between research...
...Storm eliminates that problem with the clickable screen. It further improves the touchscreen experience with two other features designed to separate navigation and confirmation, which, Lazaridis told TIME, is the trademark of the Storm. One is the virtual keyboard: each letter lights up as you tap it so you know instantly whether you hit the right key. The second is the cursor: as you move your finger across the screen, a small arrow - which looks like a mouse cursor - appears to show exactly where your finger is pointed. Then, to confirm your selections, you push down on the entire screen...
...Investors have always loved to use sports metaphors, but now they can combine the two national past times even further. In the midst of a historically awful week in the stock market, OneSeason.com, a new website that allows users to trade virtual shares of sports stars, made its debut. Sites like the Hollywood Stock Exchange have offered a similar market for actors and movies, and now the concept is trying to take root in the sports world. And while your cash isn't actually funding King James - don't expect a dividend check from his highness - the profits or losses...
...Stroka, the OneSeason CEO, and his investors, which have given the young entrepreneur some $2 million to start the company, are betting that, in the Internet age, people feel comfortable with virtual property. He points to Second Life, the wildly popular simulation game where you can speculate in digital real estate with real money. He also mentions Facebook, where you can spend a buck on electronic flowers for your girlfriend. But in these examples, at least you can see that pretty house or flower on your screen. For a $15 share of Brett Favre, you see his headshot and statistics...