Brave New Schools, Somebody's Watching You, -and- Is There a Doctor in the House?

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Brave New Schools - D.C. students paid to attend summer school

Somebody's Watching You - UK police arrest man over Twitter insult

Is There a Doctor in the House?- Is America running out of doctors?

Technology in the News Today

Spotify Unveils Free Streaming Radio for Android

How to Watch the Olympics Online Without Cable

Kansas City Communities Jump on Google Fiber Bandwagon

Born on this Day in History: July 31, 1954 - Laura Lynn Harter - Happy Birthday, Laura!

Celebrating Laura's Birthday at Work!

On this Day in History: July 31, 1975 - James Riddle Hoffa, one of the most influential American labor leaders of the 20th century, disappears in Detroit, Michigan, never to be heard from again. Though he is popularly believed to have been the victim of a Mafia hit, conclusive evidence was never found, and Hoffa's death remains shrouded in mystery to this day.

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Food Fight, Animal Kingdom, -and- Somebody's Watching You

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Food Fight - Minnesota man charged with burrito assault

Animal Kingdom - Man who had hand bitten off by gator charged with feeding it

Somebody's Watching You - NYPD to launch "all-seeing" tracking system

Technology in the News Today

Instapaper Downloads Jump 600% From Nexus 7 Tablet

DefCon: NSA Boss Asks Hackers to Join the Dark Side

Senate Moves Ahead With Revamped Cyber-Security Bill

Born on this Day in History: July 30, 1936 - Buddy Guy was born in Lettsworth, Louisiana. At 13 years old, he made a guitar and taught himself to play. Muddy Waters discovered him while playing at clubs in Chicago. Waters helped him find work at 708 Club. He recorded hits from the 1960s through the 80s. In 2003, he released his first acoustic blues album.

On this Day in History: July 30, 1965 - President Lyndon B. Johnson signs Medicare, a health insurance program for elderly Americans, into law. At the bill-signing ceremony, which took place at the Truman Library in Independence, Missouri, former President Harry S. Truman was enrolled as Medicare's first beneficiary and received the first Medicare card. Johnson wanted to recognize Truman, who, in 1945, had become the first president to propose national health insurance, an initiative that was opposed at the time by Congress.

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Crime and Punishment - North Carolina man arrested for refusing to leave jail

Show Me the Money - Woman Accidentally bakes family’s entire life savings after husband hides it in the oven

The Armed Citizen - Florida first state to surpass one million concealed weapon permits

Technology in the News Today

Nexus Q Sold out on First Day on the Market

Google Handwrite Lets You Scribble Searches With Your Finger

Google Fiber Offers 1-gigabit Internet Access

Born on this Day in History: July 27, 1948 - Peggy Gale Fleming was born in San Jose, California. She began figure skating at age nine and won a gold medal in the 1968 Olympics. She won five U.S. titles and three world championships. She went on to host numerous television specials.

On this Day in History: July 27, 1996 - In Atlanta, Georgia, the XXVI Summer Olympiad is disrupted by the explosion of a nail-laden pipe bomb in Centennial Olympic Park. The bombing, which occurred during a free concert, killed a mother who had brought her daughter to hear the rock music and injured more than 100 others, including a Turkish cameraman who suffered a fatal heart attack after the blast. Police were warned of the bombing in advance, but the bomb exploded before the anonymous caller said it would, leading authorities to suspect that the law enforcement officers who descended on the park were indirectly targeted. Within a few days, Richard Jewell, a security guard at the concert, was charged with the crime. However, evidence against him was dubious at best, and in October he was fully cleared of all responsibility in the bombing.

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Don't Print That,Survivor, -and- Drive My Car

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Don't Print That - Newsweek to become digital-only

Survivor - Man buys 17-pound lobster from restaurant, releases it at sea

Drive My Car - A traffic nightmare like no other on Long Island’s East End

Technology in the News Today

Sunglasses that Add Instagram Effects to Real Life

Pressure Building on Facebook to Show Profit

Firefox 14

Born on this Day in History: July 26, 1943 - Born Michael Phillip Jagger in Dartford, England, Mick Jagger, the lead singer of the Rolling Stones, has become a rock legend, delighting fans for more than four decades. Leaving the London School of Economics to start a band with Keith Richards, Jagger took the Rolling Stones to the top of the music world, propelling the band and himself to a status unknown by most performers.

On this Day in History: July 26, 1775 - The U.S. postal system is established by the Second Continental Congress, with Benjamin Franklin as its first postmaster general. Franklin (1706-1790) put in place the foundation for many aspects of today's mail system. During early colonial times in the 1600s, few American colonists needed to send mail to each other; it was more likely that their correspondence was with letter writers in Britain. Mail deliveries from across the Atlantic were sporadic and could take many months to arrive. There were no post offices in the colonies, so mail was typically left at inns and taverns. In 1753, Benjamin Franklin, who had been postmaster of Philadelphia, became one of two joint postmasters general for the colonies. He made numerous improvements to the mail system, including setting up new, more efficient colonial routes and cutting delivery time in half between Philadelphia and New York by having the weekly mail wagon travel both day and night via relay teams. Franklin also debuted the first rate chart, which standardized delivery costs based on distance and weight. In 1774, the British fired Franklin from his postmaster job because of his revolutionary activities. However, the following year, he was appointed postmaster general of the United Colonies by the Continental Congress. Franklin held the job until late in 1776, when he was sent to France as a diplomat. He left a vastly improved mail system, with routes from Florida to Maine and regular service between the colonies and Britain. President George Washington appointed Samuel Osgood, a former Massachusetts congressman, as the first postmaster general of the American nation under the new U.S. constitution in 1789. At the time, there were approximately 75 post offices in the country.

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Bugging Out, When In Rome, -and- Weapons Of Choice

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Bugging Out - Bugs like it hot: Record heat kicks insects into high gear

When In Rome - Father of boy, 11, who flew to Rome alone says son doesn't own a passport

Weapons Of Choice - Gun sales surging in wake of Colorado shooting

Technology in the News Today

London Olympic Organizers Ban 3G Hotspots

Qualcomm to Demo Wireless Charging Tech for Electric Cars

Comcast Doubles Internet Speeds, Unveils 305 Mbps Tier

Born on this Day in History: July 25, 1946 - Rita Marley is Bob Marley's widow and best known for carrying on her late husband's musical legacy and developing her own career as a solo artist. Rita Marley has six children, three from her marriage with Bob. After Bob's death in 1981 Marley established a charitable organization, the Bob Marley Foundation, to fight poverty and hunger in developing countries.

On this Day in History: July 25, 2000 - An Air France Concorde jet crashes upon takeoff in Paris on this day in 2000, killing everyone onboard as well as four people on the ground. The Concorde, the world's fastest commercial jet, had enjoyed an exemplary safety record up to that point, with no crashes in the plane's 31-year history. Air France Flight 4590 left DeGaulle Airport for New York carrying nine crew members and 96 German tourists who were planning to take a cruise to Ecuador. Almost immediately after takeoff, however, the plane plunged to the ground near a hotel in Gonesse, France. A huge fireball erupted and all 105 people on the plane were killed immediately. The Concorde fleet was grounded in the wake of this disaster while the cause was investigated. The Concorde, powered by four Rolls Royce turbojets, was able to cross the Atlantic Ocean in less than three-and-a-half hours, reaching speeds of 1,350 miles per hour, which is more than twice the speed of sound. The July 25 incident, though, was not related to the Concorde's engine construction or speed.

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Job Insecurity, Quitting Time, -and- Animal Kingdom

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Job Insecurity - Cash-strapped Argentine town pays employees by raffle

Quitting Time - Navy: Sub worker set fire so he could leave early

Animal Kingdom - 21-pound lobster to be released back into Cape Cod waters

Technology in the News Today

The 10 Best Cheap Prepaid Phone Plans You've Never Heard Of

Netgear Wi-Fi Booster Fills Mobile Dead Zones

Amidst Sellouts, Google Debuts First Nexus 7 Commercial

Born on this Day in History: July 24, 1969 - Once a dancer on the television show "In Living Color," Jennifer Lopez, often nicknamed J.Lo, is an American actress, singer, record producer, dancer, television personality, fashion designer and television producer. Lopez's first leading role was in the biographical film Selena, in which she earned an ALMA Award for Outstanding Actress. To date, Lopez has sold over 25 million albums worldwide.

On this Day in History: July 24, 1911 - American archeologist Hiram Bingham gets his first look at Machu Picchu, an ancient Inca settlement in Peru that is now one of the world's top tourist destinations. Tucked away in the rocky countryside northwest of Cuzco, Machu Picchu is believed to have been a summer retreat for Inca leaders, whose civilization was virtually wiped out by Spanish invaders in the 16th century. For hundreds of years afterwards, its existence was a secret known only to the peasants living in the region. That all changed in the summer of 1911, when Bingham arrived with a small team of explorers to search for the famous "lost" cities of the Incas.

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G.I. Joe, Walk the Walk, -and- Crime and Punishment

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G.I. Joe - Patriot drops 200 pounds to join Army

Walk the Walk - At least 21 treated for burns after trying to walk on coals at Tony Robbins event

Crime and Punishment - Sex-crime victim could be jailed for tweeting her attackers' names

Technology in the News Today

Canon Finally Enters Mirrorless Camera Market With EOS M

Google Sells Out of 16GB Nexus 7 Tablets

Russian Hacker Suspected of Targeting Amazon.com Arrested

Born on this Day in History: July 23, 1971 - Alison Krauss was born in Champaign, Illinois. She had a recording contract with Rounder Records at the age of 14 and released her first solo album at 16. She joined the band Union Station and became a member of the Grand Ole Opry. Krauss has earned 21 Grammy Awards. Her most recent win was for her collaboration with former Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant.

On this Day in History: July 23, 1984 - 21-year-old Vanessa Williams gives up her Miss America title, the first resignation in the pageant's history, after "Penthouse" magazine announces plans to publish nude photos of the beauty queen in its September issue. Williams originally made history on September 17, 1983, when she became the first black woman to win the Miss America crown. Miss New Jersey, Suzette Charles, the first runner-up and also an African American, assumed Williams' tiara for the two months that remained of her reign.

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Aimal Kingdom, Drive My Car, -and- Who Let the Dogs Out

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Animal Kingdom - More than 200 Chihuahuas removed from Pennsylvania home

Drive My Car - Bay Area drivers could be tracked by GPS, taxed per mile driven

Who Let the Dogs Out - 300 pit bulls living in filth in Texas home

Technology in the News Today

Google, Bing Maps Upgrades Add Detail, High-Def Photos

Google Revenue Jumps 35 Percent as Motorola Transition Begins

Microsoft Reality: Understanding Touch

Born on this Day in History: July 20, 1938 - Natalie Wood was an American film actress. She won acclaim for her role in Miracle on 34th Street when she was only 9. A dark-haired beauty of Russian-French extraction, she successfully transitioned to teenage and adult roles in Rebel Without a Cause, Splendor in the Grass, West Side Story, Love with the Proper Stranger and Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice. She drowned in a boating accident.

On this Day in History: July 20, 1969 - At 10:56 p.m. EDT, American astronaut Neil Armstrong, 240,000 miles from Earth, speaks these words to more than a billion people listening at home: "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." Stepping off the lunar landing module Eagle, Armstrong became the first human to walk on the surface of the moon. The American effort to send astronauts to the moon has its origins in a famous appeal President John F. Kennedy made to a special joint session of Congress on May 25, 1961: "I believe this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to Earth." At the time, the United States was still trailing the Soviet Union in space developments, and Cold War-era America welcomed Kennedy's bold proposal.

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Catch and Release, Homeland Insecurity, -and- Don't Like

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Catch and Release - Sex offender arrested for 169th time

Homeland Insecurity - TSA let 25 illegal aliens attend flight school owned by illegal alien

Don't Like - Washington state to become first to offer voter registration on Facebook

Technology in the News Today

A Fifth of the World's Spam Dries Up as Grum Botnet Goes Down

Researcher: Jelly Bean the Most Secure Android Version Ever

YouTube Adds Face-Blurring Tool

Born on this Day in History: July 19, 1860 - Lizzie Borden was born in Fall River, Massachusetts. Lizzie's world changed when her father remarried three years after the death of her mother. Lizzie and her sister started having difficulties with her father and stepmother over finances. On August 4, 1892 Lizzie claimed to have discovered the bodies of her father and stepmother beat to death. She was arrested, but acquitted of murder in 1893.

On this Day in History: July 19, 1799 - On this day in 1799, during Napoleon Bonaparte's Egyptian campaign, a French soldier discovers a black basalt slab inscribed with ancient writing near the town of Rosetta, about 35 miles north of Alexandria. The irregularly shaped stone contained fragments of passages written in three different scripts: Greek, Egyptian hieroglyphics and Egyptian demotic. The ancient Greek on the Rosetta Stone told archaeologists that it was inscribed by priests honoring the king of Egypt, Ptolemy V, in the second century B.C. More startlingly, the Greek passage announced that the three scripts were all of identical meaning. The artifact thus held the key to solving the riddle of hieroglyphics, a written language that had been "dead" for nearly 2,000 years.

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Cat Scratch Fever, Animal Kingdom, -and- Step On It

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Cat Scratch Fever - Man gets Bubonic Plague from stray cat bite

Animal Kingdom - Crazed beaver attacks two girls swimming in lake leaving them with serious injuries

Step On It - Possible serial foot-licker in custody

Technology in the News Today

Samsung Announces MV900 Flip-Screen Camera

Google Adds Panoramic Antarctica Images to Street View

Firefox 14 Encrypts Google Searches

Born on this Day in History: July 18, 1937 - American journalist Hunter S. Thompson is credited for creating Gonzo journalism, a highly personal style of reporting where a writer become so involved in the story that they become central figures in their piece. His style made him counterculture icon. Thompson was known for his steady use of illicit drugs and love of firearms. He committed suicide in 2005 after several bouts of poor health.

On this Day in History: July 18, 1960 - She was several inches short of five feet tall, even in socks and saddle shoes, and she weighed no more than 90 pounds, but her voice was that of a heavyweight. Just 15 years old but already five years into a professional recording career, "Little Miss Dynamite" Brenda Lee earned the first of her many smash pop hits when "I'm Sorry" reached the top of the Billboard charts on July 18, 1960.

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Road Rage - More than 200 taxi drivers have brought central London to a halt in a protest at the Olympic Games lanes

Falling - Hero catches girl after window freefall

It's What's for Dinner - 21-pound lobster caught off Cape Cod Beach

Technology in the News Today

Microsoft Gets Radical With Office 2013 and 365

Order Limit for $35 Raspberry Pi PC Lifted

Hands On: Microsoft Office 2013 and Office 365

Born on this Day in History: July 17, 1917 - Actress and comedian Phyllis Diller was born in Lima, Ohio. Diller was first noticed as a contestant on Groucho Marx's game show and went on to become a successful comedienne, actress and author, recognizable by her eccentric costumes, overdone makeup and trademark laugh. In 1992 she received the American Comedy Award for Lifetime Achievement. Diller is also an accomplished pianist and author.

On this Day in History: July 17, 1955 - Disneyland, Walt Disney's metropolis of nostalgia, fantasy, and futurism, opens. The $17 million theme park was built on 160 acres of former orange groves in Anaheim, California, and soon brought in staggering profits. Today, Disneyland hosts more than 14 million visitors a year, who spend close to $3 billion. Walt Disney, born in Chicago in 1901, worked as a commercial artist before setting up a small studio in Los Angeles to produce animated cartoons. In 1928, his short film Steamboat Willy, starring the character "Mickey Mouse," was a national sensation. It was the first animated film to use sound, and Disney provided the voice for Mickey. From there on, Disney cartoons were in heavy demand, but the company struggled financially because of Disney's insistence on ever-improving artistic and technical quality. His first feature-length cartoon, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1938), took three years to complete and was a great commercial success.

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You Go Girl, Who's the Boss?, -and- Going Green

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You Go Girl - Women overtake men in IQ tests for first time in 100 years

Who's the Boss? - Springsteen cut off by London curfew

Going Green - San Francisco considering ordinance to make people re-fill plastic water bottles

Technology in the News Today

YouTube Becoming "Major Platform" for News

Google's Nexus 7 Selling Out at Key Retailers

Comcast Buys MSNBC.com Stake From Microsoft

Born on this Day in History: July 16, 1968 - Barry Sanders, born in Wichita, Kansas, won the Heisman Trophy while playing football for Oklahoma State University in 1988. He was the third overall draft pick a year later, joining the Detroit Lions. His best professional season was 1997, when he set the record for rushing over 2000 yards. He was forced to reimburse the Lions more than $5 million dollars after his early retirement in 1998.

On this Day in History: July 16, 1945 - The Manhattan Project comes to an explosive end as the first atom bomb is successfully tested in Alamogordo, New Mexico. Plans for the creation of a uranium bomb by the Allies were established as early as 1939, when Italian emigre physicist Enrico Fermi met with U.S. Navy department officials at Columbia University to discuss the use of fissionable materials for military purposes. That same year, Albert Einstein wrote to President Franklin Roosevelt supporting the theory that an uncontrolled nuclear chain reaction had great potential as a basis for a weapon of mass destruction. In February 1940, the federal government granted a total of $6,000 for research. But in early 1942, with the United States now at war with the Axis powers, and fear mounting that Germany was working on its own uranium bomb, the War Department took a more active interest, and limits on resources for the project were removed.

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