N.Y. exhibit shows a new take on maps
A new exhibit shows how mapping can go metaphysical, charting such information as the relationships between different scientific fields. "Places & Spaces: Mapping Science" is on view at the New York Public Library's Science Industry and Business Library through Aug. 31.
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Putting the Region's Waterways in Order
Sometime after she picked up the plastic cups, the bleach jug, the wine bottles, the condoms, the cigarettes, the oil cans and the foam plates, Jerlisha Cummings began to get a real sense of the Washington region's filth.
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Lack of communication, but Fish and Game finds lost hikers
Next time, be more specific. When John and Rita Bourdelais got lost in the woods of Pawtuckaway State Park in Nottingham Saturday night, they called 911 on their cell phone.
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Sunrise residents plan battle against new Wal-Mart supercenter
Sunrise -- Residents of the Longacre community promise they'll be heard as they voice objections to a new Wal-Mart supercenter planned for construction adjacent to their homes.
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Microsoft Unveils Road Map for Speech Server 2007
Microsoft Corp. today disclosed the road map and first set of features of its upcoming release of Microsoft(R) Speech Server 2007. Beginning in May, beta testers will have the opportunity to preview and provide feedback on Speech Server 2007, which is planned for release in late 2006. Speech Server 2007 is Microsoft's next-generation speech and telephony platform to help contact centers and
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Shipwreck salvage proves profitable for treasure hunter
Fresh from a special trip to his bank vault, John Brandon, captain of the Endeavor, shows a smidgen of his treasure from sunken Spanish galleons.
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Hardware, software help agents land big deals
Buying and selling a home has gone high-tech, with real estate agents armed with laptops and gadgets, ever pushing for new toys. At the same time, new software is adding bells and whistles to real estate Internet sites, including digital mapping and map-search capabilities, and new ways of advertising and showing homes online.
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Sunday
Henry Geldzahler -- The Cleveland Museum of Art presents Who Gets to Call it Art? (2006, 80 minutes) at 1:30 p.m. today at Case Western Reserve University's Strosacker Auditorium, which is across Euclid Avenue from the Cleveland Museum of Art, south of Case Quad. To locate the auditorium on a campus map, go to www.cwru.edu/cgi-bin/campusmap?b=
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A zulu's last line of defense: Heritage
Jacob Zuma, charismatic icon of South Africa's liberation struggle, cast himself as the embodiment of a traditional Zulu male, with all the privileges that patriarchal Zulu traditions bestow on men.
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Spacecraft on its way to Venus to seek clues on global warming
WASHINGTON - After getting little attention for more than a decade, Venus is about to receive a visiting spacecraft designed to investigate its dense, hot atmosphere for clues about runaway global warming that may shed light on potential changes on Earth. Venus Express, the first mission by the European Space Agency to Earth's nearest neighbor, is set to go into orbit around the second planet
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