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http://thefrugalgirls.com/2010/05/borders-summer-reading-program-for-kids-free-book.html
New low-profile antenna has been designed to overcome the challenges of identifying and location the source of communications signals from a vehicle-mounted direction finding system on the move. This could be a life-saving capability for US soldiers:
http://www.rdmag.com/News/2010/05/Information-Tech-Communications-Military-For-military-vehicles-new-antenna-could-mean-survival/
American investigators believe that members of Pakistan's intelligence service (ISI) may have been involved with the plot to bomb Times Square! This adds to the controversy over how only $500 million of the $6.6 billion the US gave in military aid to Pakistan between 2002 and 2008 actually made it to Pakistan's military. Many of the terrorist groups based in Pakistan are supported by ISI (some were created by ISI) to be used in the conflict with India over Kashmir, so many in ISI do not like how the US wants Pakistan to dismantle their terrorist networks:
http://www.homelandsecuritynewswire.com/elements-pakistans-intelligence-service-involved-times-square-plot
Remember how Mexico tried to require that all cellphones be registered with their government--they said that was to fight crime. 30% of cellphone users in Mexico refused, many of whom were worried about their privacy. Now, anyone can go to a Mexico City flea market and buy the confidential data of millions of Mexicans from official state registries! No wonder so many police officers are getting killed in Mexico--for $12k, anyone can buy a database that lists all the police officers with their photographs and addresses!
http://www.latimes.com/news/custom/topofthetimes/topstories/la-fg-mexico-data-20100512,0,7558470.story
Purdue researchers were trying to find a DNA-based test to determine the sex of a lake sturgeon when they discovered that the sturgeon's genome contains genes that didn't originally belong to it and might actually have a parasite that causes a STD in humans!
http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/research/2010/100511DeWoodySturgeon.html
Article about how the plug-in Prius will be on San Diego roads starting this summer. The article also discusses the many all-electric car options coming soon:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/may/12/plug-in-prius-to-hit-san-diego-in-summer/
For the first time in 3 decades, the rate of premature births in the US has declined for 2 years in a row. Every state *except* for Hawaii improved from last year (Hawaii's rate got worse):
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-births-20100511,0,5002474.story
Google isn't going to officially discuss Android 2.2 and Froyo until their big gathering next week, but this site has Android 2.2 and is running a variety of tests with it. It runs Flash very well and benchmark testing shows a 450% speed improvement over Android 2.1!
http://www.androidpolice.com/2010/05/11/exclusive-androidpolice-coms-nexus-one-is-running-android-2-2-froyo-how-fast-is-it-compared-to-2-1-oh-only-about-450-faster/