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Mom bloggers help companies promote products

Mom bloggers help companies promote products

Companies like General Mills are finding that connecting with blogging moms is a great way to reach customers and generate a buzz about a product.
by Martin Moylan

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Kids' media usage creating a generation gap

Kids' media usage creating a generation gap

A recent report from the Kaiser Family Foundation says that kids use entertainment media for nearly 8 hours a day. Some experts argue that the next generation gap will be created by this latest boom in communication and technology devices. Midmorning finds out how kids' increasingly saavy experience with gadgets is impacting their creativity, multitasking ability, and making them unique from generations before and after.

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DOT bars commercial drivers from texting at wheel

DOT bars commercial drivers from texting at wheel

The Transportation Department said Tuesday it is prohibiting truck and bus drivers from sending text messages on hand-held devices while operating commercial vehicles.
by Joan Lowy

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Interstates reopen day after blowing snow stranded motorists

A strong winter storm whipped up whiteout conditions, causing state officials to close interstates, sending stranded motorists to National Guard armories and keeping about 100 students at their high school overnight Monday.

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If you want to talk, don't text. Call.

If you want to talk, don't text. Call.

Cell phones, yes. Facebook, sure. But texting? Why not just have a conversation?
by Mara Fink

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Macalester College receives grant to study dangerous fungus

Macalester College researchers will use a new grant to study a fungus responsible for about 3,500 deaths every year in the U.S.
by Euan Kerr

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Judge reduces damages in illegal file sharing case

A federal judge has drastically reduced the damages a Brainerd woman must pay for illegally copying music.
by Bob Kelleher

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Newsmaker: Clinton promotes Internet freedom

Newsmaker: Clinton promotes Internet freedom

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has promised to promote Internet freedom and make unrestricted access a foreign policy priority. But will policy statements keep nations like Iran and China from controlling Internet access?

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Decoding brain development

Decoding brain development

Three scientists sat down together at the 2009 Aspen Ideas Festival in Aspen, Colo. to discuss how our brains develop over the course of our lives.

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'Physics Circus' at U of M mixes science and stagecraft

'Physics Circus' at U of M mixes science and stagecraft

Collapsing steel drums with steam and shooting rolls of toilet paper with a leaf blower are just a few ways a group of scientists use to prove that physics isn't so complicated in show that they call the "Physics Circus."
by Tim Post

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