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Mohamoud Hassan
Facebook started as a site for students but eventually everyone from parents to corporations, news organizations and terrorist groups created profiles on facebook. Above, an image from Mohamoud Hassan's Facebook page. He's one of a group of Minneapolis men who left for Somalia, allegedly to join in a militant Islamic movement.
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The new Kindle DX
Book lovers are closely watching the emergence of the Kindle, a reading device with a 9.7-inch screen that can store 3,500 books. Amazon has also partnered with select major newspapers to offer readers discounts on the DX in return for long-term subscriptions.
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Texting friends
The humble cell phone transformed over the last decade into a futuristic communication device. Sending text message via cell phones took off. Texting became a staple of American teenage life and fed political movements at home and abroad. Above, Connor Wright and Shandi Mack used their phones to communicate during the Red River flood.
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As more people used their cell phones for communication, they didn't always turn them off when they were behind the wheel. It caused accidents and prompted Minnesota and more than a dozen other states to pass laws banning texting while driving.
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