The Case for Cursive New York Times For centuries, cursive handwriting has been an art. To a growing number of young people, it is a mystery. Megan Porter of Brownsburg, Ind., is in the third grade, the last year of cursive training in many school districts. ... |
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Tag: raquoThe Gas Price Freakout Wall Street Journal Man-at-the-pump angst is harming President Obama politically almost as much as gas prices surging toward $4 are hurting the middle class economically, which explains the energy panic that Washington began in earnest this week. ... |
Obama's Millionaire Obsession Wall Street Journal With less than 19 months left before the next presidential election, Barack Obama has kicked off his campaign, doing coast-to-coast "town hall" meetings last week. At the top of President Obama's re-election strategy is what appears ... |
Leprosy Linked to Armadillos Wall Street Journal A new study links exposure to wild armadillos and some cases of leprosy in the south. Using genetic sequencing, the researchers found that infected armadillos captured in five southern states had the same strain of Mycobacterium leprae, ... |
Hacker Raids Sony Videogame Network Wall Street Journal A hacker stole the names, birth dates and possibly credit-card numbers for 77 million people who play online videogames through Sony Corp.'s PlayStation console, in what could rank among the biggest data ... |
Amazon seller lists book at $23698655.93 -- plus shipping CNN An independent seller apparently listed the book "The Making of a Fly" for more than $23 million last week. Lots of normal people would pay $23 for a book. But $23.7 million (plus $3.99 shipping) for a scientific book about flies! ... |
 IGN | Why South Park Still Matters IGN South Park is still relevant; in fact it may be the most important comedy on air today. From reasons that are financial to artistic, here's why... Before South Park debuted back in the summer of 1997, Comedy Central was a network ... |
Week in Photos for April 29 Wonderwall Kelly Osbourne attends the premiere of "God Bless Ozzy Osbourne" during the 10th annual Tribeca Film Festival at BMCC Tribeca PAC on April 24, 2011 in New York. When using Facebook Connect your image and name may display on Wonderwall. ... |
5 New Tactics For SEO Post-Panda Search Engine Land “What's up with Google now, post-Panda/Farmer/whaddayacallit? What am I supposed to be doing for SEO?” (Usually accompanied with a deep sigh, aggressive hand gestures, and/or grimacing.) “Caffeine lets us index web pages on an enormous scale. ... |
 New Yorker (blog) | Roger Ebert Wins the Cartoon Caption Contest New Yorker (blog) I have entered the New Yorker's cartoon caption contest almost weekly virtually since it began and have never even been a finalist. Mark Twain advised: “Write without pay until somebody offers to pay you. If nobody offers within three years, ... |