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Tuesday, April 02, 2013  Everyone has a place where they do their best thinking. For me, that place is out on the road, with the plopity plop of my shoes on asphalt, and the wind in my face.  It’s kind of magical-the peace I find out running, and I found it by accident.

Tuesday, May 03, 2011  Chances are you wouldn't let your kids listen to roaring chainsaw hour after hour. We would fully expect that to do some serious and permanent damage to their hearing. But as parents, we maybe doing something just as bad, if not worse by pumping potentially deafening decibels right into our kids ears. The details are the subject of this special report about our Kids in a Loud World.

Wednesday, September 01, 2010  Apple Inc. announced a smaller, cheaper version of its Apple TV device for streaming movies and television shows over the Internet and into the living room. It also unveiled a new line of iPods, including a touch-screen Nano model.

Wednesday, March 04, 2009  Italy's Catholics are asked to stop texting, silence iPods, stay offline during Lent.

Wednesday, December 03, 2008  There's work underway to replace batteries for laptops, cell phones and even iPods with tiny fuel cells.