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Why is it that the first thing you do after getting out of the car from a long trip is to find a place to sit down? I spent 9 of the last 28 hours on the road. When I got out of the car, the first thing I wanted was a place to sit.

I had the misfortune of encountering Mr. Gas-station-counter-talker-guy today.
You know the kid who hangs out at the gas station for hours on end trying to impress the 16 year old girl behind the counter? Well, he has an older counterpart. You’ve probably seen him. Mid to late 40’s white trash guy who hangs around the gas station for hours on end trying to impress the 16 year old girl behind the counter.
My problem with Mr. Gas-station-counter-talker-guy isn’t so much that he’s creepy (although he is), it’s that he is in the friggin’ way. He stands right in the middle of the counter and will not move or shut up so you can buy your gas. Shut up and get out of the way dude.

A $250,000 demonstration project that produces hydrogen energy to provide backup lighting and warmth at the Chewonki Foundation’s environmental education center was hailed at its unveiling Monday as the first of its kind in the nation.

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FT. GREELY, Alaska
The U.S. military will test its missile defense system Thursday, the fullest demonstration since a pair of tests grounded the program 18 months ago.

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A 29-year-old Korean scientist honored her departed father, after finding a new way of treating a parasitic disease, which can save hundreds of thousands of lives every year.

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Russian space engineers are modifying a Soyuz capsule for the first female space tourist ahead of a launch for the International Space Station next month, officials said. Anousheh Ansari of the U.S. is set to blast off from Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on September 14, taking the place of Japan’s Daisuke Enomoto, who failed medical tests.

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Am I the only one who keeps reading her name as Daisy Duke?

The cost of data breaches may be getting a lot higher for IT professionals who are deemed to be responsible for failing to properly secure corporate information.

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OK, IT manager gets fired for a breach in security. Good policy, or scapegoat?