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BOOK REVIEW: Recalling progress of war in FranceMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 8:26PMNORMANDY CRUCIBLE: THE DECISIVE BATTLE THAT SHAPED WORLD WAR II IN EUROPE By John Prados NAL, $26.95, 269 pages One could probably build a substantial library of books on Normandy. Some were written even while the smoke still lingered among the hedgerows. Some were written amid the jubilation of liberated ...

S. Korea leads way for paperless classroomMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 8:24PMBy 2015, the nation's schools will abandon traditional textbooks in favor of digital learning. Over the next four years, the nation's government will spend more than $2 billion to provide every student with a tablet and, in the process, become the first country in the world to go paperless in ...

Microsoft offers $250,000 reward for Rustock botnet informationMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 7:42PMMicrosoft Corp. is offering a $250,000 reward for information leading to the identification, arrest and conviction of those controlling Rustock, an infamous botnet once responsible for enslaving an estimated 1 million computers worldwide and forcing them to generate billions of...

Little-known shuttle benefits: better infant formula, cooling socks and more detailed mapsMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 7:21PMWASHINGTON - Science from the space shuttle helped open Earth's eyes to the cosmos and sister planets. It created perhaps the most detailed topographical map of Earth. It even still is helping doctors understand, and sometimes fix, what is happening in people's aging and ailing bodies.

4G Smartphones, Modems and Hotspots Arrive on the Verizon Wireless Network in Toledo on July 21Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 7:17PMTOLEDO, Ohio, July 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Starting Thursday, Verizon Wireless customers in Toledo will be able to surf the web, download files and share music and photos up to 10 times faster than before with Verizon Wireless' 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) network. The network launches on July 21 and will be available to customers in the following areas: Toledo, within the Interstate 75/475 ...

Indiana students get history lessonsSunday, July 17, 2011 @ 1:17AMVermillion County 4-H Junior Leaders traveled to our nation’s capital recently — and gained so much more than simply visiting.

Mountain View park transformedSunday, July 17, 2011 @ 1:12AMDozens of volunteers with rollers painted a circumpolar map of the world on the parking lot of William B. Lyons Park on Saturday morning. Other workers -- from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Exxon, the Alaska Native Justice Center and the community at large -- wielded shovels, limb loppers and sledge hammers to trim back shrubs and remove fencing.

Summer of Walking: Discover cool stuff on walk around your neighborhoodSunday, July 17, 2011 @ 12:14AMI've always meant to take the kids for a walk every night after dinner. But we don't have a dog, so it's one of those things that never seems to happen.

The World Of DishonoredFriday, July 15, 2011 @ 6:50PMDishonored tells the story of one man's quest for revenge in an otherworldly industrialized city. While touch-points recall elements of our real world, Dishonored is actually set in a startling and dangerous land quite different from our own. Though the game is primarily set within the boundaries of a single city, the folks at Arkane Studios feel that there needs to be a depth and authenticity ...