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Blame it on Xbox. At least that’s Manker Patten tennis pro Ned Caswell’s half-serious answer for why the U.S. Open now has exactly one American — Venus Williams — remaining in women’s and men’s singles.

Researchers question mobile phone security

The mobile phone industry last month unveiled its latest set of security protocols, but some researchers are arguing more work is needed to improve the existing system.

Master the Essentials: 29 Crucial PC Skills [How To]

# howto Do you consider yourself a power user? It's a tough question. After all, where do you draw the line? Hardware hacking? Command-line skills? Unix? These 29 essential PC skills define the core competency of any power user. More »

Officials grilled at tense Trenton hearing on Race to the Top error

TRENTON — Lawmakers scrutinized the sequence of events that led the state to miss an opportunity to secure $400 million in federal education reform funds at a tense partisan hearing at the Statehouse today.

Two tomes for the ages

It's striking that two new books on the same subject - science's current efforts to slow aging and lengthen human life span - view a single body of research through such different lenses.

Avalon Code - Summary Lists and Errata Guide

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AP INVESTIGATION: Katrina a tale of SBA failure

CHALMETTE (AP) — Five years after Hurricane Katrina, Jay Young is still haunted by the desperate voices on the other end of the telephone crying and begging for help.