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Uruguay's Schools Give Each Kid a Laptop, While America Twiddles Its Thumbs

One-to-one laptop programs in America are still novelties. In Uruguay, all elementary students have had a laptop since 2009.

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San Diego Is Bridging the Digital Divide with Refurbished Computers for Low-Income Families

Trying to do research for an assignment or type a paper without your own computer is really hard.

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Afghan Memoir Brought to Life, with Skype, in Maine Classroom

Thanks to the free video chat service, a memoir read by seventh graders at Mt. Ararat Middle School in Maine came to life.

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Would a Laptop for Every Student Help? In Maine It Certainly Did

Since 2001, Maine's invested in laptops for every student. Now they're leading the world in tech education.

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Calling All Canadians, Help Explain the McLobster McLobster: Where to Find McDonald's North Atlantic Seafood Sandwich

What McLobsters, McRibs, McCrab, McArabia, and the McLaks say about the regionalization of the homogenous McDonald's fast food chain.

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Dietary Supplements: Gay Beer and Broccoli Corridors

Tongue cancer, gay beer, and the East Coast Broccoli Corridor feature in today's daily roundup of what we're reading at GOOD Food HQ. Enjoy!

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When Wind Power is a Bad Idea

A Maine community is up in arms over the invasive noise of their new wind turbines. Is this a classic case of Not In My Back Yard or something else?

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Maine Congresswoman Puts Earmark Requests on YouTube

We're still a long way from realizing Obama's promise to put all earmark requests in a big, searchable database, but one congresswoman is fighting...