DWT: Driving While Texting a Danger   Driving while texting has become a national traffic-safety concern.

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Google Won't Delay Yahoo Deal Any Longer   Even if antitrust regulators need more time to review, Google will press on.

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Making Money From Social Ties   Despite their popularity, social networks are still struggling to turn a profit.

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Counting Kangaroo Rats From Outer Space   For the first time, scientists will monitor endangered species via satellite.

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Easy Call: 'Sign' Over Cell   With MobileASL, deaf people can chat and "sign" on cell phones.

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Google OKs Religious Groups' Abortion Ads   Facing legal action, Google agrees to anti-abortion ads by religious groups.

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Nov. 20, 1820: One Whale Exacts His Revenge   1820: The whaling ship Essex is rammed and sunk by a sperm whale 2,000 miles off the west coast of South America. The ordeal of the crew inspires Herman Melville's classic, Moby Dick. The Essex was an aging vessel from Nantucket, which at the time possessed the largest whaling fleet in the world. The three-masted ship was 87 feet long and weighed (more...)

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The Creatures That Ate Hollywood   : When a giant sperm whale rammed a whaling vessel in 1820, the deadly encounter inspired Herman Melville's classic novel, Moby Dick. Melville's story, inspired by real-life man-versus-beast mayhem from the 1800s, made it to movie screens in the 1950s. Director John Huston's Moby Dick was evidence of Hollywood's growing fascination with giant, (more...)

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Prosecutor: Lori Drew Intended to 'Prey' on Girl's Psyche   The woman accused of making unauthorized use of MySpace to inflict emotional harm on a 13-year-old girl, who then committed suicide, "fully intended to hurt and prey on Megan Meier's psyche," a federal prosecutor charged Wednesday, as opening statements began in the first federal cyber-bullying trial.

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