BP’s feed of gushing oil
The live underwater video feed of oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico has become one of the most popular features on the Internet. BP’s feed has been viewed about 300,000 times a day; more than a million people have watched it via a “spill cam” on various websites.
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Chinese iPed takes on Apple's iPad
A Chinese manufacturer has already produced a clone of Apple’s iPad, called the iPed. The iPed, made in Shenzhen, the same city where Chinese workers produce iPads for Apple, is being sold for $105 in China and $149 online—less than a third of the iPad’s cost.
Examiner.com
No pet stores allowed
A growing number of cities in California, Florida, and other states are banning pet stores, on the grounds that such establishments fuel the notorious puppy mill industry. Up to 4 million puppies are bred by puppy mills each year, often in squalid, inhumane conditions.
MSNBC.com
World War II's remaining vets
Of the 16 million Americans who served in World War II, about 2.2 million are still alive. Some 263,000 are projected to pass away this year.
USA Today
Young job-seekers remain optimistic
Despite the high unemployment rate, 41 percent of new college graduates have turned down job offers. “Almost universally, they want to find a job that’s not just a job but an expression of their identity,” says Clark University professor Jeffrey Jensen Arnett, who has studied young job-seekers.
The New York Times
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