The BBC : Killings by pirates on the rise. Though to some modern pirates may seem to be anachronistic, absurd, and unimportant, the BBC recently reported that the International Maritime Bureau, the body that monitors pirate killings around the world, has observed a sharp and worrisome increase in the number of ship crews boarded and murdered by these very real and dangerous sea dogs. [
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O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference 2004 [The Macintosh News Network]
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Remembering the Moon Landing. When Ohio native Neil Armstrong landed on the moon 35 years ago this week, Americans gathered around their televisions to watch. John Smith was a teenager in the summer of 1969 and lived about 20 miles from Armstrong's family. He made an audio recording of the landing and offers a personal recollection. [NPR News: Health & Science]
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