2005-10-19

In this issue:  Getting fat, bird flu, and water as the next
oil.

---Auto---
They EPA's 2006 fuel economy guide was just released and The
Motley Fool surveys the most efficient cars.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=224190
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---Health---
So you've kept a fairly trim physique into middle age. 
Don't get smug.  Science News reports on a new study
suggesting that you too may develop a paunch or worse in
coming years.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=224333
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Time Europe reports that Turkey and Romania are in crisis
mode because Asian bird flu H5N1 was found in Europe for the
first time.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=224357
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---Internet---
InternetNews reports that Yahoo and Microsoft are linking up
their instant messaging networks to allow MSN and Yahoo
Messenger users to communicate across the two platforms.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=223990
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---Misc---
PC Magazine says that a global effort is underway to put a
$100 notebook in the hands of every child by next year.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=224356
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HBS Working Knowledge says that many competing forces lead
some experts to believe that water will replace petroleum as
the twenty-first century's core commodity, with nations rich
in water enjoying enormous social and economic advantages
over those that are not.
  http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=224370
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