In this issue: Environmentally friendly clothing,
navigating the cellphone store, and the Opie & Anthony
controversy.
---Baseball---
Popular Mechanics looks at the physics of the home run.
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---Business---
When Disney-ABC agreed to sell its prime-time hits on
Apple's iTunes, the deal set off a revolution inside the
media giant. Now Fast Company says a digital team with the
spirit of a startup is reinventing TV -- and the industry is
following.
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Should Starbucks try to provoke discussion with its coffee
cups? Undoubtedly, the coffee seller knows who its
customers are and is unworried by one patron's annoyance,
according to The Motley Fool.
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Fast Company introduces Nau, the ultimate over-the-top,
high-concept business. It makes striking, enviro-friendly
clothing. It gives away 5% to charity. Can it save the
world -- and give us the perfect twill capri?
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---Cellphones---
Smart Money gives tips for coping with the fast-talking
folks at the cellphone store.
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---Civil Rights---
What Jackie Robinson accomplished wasn't so much a baseball
feat as it was a crucial civil rights breakthrough for all
Americans, according to Job Journal.
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---Exercise---
Made popular by a recent James Bond film, a new urban art
form called free running hits the streets. Smithsonian says
all you need to participate is a sturdy pair of shoes and
guts of steel.
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---Health---
A prominent US clinician has concluded that a diabetes drug
produced by UK pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline
increases the risks of heart attack and death, according to
Chemistry World.
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---Houses---
This Old House says now might be the ideal time to buy a
vacation home -- as long as you're buying for passion, not
profit
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---Military---
National Defense says that combat veterans are cataloging
equipment shortfalls.
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---Money---
BusinessWeek looks at the practicality of health savings
accounts.
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---Radio---
By suspending Opie & Anthony, XM satellite radio tops
controversy with controversy. The Motley Fool thinks it
will be hard to get folks to pay for flat, reverent, and
acceptable.
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