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| August 29, 2006
| Cars
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The Volvo XC90 is one of the top 10 least expensive cars to insure! Others on the list include the Pontiac Montana, Ford Thunderbird, and Buick LeSabre.
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|  Source: Bankrate.com
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| August 9, 2006
| Society
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A generation ago the average pay of Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) was 40 times that of a worker.
Today, CEO compensation can be 500 times as much as his or her employees ($10,000,000 vs. $20,000)!
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| Source: NY Times article and AFL-CIO database via Shruti Nagaraj
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| August 8, 2006
| Food
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Unpasteurized cheese with a range of flavours should not be sliced until purchased otherwise it will start to lose its subtlety and aroma.
Pasteurization is the process of heating food for the purpose of killing harmful bacteria, viruses, etc. and was named after its inventor, Louis Pasteur.
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| Source: Cheese.com via Taylor (website submission)
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| August 7, 2006
| Society
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According to Money magazine, Raleigh, NC is the 4th best big city to live -- one rank above San Diego, CA!
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| Source: CNN Money via Chris Shields
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| August 4, 2006
| Technology
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Apple's iPod will be compatible with more than 70% of the new 2007 automobiles sold in the United States!
The iPod holds about a 75 percent share of the portable player market in the United States.
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| Source: NYTimes article
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| August 2, 2006
| Business
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Netflix ships 1.4 million movies every day, and it expects to spend some $300 million on postage this year!
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