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From the Tips Box: Fire Starters SAVE
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"I thought I'd let you in on a much more effective fire starter, petroleum jelly coated cotton balls. It burns longer(3-4 mins) and can be easily ignited with flint and steel. Just one of these is enough to start a roaring fire."TAGS
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GOP Senators Block Effort to Freeze Credit Card Interest Rates SAVE
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"Republican senators on Wednesday blocked an effort to debate a bill that would prevent credit card companies from raising interest rates ahead of new regulations coming into force next year. The move angered congressional Democrats who were pushing for an emergency freeze on credit card rates."TAGS
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Paul Graham: Apple's Mistake SAVE
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"How would Apple like it if when they discovered a serious bug in OS X, instead of releasing a software update immediately, they had to submit their code to an intermediary who sat on it for a month and then rejected it because it contained an icon they didn't like? By breaking software development, Apple gets the opposite of what they intended: the version of an app currently available in the App Store tends to be an old and buggy one."TAGS
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"Ozark Police Chief Jim Noggle says one of his officers used a Taser on a 10-year-old girl who was combative when the officer tried to get the girl into a patrol car to be taken to a youth shelter." SAVE
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"The report said Bradshaw administered a 'very, very brief' stun with the Taser, put the girl in handcuffs and carried her to his patrol car. She was taken to the Western Arkansas Youth Shelter in Cecil."TAGS