Starting now, you can pay parking meters from your cellphone, get a text message warning the meter is about to expire and even top up the meter without going outside.
Top up your parking meter with a cell call
right now it's only available in West Hollywood, Seattle and Minneapolis, and in Britain
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The network will create an official NBC Channel on YouTube to show clips from shows like "The Office" that are in its lineup for the season starting in September, NBC said in a statement yesterday. Financial terms were not disclosed.
NBC to Team With YouTube - New York Times
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Chop Sticks dates from 1877. It was composed by a sixteen-year-old British girl named Euphemia Allen, though the sheet music was credited to one Arthur de Lulli (or, in some cases, de Lulli). Now you know....
Theme #60 for June 25 - July 1: HEAT
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The Drawing Club is a blog about drawing, founded by artist and blogger Michael Nobbs. Artists and drawing enthusiasts from around the world blog here regularly.
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Jack's daughter Lisa is taking her father's creation and running with it as she co-writes the series with Steve Robertson with art by Mike Thibodeaux. Jack Kirby's Galactic Bounty Hunters #1 is a double-sized 56-page issue kicking off the six issue mini-series featuring a new universe of adventure, mystery, and danger.
NEWSARAMA.COM: PEEK: MARVEL PREVIEWS FOR 7/19
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Twinkies, they're not just for dessert anymore. The new "Twinkies Cookbook" has recipes for everything from a Twinkie Burrito to Twinkie Lasagna.
Twinkie Burritos? Twinkie Lasagna? - Yahoo! News
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The lovable Jack Russell from TV series Frasier has died at 16 - that's 112 in dog years.
Goodnight Seattle - Evening Times
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she was in her bedroom Saturday night when she heard a loud noise "that sounded like thick glass crackling."She found a bullet hole in her front door. "The heavy-duty penny jar in my front hallway stopped the bullet from going all the way through"
AP Wire | 06/26/2006 | 'Penny jar' stops bullet fired at NYC home
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The Tritare is a Y-shaped guitar-like instrument, custom made by Claude Gauthier and Samuel Gaudet. The strings twist through three necks (Spinal Tap, eat your heart out), all of which project from the body of the instrument at different angles. When strummed, the result is a "network" of vibrations that yields a sound somewhere between that of a regular guitar and a gong.
Seed: Scientists Triple Your Ability to Rock Out
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The alarm sounds, you press the snooze, and Clocky will roll off of the bedside table, jump to the floor, and wheel away, bumping mindlessly into objects until he finds a spot to rest. When the alarm sounds again, you must awaken to search for him.
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