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Diminishing Returns for the October Surprise?

Weather seems to have become one of our mortal enemies. We battle the blazing sun, run from the rain and hunker down when it snows. Maybe it's time to recalibrate our attitudes.

Apple Inc. said it will sell the newly unveiled tablet-style iPad starting at $499, a price tag far below the $1,000 that some analysts were expecting. Larger but similar in design to Apple's popular iPhone, the iPad was billed by CEO Steve Jobs as "so much more intimate than a laptop and so much more capable than a smart phone."

Blogosphere fad or future of the internet? We don't know, but it's really, really addictive (and kind of creepy). Culture Lust contributor Meredith Hattam takes a whirl on ChatRoulette.

Fan Creates Opening Credit Sequence

High-speed broadband is rarely available on rural reservations. Members of the Karuk tribe in Northern California say the lack of connectivity is dangerous during emergencies. The FCC is appointing a new liaison to help bring broadband to more tribes.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called the release of a quarter-million confidential diplomatic cables by online whistleblower WikiLeaks' an attack on America and the international community.

As social networking gains in global popularity, each culture takes a different approach.

A new book points budget-cutting lawmakers right to the US Defense Department. Author Stephen Glain, who has traveled the world as a journalist, gives the Department of Defense failing grades for the way it's been spending a trillion of our dollars every year.