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Vote Swaps Revamped for 2004 (Business 2:00 a.m. PDT)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/business/0,1367,64777,00.html/wn_ascii

If you'd like to vote for a third-party candidate, but don't want to
cost the Democrats or Republicans the election, take heart. Sites are
cropping up to allow voters in swing states to swap votes with people
in non-swing states. By Joanna Glasner.
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Monster Mashes Attract Masses (Culture 2:00 a.m. PDT)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/culture/0,1284,64779,00.html/wn_ascii

Kaiju Big Battel -- a multimedia event in which costumed combatants
spew toxic ooze on audience members -- is growing in popularity. There
are already dedicated websites and a DVD series. Coming next: a book
and TV pilot. By Xeni Jardin.
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Have 25 Years of Progress Helped? (Culture 2:00 a.m. PDT)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/culture/0,1284,64794,00.html/wn_ascii

At this year's Ars Electronica, the largest annual festival of
technology and art, organizers are focusing on a simple question: Have
the technological advancements of the last quarter century helped or
hurt us? By Michelle Delio.
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Permanent Lenses in Sight (Med-Tech Center 8:45 a.m. PDT)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/medtech/0,1286,64803,00.html/wn_ascii

Positive study results on a new implantable contact lens show that the
surgery can help even those with Coke-bottle glasses. By Kristen
Philipkoski.
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Site Tracks Political Zeitgeist (Culture 2:00 a.m. PDT)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/culture/0,1284,64791,00.html/wn_ascii

With 24-hour-a-day talk on all things political, the web is the
ultimate gauge of public thinking. A new site seeks to capture up-to-
the-minute buzz with an index of the most authoritative political
bloggers. Commentary by Adam L. Penenberg.
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Segwaying Across the Country (Culture 2:00 a.m. PDT)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/culture/0,1284,64776,00.html/wn_ascii

Bidding his desk job goodbye, a web designer is taking his Segway
scooter on a cross-country trek from Seattle to Boston. Friends are
documenting the 10-mile-per-hour trip along the way. By Rachel Metz.
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Scientific Method Man (Wired magazine 2:00 a.m. PDT)
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.09/rugg.html
Gordon Rugg cracked the 400-year-old mystery of the Voynich
manuscript. Next up: everything from Alzheimer's to the origins of the
universe. By Joseph D'Agnese from Wired magazine.
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Astronomers: More Earths Likely (The Final Frontier Tuesday)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/space/0,2697,64795,00.html/wn_ascii

Two separate teams of astronomers find Neptune-size planets beyond our
solar system. Earth-like planets are just around the corner, they say.
By Amit Asaravala.
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Florida Says E-Vote Primary A-OK (Machine Politics Tuesday)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/evote/0,2645,64798,00.html/wn_ascii

The touch-screen voting machines used in 15 Florida counties appear to
work smoothly during the state's primary election Tuesday.
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Paris Says Bonjour to New IMac (Cult of Mac Tuesday)
http://go.hotwired.com/news/mac/0,2125,64787,00.html/wn_ascii

Apple introduces a new flat-screen iMac in Paris that looks more like
an iPod than a Luxo-lamp. Starting at $1,300, the new model has
Parisian Mac nuts saying 'oui.'
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