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| Web sites offer real estate agent rankings
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| AP - Word of mouth is one of the most common ways homebuyers and sellers find a real estate agent. Now, there are several Web sites that tout a more scientific approach: ranking agents based on criteria such as years of experience, how many sales they've closed, and the number of positive testimonials from past clients. |
| Broadband makes tiny town an English-teaching hub
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 AP - The nearest Wal-Mart is two hours away, and only foul weather, a deer in the road or a Washakie County sheriff's deputy would slow down anyone with a mind to drive there faster.
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| Florida teen kills self in front of live webcam
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| Reuters - A Florida teenager committed suicide by drug overdose in front of a webcam streaming live video to the Internet and some viewers may have egged him on, authorities said on Friday. |
| Google to shut down virtual world website
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 Reuters - Google Inc said it would shut down its three-dimensional virtual experience website by year end to focus more on its core search, advertisements and applications business.
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| Google unveils custom search, kills Lively
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 AFP - Google has unveiled a new tool which allows users to customize search results and announced it is ending its virtual world experiment, Lively.
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