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Google Assists With Florida's Public Records

You know those “fleecing of America” stories?  This isn’t one of them.  For absolutely no charge, Google is helping make Florida’s public records more accessible.

Google Gets Green PCs Into Government

You may associate Google with California, or perhaps with New York or Boston, where the company has important offices.  But it’s with the governors of Minnesota and Kansas that the search giant has reached a new deal.

Geoweb - Yet Another Google Buzzword

Google's various geography-oriented services, like Maps, Earth, and Local, have a new blog to discuss those services, and they swear they aren't trying to engage in buzzword proliferation.

MySpace, Facebook Go Mobile

What do you get when you combine two of the biggest tech trends today - social networking and mobile?

Baseball Game To Start On Xbox: Most Brilliant Publicity Stunt Ever

In a brilliant (albeit wacky) idea, the first two innings of an actual minor league baseball game will be played on an Xbox, with the third inning picking up where the virtual game left off.

West Nile Hits Kansas

Health officials reported the first believed case of West Nile virus of the year after a 51-year-old Kansas man appears to have the symptoms.

Kansas Science Curriculum Is Center of Dispute

Four days of hearings have begun about the way students in Kansas schools are taught about life's origins.

Monkey Trials Revisited In Kansas

If ever it was thought that the evolution/creationism debate, at least in public forums, was settled 80 years ago by legendary heavyweights William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow, then think again.

Kansas Debate Over Evolution Vs. Intelligent Design

The state of Kansas is preparing to debate Darwin's theory of evolution and a current variant on creationism called intelligent design. When Darwin cruised on the Beagle all those years ago, one wonders if he foresaw such controversy lasting so many years. Things really came to a head though during the Scopes Monkey Trial.

Kansas City Southern Completes TFM Transaction

Kansas City Southern completed its purchase of the controlling interest in TFM from Grupo TMM, in accordance with the terms of the Amended and Restated Acquisition Agreement.