Australian troops held Taliban suspects in dog pen

Australian special forces in Afghanistan detained four suspected Taliban militants captured in April in pens sometimes used to hold dogs, the defense minister said Tuesday.

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Review: Finally a useful digital pen

The pen, once mightier than the sword, has been getting trounced by the keyboard in the computer era. Now and then there's a push toward "pen-based computing" that doesn't get very far.

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The rise of computers and mobile phones means children are no longer taught the techniques required to write properly. For the Italian author and philosopher Umberto Eco, this is a bad thing.

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a simple guide to helping small businesses in a poor economy. I like the story of the man selling pens wondering if it would work with my products

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Max Talbot, a low-round draft pick on a team filled with stars, scored twice in the second period and the Pittsburgh Penguins shook off 38 years of NHL tradition by upset the defending champion Detroit Red Wings 2-1 on the road in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals on Friday night.

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The other zoo making plans to raise tiger pen, make safety changes...

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The parents of a County Durham schoolboy, who choked to death on a plastic pen top, are stepping up their campaign to get them banned. Ben Stirland, 13, from Consett, died in January, after swallowing the pen top while doing homework.

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Quill pens were common ink-writing instruments in medieval times. They appeared around 700 A.D. and eventually replaced reed pens. At that time five outer left wing feathers of birds were used to produce quill pens.

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Mont Blanc pens are world famous. They can be identified by exquisite shapes, elaborate design, understated elegance, excellent quality and, of course, by the white stylized six-pointed star with rounded edges, symbolizing the Mont Blanc...

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Excerpt: Will keyboards and touchscreens render pens and pencils specialized implements, with my kid never using a pen for anything much longer than a Post-It note?"

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"I have a lot of respect for the instrument that goes between my thoughts and my paper," said Bilbeisi, an architecture professor at Oklahoma State University. He requests his students buy fountain pens when they take his class. No ballpoints or rollerballs, thank you.

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War is hell, especially on the Army's budget. Army bases are short $530 million for salaries, supplies, utilities, services and repairs. The money drought will last until Oct. 1, when a new fiscal year turns the spigots back on.

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