States rate poorly on stimulus info; Ill. worst

On a scale of zero to 100, it can't get worse than the big goose egg.

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Connecticut towns grapple with new Web law

Harwinton residents hoping to learn about recycling policies and library hours online are out of luck.

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Patient Web sites used for news, support in crisis

When he was diagnosed with kidney cancer last year, Dave deBronkart needed an easy way to keep his far-flung friends and family updated. So did the president of the American Medical Association when he fell ill months ago. And so did the mother of a soldier wounded in Iraq who later suffered brain damage.

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Google Unveils Tools to Set Up Web Sites

Google, already the world's most popular spot for finding Web sites, is aiming to become the go-to place for creating Web sites too.

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The internet is on the cusp of the "biggest change" to its working "since it was invented 40 years ago", the net regulator Icann has said. The body said it that it was finalising plans to introduce web addresses using non-Latin characters. The proposal - initially approved in 2 …

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A New York bicycle cabbie who last year used his Web site to mock the beheading of journalist Daniel Pearl posted a prayer calling for the murder of Jews and exhorting Muslims to "throw liquid drain cleaner in their faces." And there's nothing authorities can do about it.

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Prosecutors and the San Diego County Sheriff's Department accused a woman of using the Internet to her advantage all summer by duping people into buying fake theme park tickets.

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Melissa and Jackson Brandts knew right away that the photo from their recent trip to Canada was a good one.However, it wasn't until the world -- and National Geographic -- took notice that they realized exactly how good.

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There are tens of millions of sites to visit. Not forgetting telegraph.co.uk, here are the only ones you actually need.

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If our ancestors had swung down from the trees with six fingers on each hand, we'd probably be counting by dozens.

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The French hacker who broke into Twitter's Google Apps and stole more than 300 private company documents has revealed in detail how he did it. See if you might be vulnerable, too.

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Here is a list of the top 10 best social networks for film buffs to hang out, discuss movies, get information about that latest films and upcoming releases, and meet other cinephiles. Where do you go for your movie fix on the web? Let us know in the comments.

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Last week, a group of newspaper and magazine publishers signed a declaration stating that "Universal access to websites does not necessarily mean access at no cost," and that they "no longer wish to be forced to give away property without having granted permission."

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The Chinese government disabled some search functions on the Chinese-language Web site of Google on Friday, saying the site was linking too often to pornographic and vulgar content.

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The 'sugar daddies' and 'sugar babies' at SeekingArrangement.com deny they're engaging in prostitution. At the very least, says Ruth Padawer, their relationships are more complicated than that.

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Excerpt: Drinkers in Aussie pubs are the unlikely secret weapon in fighting drug couriers and illegal immigrants on the Texas-Mexico border. In a new twist to the phrase "responsible drinking'', pub-goers are monitoring the US border over the internet.

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After ranking the biggest right-of-center political websites, I thought it might be interesting to see which left-of-center websites receive the most traffic. So, I went to Alexa and ranked the 50 sites on the left. Do keep in mind that...

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The domain name you choose for your site is uber-important. Pick a really good domain name and folks will remember you for it. Pick a really bad one and folks will remember you for it too, but for all the wrong reasons.

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Description: Compilation of federal government resources celebrating Women's History Month, observed in March. Features exhibitions, biographies, articles and stories, lesson plans and student activities, and other material about women's history

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Excerpt: A crazed mob beats an accused rapist with baseball bats before setting him on fire. Soldiers open fire on a crowd in Cote d'Ivoire, and a bystander films the bloodied corpses in close-up.

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Excerpt: Doctors and legal experts on Long Island and beyond have expressed concern at an emerging trend of doctors requiring patients to sign legal contracts prohibiting them from discussing their care online.

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Excerpt: Three placentas, at least one of them human, have been found washed up against a filter screen at a Downstate Urbana wastewater treatment plant in recent weeks, authorities say, and they hope publicity surrounding the discovery will stop whoever is discarding them into t …

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Excerpt: Your 2001 Toyota Camry comes to a sputtering stop.

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Some are as useful as a GPS device, others aren't that useful but give you something to do when you had nothing planned for the day. Put them all together and they become TIME.com's 2008 picks for the best the Web has to offer

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Excerpt: Rosie Hardy and Aaron Nace are together for Valentine's Day, which no doubt thrills their Flickr fans who've been following the couple's 9 ½-month relationship via the photo-sharing Web site almost since the beginning.

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Excerpt: Lynne had someone to spend Christmas and New Year's with this year. And that's unusual. "It's been a long time since I've been with anybody for the holidays," the 50-year-old Albuquerque native said recently. "That was different."

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The Queen is to relaunch her website at a Buckingham Palace reception in the company of the world wide web's inventor, Sir Tim Berners-Lee.

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On the RNC website, an entire webpage is devoted to talk radio, specifically asking people to call various shows to give their support for the GOP.

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When finances are running low, try crafting gifts from scratch. There's a sense of accomplishment and a satisfying smirk that can't be diminished by stinging paper cuts, Super Glued fingers or the sweat invested in massive cleanups.

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