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This is a really fantastic slide show titled Science, skin and Ink, from the Science section of the New York Times, November 15.

According to PRWEB,

More consumers opted to make coffee at home than go to a local coffee shop, but the recession created little motivation to buy new small household appliances, including coffee makers.

To find out more go here: http://http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/9/prweb8837396.htm

The following links are from the New York Times Series Disunion:

A Map of American Slavery(Interactive)

Lincoln on the Rails: Tracing the Journey from Springfield to Washington(Interactive)

Behind the Scenes: Lincoln's Inauguration(Interactive)

Evolution of a Beard (Slide show)

Inside Walt Whitman’s Notebook(Interactive)

The First Battle of Bull Run(Interactive)

Very interesting article from CNN Money that provides a map which illustrates suburban areas in which there are high poverty rates: Poverty pervades the suburbs

Mapping America: Every City, Every Block. The samples were collected for the American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau), between 2005 and 2009.

Vintage Typing Machines, really cool piece in Slate

From CNNMoney: How Green Energy Saves the Fortune 500 Billions

Read this article: The Evolution of Lids.

According to a news release distributed by GlobeNewswire:

Dow Jones & Company is unveiling a series of innovations to Factiva over the coming weeks. These will include a new iPad app, more global content and a more intuitive user experience through its new interface, navigation and features. The Factiva iPad app and new content features will all be available in nine interface languages including Chinese, Japanese, French, German, Spanish and Russian.

Click on the following link to read more about Factiva's other new services:

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/dow-jones-unveils-new-innovations-to-factiva-2011-04-12

According to the FBI,

The Vault is our new electronic reading room, containing more than 2,000 documents that have been scanned from paper into digital copies so you can read them in the comfort of your home or office.

Included here are more than 25 new files that have been released to the public but never added to this website; dozens of records previously posted on our site but removed as requests diminished; and files from our previous electronic reading room.

Link to FBI Vault page for more information:

http://vault.fbi.gov/

and to search the Vault, go here:

http://vault.fbi.gov/search