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1. Check out MSNBC's interactive flood map.

2. You have to check out this interactive presentation from The Des Moines Register showing the aftermath of the tornado that hit Parkersburg, Iowa.

3. Check out this washingtonpost.com video series on how technology is changing our lives. Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales and Buzzmachine.com's Jeff Jarvis are among those interviewed.

4. What are the laws about journalists attending juvenile court hearings or reading juvenile court records?

5. SensibleUnits converts distances and weights into objects. For example, two miles is equal to 40 Airbus A380s side by side or 9.9 Eiffel Towers.

6. See this New York Times multimedia story on how prison inmates are training dogs to help soldiers who suffer from post traumatic stress disorder.

7. Scientific American offers five ways to spot a fake photo. Read this story that goes along with the tip sheet.

8. Pure Digital is launching an even cooler version of its uberpopular "Flip" cam. The Mino is even smaller than the Flip, and it costs less than $180. And the Vado is similar to the Flip but cheaper: $99.

9. Ethicist Art Caplan weighs in on allowing a blade-running athlete to compete in Olympic track and field.

10. Some have called Seesmic "YouTube meets Facebook." It's a social networking site with mega video capability. What if news sites allowed people to post comments via video rather than just text?

11. Blogger.com is better than ever now that you can post vertical photos. And Google Docs has upgraded its feature that enables you to embed a presentation in your blog.

12. iCue is a new NBC News site that uses archived news and political video in educational ways.

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TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 2008

Steel Prices Skyrocket (Again)

MarketWatch reports:

The price of one common steel product -- hot-rolled coil steel -- recently broke $1,000 a short ton, up 72 percent from its peak last year, according to Citigroup. Cold-rolled steel has surged 62 percent to $1,100 per ton.

"Prices had been creeping up, and the creep has turned into a gallop in the last three months," said Kenneth Simonson, chief economist for the Associated General Contractors of America.

There is almost no sector unaffected by this, from washing machines to cars to bridge and building construction.

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