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The Two-Way
10:54 am
Fri March 16, 2012

In Cities Around The Globe, People Line Up To Buy Apple's New iPad

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Lines outside the Apple Store in Covent Garden to buy the new iPad on Friday in London, England.
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People speak to Apple employees as they wait in line to purchase the new iPad which went on sale around the world on Friday.
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It's just an update, but people made lines in cities around the world to buy Apple's latest incarnation of the iPad.

Look at this line outside an Apple store in London:

And this scene at a Manhattan Apple store:

NPR's David Folkenflik was in New York City and he filed this report for our Newscast unit:

"In Manhattan, lines wrapped full city blocks at Apple Stores last night as fans waited to buy the new device in person — and that's just for an upgrade on the iPad.

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Shots - Health Blog
10:41 am
Fri March 16, 2012

When Fruit Flies Strike Out, They Like To Booze It Up

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Hey, losers, which way to the bar?
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Have pity on these poor fruit flies.

Researchers made a bunch of male fruit flies into boozehounds by pushing them on females unreceptive to their advances.

After a few days of striking out, the male losers, referred to as the "rejected-isolated" group in a study published online by Science, drowned their sorrows in alcohol.

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Opinion
10:35 am
Fri March 16, 2012

The Wisdom Of Faith: What Religion Can Teach Us

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Alain de Botton was born in Zurich and now lives in London.
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Alain de Botton is the author of Religion for Atheists.

A survey published in the U.K. in January predicted that within 20 years, the majority of the British population will define themselves as having no religion. In the British isles, religion has become something of a sideshow, even a joke. Remember that this is the land that gave us The Life of Brian. Even the BBC has caught on with a satirical series called Rev., about a hapless comedic clergyman who has no faith but has a strong inclination to be good.

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The Two-Way
10:20 am
Fri March 16, 2012

Report: Bin Laden Tried To Organize Plot To Kill Obama And Petraeus

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Some of the documents seized last May after U.S. Navy SEALs killed Osama bin Laden at his compound in Pakistan show that the al-Qaida leader "boldly commanded his network to organize special cells in Afghanistan and Pakistan to attack the aircraft of President Barack Obama and Gen.

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The Two-Way
10:07 am
Fri March 16, 2012

Rutgers Student Convicted In Spying Case Linked To Roommate's Suicide

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Dharun Ravi in court on Wednesday.
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Dharun Ravi, the former Rutgers University student "accused of using a webcam to spy on his gay roommate's love life has been convicted of bias intimidation and invasion of privacy in a case that exploded into the headlines when the victim of the snooping committed suicide" in September, 2010, The Associated Press writes.

The 20-year-old "could face 10 years in prison when he's sentenced," the AP adds.

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