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Gadget porn at Gizmodo.

If you drool at DVD, love laptops, and go nuts over i-pod nano, you will die and enter heaven at Gizmodo. Another beauty from the folks at Gawker Media
This NYC tech blog has slick and glowing images and snappy specs on all the latest tech toys. Here is where you will see the next generation of the SMC Skype phone, battery powered LED fixtures for $10 (don't ask, I don't know what they do), and the invisible boomerang reconnaisance robot.
What most impressed me about the page was the clean and easy to navigate layout. Note to Yahoo and CNET: "clean" and "easy" .
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It's been many, many years since we saw this much snow in our mountains. Going up there right now isn't safe, but here are some places where you can enjoy the view and snap a pic.
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April Valentine died at Centinela Hospital. Her daughter was born by emergency C-section. She'd gone into the pregnancy with a plan, knowing Black mothers like herself were at higher risk.
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A look at years past when snows creeped into our citified neighborhoods, away from the mountains and foothills.
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In the face of a drier future, that iconic piece of Americana is on its way out in Southern California.
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Another Missing Hiker Has Been Found Dead In San Gabriels As Search For Actor Julian Sands ContinuesBob Gregory, 62, went missing the same day as Sands. His body was recovered near Mount Islip.