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- Associated Press, “Cell Phone Theft on the Rise,” wowt.com, Oct. 21, 2012
- Daniel Goleman and Gregory Norris, “How Green Is My iPad?,” nytimes.com, Apr. 4, 2010
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Mary Elizabeth Dallas, “Overloaded Backpacks Can Injure Kids: Experts,” nlm.nih.gov, Aug. 26, 2012
- Federal Communications Commission, “Digital Textbook Playbook,” fcc.gov, Feb. 1, 2012
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- Gautham Nagesh, “Pew: Minorities Continue to Lead Twitter Adoption,” thehill.com, June 1, 2011
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- Jane Weaver, “Teens Tune Out TV, Log On Instead,” msnbc.msn.com, July 24, 2012
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