Dead Prez, a duo from Florida, sometimes toss apples into the audience to encourage healthy eating.

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"I checked into the Alvin Hotel, across from Birdland, where Prez died, " he says.

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What happens when the Russian prez wants to drop in for a game?

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Sony Computer Entertainment prez and CEO Andrew House announced the console with little more than a logo and a handful of concepts.

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Richard Watt, 40, can only sigh when the Prez story comes up.

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But then, along comes another Carlos Andrs Prez.

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The over 2 million followers of the White House Twitter account will have the opportunity to tweet their questions at the prez, who will answer them via video at a Twitter Townhall 2 p.m. this afternoon.

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So the NY Times laid it down: yes, the NYPD has that report linking the iPod to a rise in subway crime in New York, but it gets a little more bleak when they call in Beckerman PR vice-prez David Brooks, who claims, "Half of you is cringing, but half is bursting with pride" over the news.

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The projectors are kind of standard next-gen hardware with a 6, 000 contrast ratio and 720p with the lower-end AX100U and 11, 000 contrast ratio along with 1080p for the high-end AE1000U. Our talk with Panasonic's Prez made it very clear that the home theater projector market is very important to 'em and to expect a lot from these two products.

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