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There were many prospects that were trying to get their hands on a contract to help build the upper stage of the new Ares rocket that NASA is trying to build. Boeing Co. was the lucky chosen one and has said that this business venture could help them to make around $1 billion. 

The U.S. hopes that the rocket will be a major element in future manned space exploration efforts. In snaring the initial $514.7 million job, Boeing and its partners beat out a team led by Alliant Techsystems Inc., which already has a $1.8 billion contract to design and build the rocket’s lower solid-rocket boosters.

Who needs an iPhone, which seems to have more problems than it is worth, when you can have a brand new car…for free! A genius teenage hacker has been the only one to unlock the many secrets of the iPhone. 

He unlocked the iPhone so that it can be used with cellular networks other than AT&T. Now that he has done that he is getting a reward. He will be trading his reworked gadget for a new car. George Hotz, of Glen Rock, N.J., said he had reached the deal with CertiCell, a Louisville, Ky., based mobile phone repair company.

College students lhave very busy lives. They juggle full-time school with part-time or full-time work making it very hard for them to do much of anything else. So what do students do when it comes to eating?

Most don’t like to live on ramen and water. Megan Carle sums up the dilemma of college cooking as follows: “Very little equipment, very little cooking experience and very little money.”

With consideration for each difficulty, she and her sister, Jill, both students at Arizona State University, tried out recipes adapted to their lifestyle. The result, College Cooking: Feed Yourself and Your Friends (Ten Speed Press, $19.95), is a must-pack, along with the fry pan and the blender, for those going back to college or starting this year.\