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If you enjoy the Comedy Central channel on TV you may enjoy the videos, games, etc online too.

If you want to buy American goods this holiday season but need a little help these Web sites are for you:

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Bills are composed of 25% linen and 75% cotton; red and blue synthetic fibers are distributed throughout the paper. You would have to double-fold a U.S. currency note about 4,000 times before it would tear. The average dollar bill has a life span of about 18-22 months.

Martha Washington is the only woman whose portrait has appeared on U.S. paper currency. It appeared on $1 Silver Certificates, Series 1886, 1891, and 1896.

One pound of U.S. currency would contain 454 notes.

The nickname "greenback" originated as a name for Demand Notes, non-interest notes with green backs issued by the United States in 1861 to finance the Civil War.

People all over the world will be celebrating the release of Beaujolais Nouveau tomorrow. On the third Thursday of each November, from little villages and towns in France, over a million cases of Beaujolais Nouveau begin their journey through a sleeping France to Paris for immediate shipment to all parts of the world. It is Nouveau Day.

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The Solar Decathlon joins 20 college and university teams in a competition to design, build, and operate the most attractive and energy-efficient solar-powered house.

An analysis of Education Department data conducted by Johns hopkins researchers for The Associated Press shows that about 1,700 schools nationwide are eligible for the "dropout factory" lable.

Beginning in 2007, Daylight Saving Time (DST) will be extended in the United States. It will start on March 11, which is three weeks earlier than usual, and end on November 4, which is one week later than usual. This results in a new DST period that is four weeks longer than in previous years.

Observance of DST, and “Summer Time” in much of Europe, is often different around the world; many areas, countries and territories shift their clocks at different times throughout the year. During these changes, clocks are usually shifted by one hour. Some locations follow a set of standard, uniform rules for the start and end dates of DST, but some locations determine the dates on a much more dynamic basis.

Unless certain updates are applied to your computer, the time zone settings for your computer's system clock may be incorrect during this four-week period. In particular, you must make sure that both your Windows operating system and your calendar programs are updated.

If you are uncertain whether your PCs and servers are ready, go to the Microsoft Daylight Saving Time Help and Support Center. Here you will find tools to make sure your systems are ready to fall back properly.