New on back-to-school lists: bulletproof backpacks
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Blog: MJ Safety Solutions has developed what it says is the first full-size, lightweight ballistic protection backpack that's affordable and practical for kids.
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There's a new tier of retailers hawking officewear to young professionals.
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Here's a list of recent reviews, including docks, chargers, cases, games and headsets.
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A guide helps high schoolers find safe, tolerant colleges.
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See which gadgets today's college students use the most.
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Blog: As students return to classrooms, this is an excellent time for schools to review the information they're making available on their Web sites.  Many schools unintentionally place their students at risk.
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Travel: They are no longer just grotty dives for skint backpackers. Benji Lanyado recommends 10 stylish sleeps.
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One recent Saturday morning, I woke with one seemingly simple thing in mind: cleaning out and organizing the closets in my bedroom. If my closets were a database system, the contents would be stored as BLOBs (binary large objects) of varying sizes with no defining structure â just a dumping ground for stuff. As I began dragging things out of the closet, I found items as varied as a backpack, a pair of old ski gloves, about 10 square feet of foam padding, and pocket change in three different international currencies (anyone need Thai bahts?). Faced with a mound of the messy detritus of my own life, I did what most people would probably do: I went to the store to buy even more stuff to organize the stuff I already had.
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The courthouse files look like the Christmas list of a high-society fashion maven with a purse fetish: mink coats, jewelry, Faberge eggs, a Mercedes Benz and more than 100 handbags and wallets with designer names like Chanel, Hermes and Louis Vuitton.
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We made it back into the house last night. There were National Guardsmen at key checkpoints in Poway that were set up to protect neighborhoods from looters. These young men were carrying fully loaded M16s. For a quick second I thought I was in a war zone. That was incredibly intimidating for me.
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Back to school for many kids means "back to Internet access" in classes where the best of filtering software is not foolproof, particularly against seemingly harmless Web sites used for invasive marketing.
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Sail through security with that bag of electronic essentials you know you're taking with you.
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I logged hundreds of miles on runs this summer, carrying up to four gadgets simultaneously for tracking speed and distance. All in the name of giving each product a fair test, I endured endless ridicule from fellow runners who wondered about all the straps around my arms and the devices stuffed into my pockets.
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The consumer electronics gizmo that offers many functions in a small package is what's compelling back-to-school shoppers to open their wallets.
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For condom makers, it's also back-to-school season.
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With a weak back-to-school season behind them, the nation's retailers are focused on the holidays and what steps they need to take to get consumers excited about shopping again. That could mean some quick merchandise changes and more aggressive discounting than they originally planned.
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Required exercise at 7 a.m. sharp. No personal televisions or computers. A cafeteria bereft of potato chips and candy bars but full of good-for-you vegetables. Mal Mahedy's new school has tons of rules that other teens would find intolerable.