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Internet while watching tv, according to a recent nielsen study. look, we've become a nation of multitaskers. it's like nothing is good enough anymore to stand by itself. everyone wants to do more than one thing. at a time. but if you think about it, that's crazy. it turns out that for most tasks the brain can only handle one thing at a time. in fact, the very word multitask describes an imagined activity that may not even exist. here's how earl miller, an m.i.t. gnu science explains it. quote, switching from task to task you feel an illusion of paying attention to everything around you at the...

plane headed into this thing. they are calling it a tropical disturbance for now just to see if it's serious enough to name it a tropical storm possibly in the next couple of hours. keep in mind we're also learning major oil companies are not taking any chances with this disturbance. evacuations have begun just in case and the mayor of new orleans, mitch landrieu, he'll be holding a news conference as they are all watching this disturbance as well heading precariously closely to their government line. we'll keep an eye on all of it and let's move on to some other news. moammar gadhaf...