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2003-06-24 - 8:56 p.m.

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Quote O' The Day: Steve Jobs: "The G5 in the fastest personal computer in the world."

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CORPSE CARE 101: Want to sidestep black-suited morticians and save some cash when a loved one passes from this vale of tears? With a do-it-yourself attitude and a little help from a California nonprofit, you can learn how to conduct an at-home funeral. Final Passages seminars serve up tips on everything from bathing corpses to the legal issues surrounding retrieval of a dead body from a morgue. The classes reveal a path to the other side that does not involve an expensive funeral home. Director Jeri Lyons said she founded the group after a profoundly personal experience: A close friend died, leaving detailed instructions for her home funeral. "It made it more meaningful because we were the ones touching her body instead of turning her over to some strangers she didn't know," Lyons said.

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Australian scientists studying the feeding habits of tuna were alarmed, to say the least, to discover a 12-foot Great White shark swimming inside a specially constructed pen containing around 100 of the large, tasty fish. The world's most efficient carnivore either bit through the netting or vaulted a 7-1/2-foot electric fence to get inside the pen. The shark was discovered swimming contentedly near the surface while the tuna stayed deep. He was eventually coaxed out of the enclosure through a funnel. When researchers took a head count, two of the tuna were missing, which tells you a little something about the Great White's eating habits.

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