Daily Dispatch: How to escape your Inbox; iPhones now sold without AT&T contract

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Apple Store employees are saying that they will soon sell iPhones at 'list price' without proof of AT&T service? (9to5Mac)

As of today, you no longer need an AT&T plan to purchase an iPhone at an Apple Store. Apple's new policy is that anyone can walk into an Apple Store and pick up an iPhone 8GB for $499, 16GB for $599 and 32GB for $699. They will allow one unit per customer per day up to 10 iPhones.

Electronics Whiz Controls '69 Pontiac GTO With iPod Touch (Jalopnik)

Dave Phipps has been building remote control systems for his 1969 Pontiac GTO for years. His masterpiece? Using a system called RedEye to remotely control the car's ignition, radio, doors and more with an iPod Touch.

A sweet problem: Princeton researchers find that high-fructose corn syrup prompts considerably more weight gain (News at Princeton)

...Rats with access to high-fructose corn syrup gained significantly more weight than those with access to table sugar, even when their overall caloric intake was the same.

The ultimate school run: Children ride 40mph ZIP WIRE a quarter of a mile high to get to classes each day (MailOnline)

... Farmers use them to transport goods to and from the closest town and, for children like Daisy and her five-year-old brother Jamid, it is how they get to school. Jamid is too young to safely ride the wire on his own, so she has to carry him with her in a jute bag, controlling their speed with a wooden fork.

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