Newstream.com Digest: The High-Tech Handbag with Interior Lighting, Frigidaire Celebrates 85...

Business Editors

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 19, 2003

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Light At The End Of The Tunnel For Women's Handbags

It's truly ironic that while the (mostly) male engineers of this world have managed to turn night

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What's In Your "Fridge"? Frigidaire Celebrates 85 Years of Chilling America's Food

When the first wooden Frigidaire was built 85 years ago today, it cost $775 and signaled a new era in household convenience that would forever change the way people live and eat.

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SpaceDev's Hybrid Rocket Propulsion Wins Scaled Composite's SpaceShipOne Motor Contract

SpaceDev (OTCBB:SPDV) was chosen as the exclusive provider of specific components for the Scaled rocket motor for world-renowned aircraft designer Burt Rutan's revolutionary manned SpaceShipOne. The SpaceDev hybrid propulsion system, which is safe, low-cost and the largest of its kind in the world, burns a combination of rubber and laughing gas.

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Pepperidge Farm Cuts The Ribbon To Launch New Connecticut Bakery

Today Pepperidge Farm Incorporated dedicated its new, state-of-the-art, $72-million bakery plant in Bloomfield, Conn., north of the state's capital in Hartford. The new plant will produce breads, rolls, and stuffing to meet the growing demand for Pepperidge Farm fresh baked goods in the Northeastern United States.

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Children Gather To Create World's Largest Human Crossword Puzzle

The launch of the first ever children's crossword puzzle to hit The New York Times will be celebrated with another first... the unveiling of an interactive, larger-than-life children's crossword puzzle, where kids ARE the letters. Video will be available Monday

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Epson Continues to Reign as Official Photo Printer of Miss America Pageant for Fourth Year in a Row

When Miss America 2004 is crowned this week, she and her fellow contestants will walk away with not only memories to last a lifetime but also photos that will last several lifetimes. Pageant officials have again selected the EPSON Stylus(R) Photo 2200 to be the official photo printer of the Miss America program.

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Jeffrey A. Elliott Named President of Advanced Academics

John Frick, Chairman of the Board for Advanced Academics, announces today that COO Jeffrey A. Elliott has been named President of the company replacing Baxter Brings who resigned earlier this month to pursue other interests. Elliott joined Advanced Academics in 2002 from Seattle-based Wright Group, where he served as Vice President of Business Development overseeing three divisions of this leading educational publishing company.

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Shiver Me Timbers! You Too Can Talk Like a Pirate

Ahoy Matey! Here's a fun and quirky way to have some laughs today. Matt Kelly has the story. Radio News Feature

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