Archer Daniels Midland, the world's biggest ethanol maker, can't brew it fast enough because U.S. government mandates are creating huge demand.

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But everyone will watch it, because it's the crazy, easy and fast.

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The system beats the old-fashioned VCR because it's easy to program (it knows when your favorite show is on) and it lets you fast-forward through annoying advertisements.

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"It's never as fast as anyone would imagine because the scale has been huge, " he said.

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"It's difficult, because he can make the 3-pointer and he's also fast, " Horford said.

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The trial is significant because it tests the ability of U.S. patent and design laws to keep pace with the fast-changing technology industry and to ultimately benefit consumers.

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The Bush administration has four free trade agreements pending in Congress right now, and it is not likely to send any more to the Hill because lawmakers did not renew the president's fast-track authority to negotiate trade deals.

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But oddly, the expiration of Bush's fast-track authority is not as damaging as it might seem at first--mainly because the administration has done just about all it can do on free trade deals for now.

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