She and her son, who was busy playing computer games in his seat, were with a tourist group that had toured eight U.S. cities in twelve days.

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Even more impressively, I could sit in my passenger seat holding a computer with 500, 000 times more processing power than computers that used to fill room and wirelessly access over 250 million computer networks around the world, whose content is indexed and can be searched at sites like Google in less than a fraction of a second.

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The 2013 Nissan LEAF is offered in three well-equipped models, the LEAF S, LEAF SV and LEAF SL. Standard features include a 6-way manual driver's seat, 4-way manual front passenger's seat, trip computer (instant and average energy consumption, driving time, outside temperature and autonomy range), Automatic Temperature Control (ATC), center console storage and 3.6 kW onboard charger.

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Harris will face computer consultant Chester Flake in a September primary for the seat currently occupied by retiring Republican Rep. Dan Miller.

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In some cases, the GPS also let spouses view the vehicle's location live on a computer or smartphone, or take pictures of who's riding in the front seat.

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