We test CD-ROM read performance with Testa Labs' CD-Tach 98 2.0 software, and we gauge CD-R performance by writing 430MB of data to CD-R twice: once from an image file and once on the fly.

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They say the strange(r) Baldwin of Usual Suspects fame failed to file returns and pay NY taxes for 2008, 2009 and 2010.

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Republicans are also infuriated by Kennedy's decision to file a civil racketeering suit against House Minority Whip Tom DeLay (R-Texas), accusing him of extorting campaign contributions and funneling them through secretive political organizations that do not have to disclose their contributors.

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Rep. James Sensenbrenner, R-Wisconsin, said that instead of the contempt citations, the committee should direct the House clerk to file a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, exclusively on the executive privilege claim.

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