He raced clear and chipped over Pollitt, only for the ball to rebound off an upright and roll along the six-yard box to safety.

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The bigger test, commanders say, will be using millions of aid dollars to roll out what they are calling "government-in-a-box, " a ready-made administration that is intended to allow the Afghan government to quickly reassert its authority in an area where its representatives didn't dare set foot earlier in the week.

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There's the Doggy Doo golf ball, presented in its gift box nestled on a turd, and the perennially hilarious roll of 19th-hole bathroom tissue.

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As we all found out, however, users who prefer to roll their own Media Center box (like yours truly) will be left out of the option entirely -- support will only be available for CableLabs certified boxen, which home-rolled are, of course, not.

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Eric Hughes, a cryptology expert with Simple Access, an electronic-commerce consulting firm, conducted his own experiment: at a technical conference, he issued a roll of pennies to every participant and explained that there was a one-cent charge, payable into a box beside the door, each time anyone entered the main room.

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Like the Junxion Box, the D-Link DI-725 and Kyocera's KR1 let you roll your own WiFi hotspot via a PC EV-DO card.

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