Apple's iPhone 3g has won a public vote to find the year's best gadget, beating strong competition from three games consoles, a laptop and a balloon-shaped iPod speaker system.

在日前的一项公众票选活动中，苹果公司的iPhone 3g版手机“力压群雄”，被评为“年度最佳产品”，同时入围的产品包括三款游戏机、一款笔记本电脑和一款气球形状的iPod扬声器。

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House Bill 1086 passed overwhelmingly in the House by a 185-15 vote and would have required the Public School Employees' Retirement System and State Employees' Retirement System to divest from companies doing business in Iran and Sudan.

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Connecticut is set to revamp the way it evaluates public-school teachers with a vote Wednesday that is expected to create a rating system based on student performance, classroom observations and, to a smaller extent, anonymous student and parent surveys.

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The California Public Employees' Retirement System, the country's largest pension fund, had said it would vote for Apple's proposal, because it would have strengthened shareholder rights.

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