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Myrtle Beach area stores brace for tax-free crowds
Mall rats of the Carolinas, watch out; it's about to get crowded. From Friday through Aug. 8, stores across North and South Carolina will sell many of their wares tax free as part of a sales tax holiday.

News Briefs
Arutz Sheva has learned that Shabak Israel Security Agency investigators used computers to interrogate David Sitbon on Shabbat between the hours of 10:00 in the morning and 10:00 in the evening while the prisoner's hands were bound behind his back, against regulations.

Jean Barton: Stone Family Reunion at Woodson Bridge State Park
We attended the 2010 Stone Family Reunion in late June at Woodson Bridge State Park. The last one was held in 2005, and the date for the next one will be the Saturday after Father's Day in 2015 at the same location. This was the first reunion held at Woodson Bridge since the 1950s or 60s.

U.S. officials seize computers bound for Cuba that were donated by Vancouver residents
U.S. Customs and Border Protection guards seized five computers donated by Vancouver residents that were bound for Cuba Wednesday as part of the 21st Pastors for Peace Caravan to Cuba.

Judicial branch commemorates ADAs 20th anniversary with art display in Middletown courthouse
MIDDLETOWN - Artwork by individuals with disabilities will be on display at the Middlesex Judicial

Parks Department to sell off surplus
The city parks department has a fleet of old trucks, a pile of used computers, furniture and even a well-worn Skee-Ball machine that will be for sale.

Per Scholas, Nonprofit, Recycles Old Computers To Give Low Income Students A New Chance To Learn
New York-based nonprofit Per Scholas refurbishes used computers and donates them to low income middle school students -- an entire school at a time. The organization hopes to increase academic achievement among the students by giving each individual student a computer, along with training sessions to learn how to use the machine.

Project eCycle spins digital dregs into gold
Silicon Valley's John Bodo can't stand to see perfectly good stuff -- OK, pretty much any stuff -- thrown away. So, he helped start Project eCycle, a nonprofit that repurposes junk into computers for those in need.

Cassidy: Project eCycle spins digital dregs into gold
Silicon Valleys John Bodo cant stand to see perfectly good stuff OK, pretty much any stuff thrown away. So, he helped start Project eCycle, a nonprofit that repurposes junk into computers for those in need. More Mike Cassidy columns

Another tax grab not the answer
Many overtaxed British Columbians, already annoyed by the recycling tax grab on electronic products, may be surprised to learn the government wants to tax even more electronic products.