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Apple Does It Again, but Does the iPad Live Up to Its Hype?
Apple has a knack for creating things we didn't even know we needed -- or wanted. Some three hundred thousand Apple lovers bought iPads this weekend. Guest host Sara Terry learns what Apple's latest device delivers and where it falls short. Also, the Taliban attacks the US Consulate in Peshawar, Pakistan, and Michael Steel Rocks the boat at the Republican National Committee.
By Sara Terry • • 51m ListenApple has a knack for creating things we didn't even know we needed -- or wanted. Some three hundred thousand Apple lovers bought iPads this weekend. Guest host Sara Terry learns what Apple's latest device delivers and where it falls short. Also, the Taliban attacks the US Consulate in Peshawar, Pakistan, and It's not easy being head of the Republican National Committee. Just ask Michael Steele.
Banner image: Women wait in line at the Apple store on Fifth Avenue to buy Apple's new iPad on April 3, 2010 in New York City. Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images
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3 storiesTaliban Attacks US Consulate in Peshawar, Pakistan
In Pakistan's northwest border region, Islamist militants struck twice today, attacking a US consulate with car bombs and grenades, and launching a suicide attack on a political rally near the Swat Valley. Alex Rodriguez is Islamabad Bureau Chief for the Los Angeles Times .
Read the story8 minApple Does It Again, but Does the iPad Live Up to Its Hype?
Apple's new iPad blew out of stores on Saturday. Some 300,000 of them went home with consumers according to Apple. Now that reviewers have gotten their hands on them, what's the consensus? Is the iPad just a hip accessory for the technologically hip or is it set to change the way we use computers?
Read the story37 minRNC Chairman Michael Steele under Fire
Under Michael Steele 's leadership, it hasn't exactly been business as usual at the Republican National Committee . The RNC's first black chairman has hoped to foster a "hip-hop renaissance" for the GOP and Republicans have been winning during his tenure.
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