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Does the Apple 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. On our rebroadcast of To the Point, guest host Sara Terry learns what Apple's latest device delivers and where it falls short. Also, a Taliban attack on the US Consulate in Peshawar, Pakistan, and an update on the 7.2 earthquake that struck Baja California yesterday.
By Sara Terry • • 50m 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. On our rebroadcast of today's To the Point, 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 an update on the aftershocks that continue to hit southern California after yesterday's 7.2-magnitude earthquake in northern Mexico.
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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A series of aftershocks hit Southern California and northern Mexico today in the wake of Sunday's 7.2 magnitude earthquake that shook the area, causing widespread damage and at least two deaths and dozens of injuries.
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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 .
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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?
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