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金門大橋－舊金山的永久地標

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可愛的美國ㄚ扁 vs 沒救的台灣ㄚ扁

美國ㄚ扁來了！Stanley原本只是一個平凡的小男孩，某天， Stanley一覺醒來，發現自己被留言板壓扁了，身體薄得像紙，不僅能夠像風箏在空中飛揚，還能像信件一樣貼上郵票就能環遊世界，扁扁的Stanley的冒險故事即將展開囉！


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銀行倒閉上百 FDIC受挫

金山房價跌幅仍大

在美國20個大城市中，房價跌幅最大的三城市分別是鳳凰城(35%)、拉斯維加斯(33%)和舊金山(32.4%)。 

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加州深陷房產危机 首府儼然變“帳篷城”

鬼故事 舊金山一籮筐

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Which chain brews the best cup? Starbucks, McDonald's, or Du

"Many people claim coffee inspires them, but, as everybody knows, coffee only makes boring people even more boring," Balzac once observed. He might as well have been describing me. To talk about the subtleties of macchiato, wince at a friend's homemade brew, come late to an appointment because of long lines at the siphon bar—all things I've done in recent months—will guarantee you'll have a place in coffee heaven and be totally insufferable on Earth. The good news is that even sanctimonious coffee bores must lapse: The flesh is weak, the day is full, and Starbucks is just half a block away.

Recently, some unusual parties have stepped in to indulge the nation's fallen (or just time-pressed) gourmets. Dunkin' Donuts, a chain more closely associated with psychedelic frosting and the intriguing "glazed cake stick" than with fancy coffee, has been trying for years to woo caffeine fiends with downscale prices. Now is its moment. To gain a toehold in the tight recession market, Dunkin' offered, for a time, what seemed to be the cheapest latte anywhere. McDonald's, meanwhile, has unveiled its McCafé line of elaborate drinks, supposedly its biggest launch since the game-changing Egg McMuffin in 1977. The two chains' leading competition, and the target market share, is Starbucks, which first showed the world that sheer ubiquity—along with caffeine, sugar, and colored aprons—could generate its own commercial mandate.

Which coffee is best? Where should the time-constrained gourmet head in a pinch? To answer this question and others, I recently convened a congress of six Slate staffers, all notorious coffee addicts, for a private taste test. Gathered in our conference room, we tore through a slew of samples from Starbucks, Dunkin' Donuts, and McDonald's and, together, found a winning brew.

老鼠實驗顯示 咖啡因可能是阿茲海默症剋星

非洲務農 巴菲特長子走自己的路

美國投資大師華倫.巴菲特的長子霍華德（Howard Buffett，圖左，右為華倫.巴菲特，美聯社），在非洲迦納福佛市與一群農民會面後，起身伸出右手與他們握手。他入境隨俗，採用非洲人的握手禮。