Technology and Science News - ABC News

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7500)itemDetails.isExpanded = ($.inArray(itemDetails.id, fullTextList) > -1) ? accurate : false;

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this.authorBlock = '';itemDetails.title = it.title;

this.textStyle = '';//retrieve the particular content material from your arrayisDoneLoading = true;isHeaderLinkLoaded = false; // flag to verify on when the header link is loaded

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this.title = ''itemDetails.bgPos = 'bottom right';//store id a new list of opened objects

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itemDetails.id = it.objId;

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//social

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//set defaults if merchandise http://www.nytimes.com/pages/technology/index.html can become astatus update

$("#newsbulletin > .midcontainer > .nbFooter").css("display":"block");

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itemDetails.author = 'ABC News'elsefullTextList.push(id.toString());

var hasHeight = $('#nbItemContainer').attr('style'););

var oldItemHeight = $('#nbItem_'+id).height();else

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this.notebio = ''+nbNote.noteAuthor.name+''

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);lastNBObjStr = currNBObjStr;if(it.author.name == '')

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//text$("#nbItemContainer").append('');

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itemDetails.category = it.category;

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