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Everyone knows it costs money to raise a child, but it’s the unforeseen expenses that really add up.

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Utica, NY (WIBX) - The Oneida County Health Department is embracing technology with the goal of cutting down the time it takes to inspect homes for lead.

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Al Alverson didn't get the iPad mini that he had ordered through FedEx. However, the blame for the non-delivery rested squarely on UPS.

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Cupertino, CA (WIBX) - Apple is counting on sales of the new iPad Mini, hitting store shelves across the United States today.

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Chicago, IL (WIBX) - His is one of the most famous brains in history and, prior to his death in 1955, Albert Einstein requested that his brain be made available for scientific research.

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While Wednesday’s roll-out of the new generation of Apple’s iPad didn’t have quite the fanfare of prior events helmed by the company’s late co-founder, Steve Jobs, that doesn’t mean people weren’t paying attention.

Here’s a quick rundown of the announcement.

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A new study by the San Francisco-based non-profit group Common Sense Media found that affluent parents download apps specifically for their young children more than parents of lesser financial means do.

Deemed the “app gap,” researchers found almost half of families with incomes above $75,000 had downloaded such apps, compared with only one in eight families earning less than $30,000. Lower-income families were also more likely to have televisions in their kids’ bedrooms.

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The technologically-savvy Pope Benedict XVI has already encouraged priests to blog and helmed the launch of the Vatican’s YouTube channel and Pope2You mobile and Facebook apps. So it’s really no surprise that as part of his newly-launched news portal, the pontiff sent his first tweet recently — from the papal iPad.

You can follow the Vatican on Twitter at @news_va_en.

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