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cussed growing military demand for portable solar to charge radios and other equipment in the theater.
• While much of the solar industry is focused on large utility-scale and in-building projects, Gramm said that personal, portable solar offers freedom because the devices can be placed where they're needed -- such as a hurricane-ravaged community or a Native American reservation.
• "We should make it smaller and lighter," he said. "Then you can take it around to wherever you need to be to use it."
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10 Things to Know
The Associated Press
• Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Monday:
• 1. HUGO CHAVEZ RE-ELECTED TO ANOTHER SIX YEARS
• It was the Venezuelan president's closest race yet, and the victory gives him a freer hand to push for an even bigger state role in the economy.
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• 2. SMALLER PURSE FOR NOBEL PRIZES
• The prestige is as great as ever, but the cash award has been reduced by 20 percent to 8 million Swedish kronor ($1.2 million), due to turmoil on financial markets.
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• 3. HOW ASTRONAUTS GET DESSERT
• SpaceX launched its unmanned Falcon rocket containing 1,000 pounds of cargo, including chocolate-vanilla swirl ice cream for the space station crew.
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• 4. OBAMA POKES FUN AT HIS OWN DEBATE PERFORMANCE
• He marveled how Katy Perry, John Bon Jovi and other celebrities perform flawlessly night after night, adding: "I can't always say the same."
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• 5. VAN DER SLOOT IMPREGNATES WOMAN FROM BEHIND BARS
• The woman, who is more than three months along, became pregnant during an unsupervised visit to the imprisoned Dutch killer, a newspaper reports.
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• 6. WHAT'S AHEAD FOR JERRY SANDUSKY
• The convicted sex abuser, to be sentenced Tuesday, probably will be able to (Continued on page 20)
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