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http://www.pressherald.com/news/state/020906laptops.shtml

'The whole world is watching you'
ANN S. KIM, Associated Press

Gov. Angus King's initiative to put a laptop computer in the hands of every middle school student got under way this week despite budget problems that once threatened to derail the program before it started.On Thursday, King heralded the arrival of 17,000 laptops for seventh-graders at 239 schools while warning the students to take care of the new computers and not to misuse them. At Shapleigh Middle School, he told students they will be under scrutiny as the project unfolds."The whole world is watching you. They're watching. They're watching Maine, they're watching Shapleigh Middle School," said King, who sported a tie with a computer motif at a school assembly...

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