Blog tracks down cool stuff from the government

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Time was, the only way to get cool stuff from the federal government was to send a self-addressed stamped envelope to Pueblo, Colo. Now there is a better way: CoolGov, a blog whose raison d’être is finding cool stuff available from the feds. Here is how its authors describe it:

“The basic premise is

Lawyers and the Three Stooges

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Judge (regarding Curly): “What’s the matter with him?”
Moe: “He thinks he’s a chicken.”
Judge: “Why don’t you put him in an institution?”
Larry: “We can’t, we need the eggs.”

Sometimes the planets line up just right. Sunday night, worn out from a day of skiing,…

Free public record search engine

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A new search engine makes it easier to search for free public records information available through government and commercial Web sites. Called Pretrieve, it serves as a single interface for searching a range of public-records databases.

Using Pretrieve, you can search for public records that relate to an individual, a business, an address or…