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Saturday, October 25th, 1996
Volume 2, Edition 1

MAKING HEADLINES THIS WEEK . . . 
# The New News: YT's newsletter has a new, cool look!
# Halloween @ YT: check out our super Halloween area!
# Win Free AOL Time With YT Games!
# Binary Corner Update: check out the latest on files!
# What's Hot @ YT: this sizzling area has been redesigned!
# Geek Humor: an all-new feature of YT News!
# Nintendo 64: we want your opinions!
# Spotlight on Chat: we pick three new cool chats every week!
# Exclamation Points Anonymous Support Group: just kidding :)

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~~> THE NEW NEWS!!!!
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Welcome to Youth Tech News! Here's what you've all been waiting 
for: the wonderful, terrific, fabulous, absolutely great... 
Youth Tech New News! 

That sounded rather redundant, didn't it.

No matter! Here's the latest on YT News: as some of you may have 
noticed, the news has a new look. We call it: <dramatic pause here>
New News! Don't laugh. It took us a long time to think of the name.
You're still laughing. Quit that! Anyway, we're hoping most of you
will enjoy the new look. Here's a sampling of things to come:

* Interviews with YT's hardworking hosts
* Articles on the latest and coolest technology
* Jokes jokes and more jokes! 

All comments, questions, suggestions and complaints
about Youth Tech's New News should be hurled at YTCC Elf.

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~~> HALLOWEEN @ YT
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Halloween is just around the corner! Take a moment out from
choosing your costume to stop by the Halloween @ YT area and
check out all the neat stuff we've put there for your enjoyment!

* Spooky sounds, icons and other cool files for download
* Chat with your friends on the Halloween message board
* Links to the hottest Halloween sites on the world wide web

Lost? Don't miss out! To find the YT Halloween Area:
> Keyword: YT
> Click the round RESOURCES button
> Click Halloween Fun@YT

By the way, remember to always go trick-or-treating with a friend.
It's safer, and your parents wouldn't appreciate having to recover 
your bloody corpse from a ditch somewhere. On that cheerful note, 
Youth Tech wishes you a Happy Halloween!

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~~> WIN FREE TIME WITH YT GAMES
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AOL bill getting you down? Parents chewing you out for 
spending the month's allowance hanging with online buddies? 
Don't despair, Youth Tech to the rescue!

Boy, that sounded cliche. But it's true. You can win FREE AOL 
hours by playing YT Games!

- Screamin Sentences, Monday, 11pm
- Daffyntions, Wednesday, 10pm
- Star Trek Trivia, Friday, Midnite
- Word Scramble, Saturday, 9pm

5 free hours of time will be awarded EVERY game!

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~~> BINARY CORNER UPDATE
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Let's all give a big cheer to YTCC DNA, who's now in charge 
of YT's Binary Corner area! Yea for DNA! Cool, that rhymed.

Binary Corner's got a spiffy new design, with Windows and 
Macintosh files in different areas! Gone is the frustrating need 
to hit the More button umpteen zillion times to find what you want-- 
the all-new Binary Corner has all your favorite files organized just 
where you want them!

* Games
* Sounds and Images
* Programming and Communications Tools
* Lots more!

Still lost? No problemo! To get to Binary Corner:
> Keyword: YT
> Click the round DOWNLOAD button

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~~> WHAT'S HOT @ YT
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Hot hot hot! Youth Tech's got a special area to showcase 
what's HOT right now at YT! From chat to files, Halloween to 
message boards, What's Hot has it all! If it's hot, it's here.

What's Hot @ YT this week? Go check it out yourself,
in the all-new redesigned Hot area! To get there:
> Keyword: YT
> Click the small What's Hot button under the Chat promo

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~~> GEEK HUMOR
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Welcome to the New News' first cool new feature! Have a funny 
computer joke? Send it in to YTCC Elf and share your joke with 
Youth Tech! Now without further ado, we present this week's 
Geek Humor selection!

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An IBM Marketing Rep and the Pope died on the same day. 
The marketing rep got to the pearly gates first. St. Peter opened 
the gate, welcomed him in and pointed him to go up the street 
of gold. "There is the mansion you have been promised, my son". 
The Pope came up next. Peter let him in, but showed him a small
shack in the other direction. The Pope questioned Peter, and said, 
"I am the spiritual leader of millions, led a devout life, and did not sin, 
so why does he get a better place than me?" Peter answered, "My 
son, you must understand, we have hundreds of Popes in heaven, but
that was the first IBM marketing rep to get past the gates."
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LOL! Remember, send jokes to screen name YTCC Elf.

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~~> NINTENDO 64
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Youth Tech wants to hear your opinions on Nintendo's latest effort!
Do you have an N64? Do you want one? Send your comments
to screen name YTMAIL and see your words posted in YT's Resource
Center! It's the chance of a lifetime. Send mail to YTMAIL today, 
or else!!!

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~~> SPOTLIGHT ON CHAT
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Chat is cool at YT! Each week we'll be choosing three hosted chats 
and telling you all about 'em. Be there or be triangular!

* Mac Hour-- Monday, 9pm
Join YTCC Opus and YTCC Josh for a fun-filled chat about
Macs! Learn why you can't poke at the guts of an Apple
Macintosh without tearing holes in the space-time continuum.

* ASCII Art-- Wednesday, 7pm
The art of creating art with ASCII, or plain text, characters!
Come check out the chat and collect more cool ASCII art
macros with YTCC Fabboo.

* Weird Web Sites-- Thursday, 8pm
YTCC RPG hosts this neat chat about the web! Join him
and find out about the strangest, silliest or just plain
weirdest web sites out there!

Also, don't miss Youth Tech's *new and expanded* chat 
schedule, including great Afterschool Open Chats from
4pm to 6pm every weekday! 

That's All, Folks!
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Stay tuned for another exciting issue next week!

===REMEMBER, DON'T GIVE OUT YOUR PASSWORD!!!===
No AOL employee will EVER ask you for your password. If you
give it out by mistake, go immediately to keyword: PASSWORD
and change your password! 

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