With data centers racing to keep pace with the demands of Internet-era computing, experts who can design, build and run power-saving and eco-friendly centers have become the new high-tech stars
By Steve Lohr
In Silicon Valley, the stars have long been charismatic marketing visionaries and cool-nerd software wizards. By contrast, mechanical engineers who design and run computer data centers were traditionally regarded as little more than blue-collar workers in the high-tech world.

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By Anemona Hartocollis
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By Danica Coto
Expensive jet fuel and a soft US economy are threatening to sink Caribbean tourism as airline ticket prices soar and flights are sharply reduced, choking the flow of the vacationers that many tiny islands depend upon.

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