The man behind the laptop design

Bill Moggridge, a British designer credited with creating the very first laptop, died Saturday of cancer. He was 69

According to BBC News, Moggridge was the man behind the Grid Compass, the first computer to attach a keyboard to a folding screen. The design went on to become a standard for laptop computers.

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Teens destroy historic farmhouse

4 teens arrested for setting fire to historic EG landmark

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Save Box Tops for Education to Help MHMS

Box Tops for Education, which help benefit MHMS, can be brought into the school's main office this summer or when school starts in September. For questions, please e-mail Brenda Nixon.

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Abandoned structure catches fire in East Greenbush

EAST GREENBUSH, N.Y. -- Crews were called to the scene of a fire in East Greenbush Wednesday night.