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As Americans head off to campgrounds this summer, they'll be packing their tents, sleeping bags, and laptops.

I'm Judy Muller, sitting in for Warren Allney, and this is To The Point from Public Radio International, a daily look at the issues Americans care about most.

Camping used to be about getting away from it all. Now you can bring your computer along.

More and more campgrounds are offering Wi-Fi connections, so you never have to lose touch with your office or email.

Today, on To the Point, has our Internet dependence gone too far?

Do we have an addiction?

Or has the wired world simply given us the freedom to mix work and play?

On reporter's notebook later on, banking on Beckham.

Soccer star David Beckham's arrived in LA to much fanfare. Can he

really earn that enormous paycheck? First, here's the news. Support for To the Point comes from

subscribers of KCRW Santa Monica and from the Public Radio International Program Fund, whose contributors

include the Ford Foundation and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.

I'm Judy Mueller, sitting in for Warren Olney, back with To the Point from PRI.

More and more Americans are bringing along their computers when they head to the wilderness to supposedly get away from it all.

As the Associated Press reports this week,

Ah, camping, the tent, the sleeping bag, the campfire, the laptop. With Wi-Fi access

increasingly available at campgrounds, some folks just can't resist the call of the internet.

Coming up, we'll talk about the multitasking world we live in. Are we addicted or merely adept? On reporter's

notebook, David Beckham takes the soccer field next week with the LA Galaxy. His paycheck,

$32.5 million. What will American soccer get in return? First, this news update. A couple of

major developments in American dealings with North Korea

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