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The Quietus | News | Dave Mustaine: Obama "Staging" Shootings
Megadeth frontman says "Back in my country, my president... he's trying to pass a gun ban, so he's staging all of these murders, like the 'Fast And Furious' thing down at the border... Aurora, Colorado, all the people that were killed there... and now the beautiful people at the Sikh temple."
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BBC News - Megaupload case: New Zealand court wants FBI evidence
'US authorities must show evidence of internet piracy before Megaupload boss Kim Dotcom is extradited, a New Zealand court has ruled.'
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How do newspapers deal with politicians who go on repeating lies? | Media | guardian.co.uk
But how do reporters who are doing their level best to tell their readers the truth cope when candidates move from spouting (just about acceptable) spin to telling (unacceptable) lies?
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Microsoft releases 90-day Windows 8 trial | bit-tech.net
free, 'but there are a couple of catches you should be aware of before taking the plunge.'
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Impending Windows 8 'catastrophe' behind $3bn game maker’s shift to Linux - 27 Jul 2012 - Computing News
'Furthermore, Newell implied that Microsoft may be tempted to charge a monopoly rent or even close its platform to outsiders. Indeed, this is the only way that software will be downloadable to the Windows 8 RT version for ARM-based tablets.'
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Westminster city council launches free Wi-Fi network | Guardian Government Computing | Guardian Professional
And it'll actually stay on, and free, after the Olympics. Seems to be somewhat ad supported though, not sure.
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BBC News - Mitt Romney's vice-presidential contenders
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The Brilliant Booting Android Marriage Proposal
'Last month, Reddit user NoShftShck16 posted a seemingly random question to the /r/Android subreddit, asking if it was possible to slow down the boot time of a Galaxy Nexus. He explained that he had bought the smartphone and a ring, and he wanted to modify the bootloader to load a script at a rate slow enough for him to display his custom marriage proposal.'
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Graduates ‘urged to dumb down CVs’ « Express & Star
Graduates were apparently told that their qualifications actually deterred employers and advised to leave them off their CVs altogether to secure “survival jobs”.
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Exalted 3E: What We Know - Google Docs
A compilation of what has been said about Exalted Third Edition on the forums and elsewhere by those working on it.
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