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• Lawyer: Afghanistan suspect was loath to deploy

  The U.S. soldier accused of slaughtering 16 Afghan civilians last weekend had twice been injured during tours in Iraq and was reluctant to leave on his fourth deployment, a Seattle lawyer said Thursday.

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• Obama Clears Drones to Fly in USA--spying on Us Americans! - NYTimes.com

  Source: The New York Times

  This is hard to believe.  A new federal law, signed by President OBAMA on Tuesday, compels the Federal Aviation Administration to allow drones to be used for all sorts of commercial endeavors — from selling real estate and dusting crops, to monitoring oil spills and w …

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• Gas prices are highest ever for this time of year

  Gasoline prices have never been higher this time of the year.

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• Congrats, US Government: You're Scaring Web Businesses Into Moving Out Of The US | Techdirt

  Source: Techdirt

  A very good read on just how out of touch or corrupt politcians are when it comes to the internet.

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• The RIAA's Dream Turns to Nightmare -- Inside The Pirate Bay's Torrent Purge

  Source: DailyTech.com

  No more torrents will help more content to be shared, render "copyright watchdogs" more toothless The Pirate Bay has long been synonymous with one thing -- torrents.

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