Privacy advocates worry online advertisers will sneak around ‘Do Not Track’ rule
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Following the White House’s announcement of support for new one-click Internet privacy rules, electronic privacy advocates warned that online advertisers who claim support the new standards might not.
Expectations of Burmese pythons overrunning Everglades ‘premature’
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Reports that Burmese pythons are devouring almost entire populations of mammals in the Florida Everglades are premature, according to some exotic species experts and a co-author of a widely quoted study.
Jon Stewart: Gingrich confuses Obama with King Herod
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The Daily Show host Jon Stewart took aim at the recent Republican presidential debate in Arizona.
Legal group: Romney super PAC flagrantly violating election law
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A pro-Romney PAC claimed that it did not violate federal election regulations against unlawful coordination when it recycled an official Romney campaign ad from 2007 — but a watchdog group says they’re attempting to explain away a violation they’re not even accused of.
Romney holds campaign event in virtually empty stadium
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Mitt Romney ”unveiled” his economic plan — again — to about 1,200 members of the Detroit Economic Club in a 65,000-seat football arena.
Media members and U.S. lawmakers receive threatening letters
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Several U.S. lawmakers and media personalities received threatening letters containing a harmless white powder, with warnings of "harmful material" to follow.