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====== April 13 Cybersecurity Act would give president power to 'shut down' Internet Greg Fulton -- Monday April 13, 2009 <http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Cybersecurity_Act_seeks_broad_powers_0413.html>http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Cybersecurity_Act_seeks_broad_powers_0413.html A recently proposed but little-noticed Senate bill would allow the federal government to shut down the Internet in times of declared emergency, and enables unprecedented federal oversight of private network administration. As firearms sales surge, Democrats drop assault weapons ban John Byrne -- Monday April 13, 2009 <http://rawstory.com/news/2008/As_firearms_sales_surge_Obama_Administration_0413.html>http://rawstory.com/news/2008/As_firearms_sales_surge_Obama_Administration_0413.html As firearms sales in the United States hit new highs, the Obama Administration and Democrats in Congress are squelching talk of a renewal of the assault weapons ban passed by Congress that lapsed in 2004, saying they don't want a distraction from their agenda and don't have the votes in Congress. Amazon sparks Web fury by de-ranking books with gay content Rachel Oswald -- Monday April 13, 2009 <http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Amazon_sparks_Web_fury_by_deranking_0413.html>http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Amazon_sparks_Web_fury_by_deranking_0413.html Amazon.com found itself at the center of a Web outcry over the weekend when word spread that the on-line sales company had abruptly de-ranked hundreds of book titles with gay subject matter on the grounds that they were too 'adult.' BLOG Krugman: 'Republicans have become embarrassing to watch' Post by Ron Bryneart -- Monday April 13, 2009 <http://rawstory.com/blog/2009/04/krugman-republicans-have-become-embarrassing-to-watch/>http://rawstory.com/blog/2009/04/krugman-republicans-have-become-embarrassing-to-watch/ Nobel prize winner Paul Krugman Pulls no punches in his latest New York Times op-ed. For more go to: <http://www.rawstory.com>http://www.rawstory.com<http://rawstory.com/rawreplay/> http://rawstory.com/rawreplay/ RSS Feeds: <http://rawstory.com/rss.php>http://rawstory.com/rss.php <http://feeds.feedburner.com/rawstory/gKpz>http://feeds.feedburner.com/rawstory/gKpz Facebook: <http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Raw-Story/20324257234>http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Raw-Story/20324257234 Twitter: <http://twitter.com/rawstory>http://twitter.com/rawstory =========== Kyle F. Hence Director of Outreach <mailto:[email protected]>[email protected] <http://www.rawstory.com>http://www.rawstory.com ============================================================================================================= To be removed from The Rawstory Wire please reply with "REMOVE" in the subject line. To add your address please send an email to <mailto:[email protected]>[email protected] with"ADD" in the subject line. If per chance you are receiving duplicates please let me know and I'll address it. Thank you. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Mark Crispin Miller's "News From Underground" newsgroup. To unsubscribe, send a blank email to [email protected] OR go to http://groups.google.com/group/newsfromunderground and click on the "Unsubscribe or change membership" link in the yellow bar at the top of the page, then click the "Unsubscribe" button on the next page. For more News From Underground, visit http://markcrispinmiller.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
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