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• The RIAA has fired MediaSentry, the company that performed investigative tasks for use in its consumer lawsuits, and will replace it with Copenhagen-based DtecNet Software ApS. Actually, the report says the RIAA "quietly fired the RIAA months ago." MediaSentry has begun to phase out its controversial evidence collection arm.

Folks outside of the home of brave gave Clinton’s Foundation a bunch of cash:

Not exactly Dolly Parton (Courtesy of Fairfax Media)On the other side of the map, in the New South Wales town of Tamworth (pop. 42,000 and some change) Keith Urban may have gotten his start, locals sa...

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No rocket science required to figure this one out:

Only 12 percent use active transportation in the United States – 9 percent walk, 1 percent ride a bike and 2 percent take a bus or train – while a quarter to a third are obese, the study said.

just wanted to let y’all know about a few behind the scenes things have been going on over the last few weeks!

For a year or so I’ve been getting what I assumed was spam email about some bridge in Australia.

Tonight I finally looked it up, and they have my email address (an email address I only use for lists, etc) listed as the contact email.

Finally. For not coming to a complete stop before turning right on a red light. It's not the $50 fine that bothers me; it's that 2/3 of the fine (about $33) leaves the Knoxville economy. The notice of fine was received from Zip 85260 and is payable to Zip 44101. Who knows how much winds up in Australia.

There’s this website stuffwhitepeoplelike.com. I don’t like it.

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I went to the Alligator Farm here in St. Augustine today.