Kim Dotcom: 'This Is The Largest Data Massacre In The History Of The Internet'

Kim Dotcom took to Twitter Wednesday with some bad news. The Megaupload founder revealed that all Megaupload servers at hosting provider LeaseWeb have been wiped "without warning," meaning that the data stored in those servers has been destroyed. The news doesn't bode well for the New Zealand resident, who is...

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Morse Recall Debate Mired By Cyber Censorship

From The Colorado Independent's Tessa Cheek. The Colorado Secretary of State announced this week that 10,137 of the more than 16,000 signatures collected in a petition to recall State Senator John Morse are valid and sufficient to potentially qualify for the first-ever recall election in Colorado history. With just...

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Pension systems hope to recover $100 million in lost investments

A lawsuit by three Louisiana pension plans that lost a combined $100 million in a 2008 hedge fund investment has been moved from state district court in Baton Rouge to the nearby federal district court. The Firefighters’ Retirement System, the Munici...

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Debra Pickett: Paying Attention to the Other Chicago

If you're not sick about it, you're just not paying attention. This was the headline I read Monday morning and over and over again throughout the day: 10 Dead, More Than 40 Wounded in Most Violent Weekend of 2013. This was the headline that made me pay attention. Writing for DNAInfo Chicago, reporters Erica Demarest...

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Remains of the Day: This belongs in a museum

How do Mac pros feel about the Mac Pro? As strongly as Apple apparently feels about Linked In? And Steve Jobs thought his work would be lost and forgotten. The remainders for Wednesday, June 19, 2013 will spin you right round, baby, right round. New Mac Pro reaction: Video pros speak about GPU and storage...

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Couple Who Rebuilt After Waldo Canyon Offers Hope To New Wildfire Victims

A couple whose home burned in the Waldo Canyon Fire last year wants to offer hope to the hundreds who similarly lost their homes in this month's Black Forest Fire.

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Brazil 2-0 Mexico

Neymar all but secured Brazil's place in the semi-finals of the Confederations Cup on Wednesday as they defeated Mexico 2-0 in their Group A tie at Estadio Castelao. It was hardly a classic performance from Brazil, but there were flashes of brilliance, and two pieces of great skill by Neymar at the start and end of...

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Foley tops Malloy in Quinnipiac poll

Unaffiliated voters discouraged by Connecticut's lingering recession seem to be siding with Republican Tom Foley, giving him a narrow statistical edge over Gov. Dannel P. Malloy in a survey that essentially kicks off the 2014 gubernatorial race. The Quinnipiac University Poll shows Foley, a Greenwich millionaire,...

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Filling the 'GAP': Center hopes to replace axed dementia service

When nurse practitioner Gene Pickett heard Tennova was closing its Geriatric Assessment Program, he knew that would leave a lot of families lost.

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Former officer blasts Manhattan Beach Police Department as judge upholds firing

A former Manhattan Beach police officer fired from the force for his role in an off-duty, alcohol-related hit-and-run crash with two other officers lost his appeal to get his job back Wednesday, then blasted his former employer as the "Manhattan Beach Pretenders Department."

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David Weir bemoans Hearts’ financial woes

David Weir admits that he is not an expert on finance but recognises that Heart of Midlothian lost their way...

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Niagara Falls, Ont., man cutting grass seriously injured when struck by SUV

NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. – 31-year-old Niagara Falls man was seriously injured at 7 a.m. Wednesday when hit by an SUV while cutting grass on Beaverdams Road. just west of Kalar Road.The victim was being treated in Erie County Medical Center, Buffalo, with life-threatening injuries. Niagara Regional Police said the driver...

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Vic man dies after his car hits pole

A 20-YEAR-OLD man has died after he lost control of his car and it hit a pole in Melbourne's southeast.    

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BREAKFAST DEALS: Tinkler's lost haven

Nathan Tinkler sells his Whitehaven Coal stake ahead of his debt-settling deadline, while Transfield Services scores some crucial NBN jobs.

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Lions confident lineout codes haven't been cracked again like they were on last two trips Down Under

Australia in 2001 and New Zealand in '05 worked tourists out - and they lost EIGHT of their own throw-ins in Tuesday's defeat

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Basketball: Opals lose to China in opening game of series

The Opals lost to 69-64 to China in the opening game of their series in Shanxi on Wednesday.

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Michael Hastings: 1980-2013

Journalism lost a rising star Tuesday, when Rolling Stone, Buzzfeed writer Michael Hastings was killed in a car accident.

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Sacto 911: Jury's award stands in damages over 2009 murder

A woman whose boyfriend was convicted of killing his son in her home has lost her motion for a new trial after a civil jury in March awarded the mother of the slain man $400,000. Check out our crime blog, Sacto 9-1-1.

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Bolshoi acid victim Sergei Filin has only 5% vision

The artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet has lost 95 per cent of his vision after an acid attack, raising...

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Taliban peace talk plans lead Afghan women to fear loss of rights

Even the dimmest prospect of peace would be welcome in most countries that have endured more than three decades of conflict, but news this week that the Taliban planned to sit down for peace talks with the US was met with trepidation by many in Afghanistan. Women in particular are nervous, because Taliban rule was...

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Nine Inch Nails Tap David Lynch to Direct 'Came Back Haunted' Video

Trent Reznor and David Lynch will team up for Nine Inch Nails' video for "Came Back Haunted" the first time the pair has collaborated since 1997's Lost Highway soundtrack The glitchy track is the first single off NIN's upcoming album Hesitation Marks which will be out September 3rd on Columbia Readers'...

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Harvard hires Xia from Morgan Stanley as chief risk officer

By Svea Herbst-Bayliss BOSTON (Reuters) - Harvard University said on Wednesday that it had hired Wall Street veteran Jake Xia as its chief risk officer to analyze and monitor investment exposure in its $30.7 billion endowment. Xia, a fixed income expert who worked at Morgan Stanley for 17 years and for a time...

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Hayley Turner has lost her job as stable jockey to Michael Bell

Hayley Turner and Michael Bell are to go their separate ways after a 13-year association that peaked with the victory of Margot Did in the 2011 Group One Nunthorpe Stakes. The pair insist there has been no falling out but the news deprives Turner, the most successful female jockey Britain has seen, of her most...

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Openers fall but England on top

England lost both openers as they set about trying to surpass South Africa's paltry total of 175 in their Champions Trophy semi-final clash at The Oval.

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Wash. jobless rate drops to 6.8 percent in May

Washington state's unemployment rate dropped to 6.8 percent last month.Numbers released Wednesday by the state Employment Security Department also show that in addition to a decrease from April's 7 percent rate, the state added an estimated 4,100 jobs in May. Economists say that the state's jobless rate has fallen...

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Editor who lost home in fire doesn’t stop presses

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Girl, 2, scalded in bathtub lost 'pieces of skin,' deputies say

Camille Telusma, 21, of Gainesville, who was caring for the child Tuesday, was arrested on child neglect and cruelty charges.

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Long lost Bennett-Brubeck recording discovered

NEW YORK-Tony Bennett never forgot the first time he performed with Dave Brubeck more than half a century ago.

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Student Debt Relief Industry Profiting Off Desperation

Polly Williams, a single mother who had recently lost her job, was desperate to lower the payments on her $23,000 in student loans. So, last June, she called one of the many companies advertising debt relief online.

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Texas tops US in number of lost, stolen firearms

Federal authorities say Texas has far and away the largest number of firearms in the U.S. reported as lost or stolen.

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