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Homeowners Get Screwed, Lawyers Get Played, Banks Make Profit: Where’s the Outrage? » New Deal 2.0

Read full story: Three-part series. Two recent reports, read together, should spark outrage in the country at large and among our political leadership. But no one seems to care anymore. posted by Nobody source: www.newdeal20.org

comments: 2| round: 2 | pub 221 days, 10 hrs, 11 mins ago
Q: Have you gone through foreclosure proceedings?
A: No
Friday, October 14, 2011 5:50:43 AM GMT Tuesday, September 20, 2011 5:25:22 PM GMT
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Are oil refineries manipulating gas prices?

Read full story: Gas prices are continuing their steady decline, although not at the rate many would expect. Now, some federal lawmakers are suggesting that refineries may partly be to blame. posted by KinshinC source: oicw65-racerelations.blogspot.com

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Q: A report released by the Energy Information Administration shows refiners are produ...?
A: Yes
Sunday, May 29, 2011 12:53:31 AM GMT Thursday, May 26, 2011 1:24:38 AM GMT
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When the Government Comes Knocking, Who Has Your Back?

Read full story: When you use the Internet, you entrust your online conversations, thoughts, experiences, locations, photos, and more to companies like Google, Yahoo and Facebook. posted by maxrevz source: whohasyourback.eff.org

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Q: Should companies make public the policies they have about sharing data with the gov...?
A: Yes, there should be a law forcing them to do so
Wednesday, April 20, 2011 7:40:23 AM GMT Tuesday, April 12, 2011 12:27:03 AM GMT
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Epsilon Data Breach Shows New 'Spear-Phishing' Risk: Analysis

Read full story: Tens of millions of customers and employees of major banks, hotels and retailers are now at risk of "spear-phishing" attacks after hackers stole their email addresses in what may become one of the biggest data breaches eve... posted by KinshinC source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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Q: Have you ever been a victim of a phishing scam?
A: Yes
Monday, April 11, 2011 4:20:40 PM GMT Wednesday, April 06, 2011 7:50:12 PM GMT
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Price hike for premature-birth drug sparks outrage - CBS News Video

Read full story: After a private company gained exclusive rights of a progesterone drug used to prevent premature births in at-risk mothers, the price of the shot spiked from $30 to $1,500. Wyatt Andrews reports. posted by KinshinC source: www.cbsnews.com

comment: 0| round: 2 | pub 416 days, 8 hrs, 4 mins ago
Q: After the FDA approved injections of progesterone under the name Makena to prevent ...?
A: No
Saturday, April 02, 2011 7:57:25 AM GMT Wednesday, March 30, 2011 9:06:51 PM GMT
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Join the CFS Virtual Rally for the Right to Know and demand that Congress label GMOs | Health Impact News

Read full story: The US is one of the only major countries not to have some sort of law that requires GMOs to be labeled. And the corrupt US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which is supposed to be looking out for the interests of the p... posted by NuricheTheWorld source: healthimpactnews.com

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Q: Do you believe the Government should be demanded to label Genetically Modified Foods?
A: Yes
Saturday, April 02, 2011 7:57:25 AM GMT Tuesday, March 29, 2011 4:45:35 PM GMT
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Becareful what you 'Like' on Facebook - Video

Read full story: Facebook is allowing companies to feature users' profile pictures and names in advertisements. posted by oliver4 source: www.cnn.com

comments: 2| round: 1 | pub 476 days, 20 hrs, 59 mins ago
Q: Did you know Facebook now allows advertisers to use your profile pictures, names an...?
A: No
Monday, January 31, 2011 7:02:33 PM GMT Saturday, January 29, 2011 5:54:25 PM GMT
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Conspiracy Theory: Wall Street on truTV.com Video

Read full story: Wall Street - In this episode former Governor of Minnesota, Jesse Ventura, goes inside the secret billionaire boys' club to find out how the financial meltdown was allowed to occur. posted by maxrevz source: www.trutv.com

comment: 1| round: 1 | pub 502 days, 12 hrs, 7 mins ago
Q: Before watching this video did you know that investment bankers such as Goldman Sac...?
A: Yes
Thursday, January 06, 2011 3:54:17 AM GMT Sunday, January 02, 2011 9:53:18 PM GMT
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CNN.com: Hidden Cameras - How To Spot Them

Read full story: How to spot hidden cameras disguised as everyday objects. posted by davidwelsh source: www.cnn.com

comment: 0| round: 1 | pub 521 days, 12 hrs, 27 mins ago
Q: Are hidden cameras appropriate?
A: Depends on the situation
Saturday, December 18, 2010 3:33:52 AM GMT Wednesday, December 15, 2010 8:50:09 PM GMT
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“Thank You” Email Causes Angry Mob To Descend On AT&T Facebook Page

Read full story: Earlier today AT&T sent out a “Special Message From AT&T” email highlighting a 18-19 billion dollar investment in their network as well as plans for other improvements. The email provides a link to their Facebook ... posted by maxrevz source: techcrunch.com

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Q: Should Apple change the name of their iphone?
A: No, they should leave at&t
Sunday, September 19, 2010 6:13:48 PM GMT Thursday, September 09, 2010 9:18:26 PM GMT
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Fraudsters Drain PayPal Accounts Through iTunes

Read full story: Reports are appearing this morning about a major security hole in iTunes accounts linked to PayPal. At least one group of scammers has found a way to charge thousands of dollars to iTunes accounts through PayPal. One targ... posted by maxrevz source: techcrunch.com

comment: 0| round: 1 | pub 626 days, 11 hrs, 38 mins ago
Q: Have you been a victim of internet based theft due to a security breach?
A: No
Saturday, September 04, 2010 4:23:01 AM GMT Thursday, August 26, 2010 6:43:26 AM GMT
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Colbert Tackles Internet Privacy: ‘Become A Disfigured Nameless Loner’

Read full story: The Internet is one giant resume, Stephen Colbert posits in yesterday’s The Word: Control-Self-Delete. Colbert brings up Eric Schmidt’s now infamous “every person will be entitled automatically to change their name” statem... posted by maxrevz source: techcrunch.com

comment: 0| round: 1 | pub 626 days, 11 hrs, 38 mins ago
Q: Are you a Stephen Colbert fan?
A: Yes
Saturday, September 04, 2010 4:23:01 AM GMT Wednesday, August 25, 2010 8:51:40 PM GMT
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Zuckerberg Makes It Official: Facebook Hits 500 Million Members

Read full story: This is no surprise to anyone even remotely following the company, but Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg just made things official on the company’s blog: the social network is now 500 million members strong. Accordi... posted by Atilla source: techcrunch.com

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Q: Do you think that Facebook will reach 1 billion users someday?
A: Yes
Saturday, July 24, 2010 2:57:02 AM GMT Wednesday, July 21, 2010 10:04:19 PM GMT
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Unvarnished: A Clean, Well-Lighted Place For Defamation

Read full story: Imagine every positive and ugly opinion about you from your mother to that awkward co-worker you rejected at the company Christmas party centrally located on one online profile. Sound scary? It is. Today, Unvarnished makes... posted by maxrevz source: techcrunch.com

comment: 1| round: 1 | pub 782 days, 11 hrs, 42 mins ago
Q: OK, first impressions are everything, what's your first impression of Unvarnished?
A: Creepy, I do not intend to become a user
Thursday, April 01, 2010 4:18:53 AM GMT Wednesday, March 31, 2010 3:33:16 AM GMT
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CitiBank Complaints - Credit Card Interest Rate Hike

Read full story: Today I recieved a notification from Citibank that my two credit cards interest rates will increase to 29.99%. This increase is basically doubling my current rate. I have been a Citibank customer for 14 years and have neve... posted by venomsk8 source: www.complaintsboard.com

comment: 0| round: 1 | pub 782 days, 11 hrs, 42 mins ago
Q: Are you a citibank credit card holder?
A: Yes
Thursday, April 01, 2010 4:18:53 AM GMT Sunday, March 28, 2010 6:10:36 PM GMT
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