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Business Big Telco wants more federal money to offer slower rural broadband Cory Doctorow

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money Britain stops making 1p and 2p coins, for now at least Rob Beschizza

corruption Facebook hate group investigation reveals 400 police officers, including NYPD cops, to be members Xeni Jardin

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gop Republican lawmaker who dared AOC to come visit coal miners in his constituency gets scared, withdraws offer Cory Doctorow

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law India decriminalizes gay sex Rob Beschizza

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police Wakefield Rural police in West Yorkshire threatens to prosecute anyone who mocks its epic drug bust Rob Beschizza

alabama Train load of NYC poop stinks out small town little league Jason Weisberger

corruption Despite the FCC, more than 750 predominantly conservative US communities have built their own publicly owned ISPs Cory Doctorow

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