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http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/08/facebook-holds-a-vote-and-turnout-is-low/Friday, June 08, 2012
Facebook Holds a Vote and Turnout is Low - NYTimes.com - It has more than 900 million people. It has its own currency. And this month, for the first time, the digital republic known as Facebook held elections of a sort: it offered users a chance to vote on the way the site is governed, including how the company deploys its users’ data. Turnout was spectacularly bad in the digital republic that the writer Rebecca Mackinnon has dubbed Facebookistan. Fewer than 350,000 Facebook users voted, or under four percent.
Def Leppard Rip Through Intimate Los Angeles Gig for YouTube | Music News | Rolling Stone / Mikael Wood - On Wednesday afternoon in Los Angeles, though, the hard-rock hitmakers went small at the House of Blues, where they taped a performance for YouTube that will premiere online today at 3 p.m. ET. It was Def Leppard's first gig of 2012, according to frontman Joe Elliott. "Be gentle with us," he said. The seven-song set included "Rock of Ages" and"Pour Some Sugar on Me" – both of which Def Leppard recently re-recorded for digital-music retailers – as well as"Foolin'" and the title track from their massive 1987 LP Hysteria. - Def Leppard did reach back to 1981's High 'n' Dry for "Let It Go" and "Bringin' on the Heartbreak." - Def Leppard also took questions from fans and revealed that they've rehearsed approximately 30 tunes for the upcoming tour.
DH-less Royals shuffle lineup, lose again in NL park 4-2 to Pirates - Washington Post - NOTES: The Royals recalled 1B Clint Robinson to add an extra bench bat for the nine games in NL parks they have over the next 13 days. Robinson made his major league debut, striking out as a pinch hitter to end the game.
Robinson impressed by Major League digs | Royals.com - Dick Kaegel - Count Clint Robinson, getting his first taste of the Major Leagues after five-plus years in the Minors, as impressed. - Robinson was called up to join the Kansas City club from Triple-A Omaha where, among other things, getting up at 4 a.m. to catch commercial flights and staying in budget accommodations is routine. With the Royals, it's a charter flight to Pittsburgh, a first-class hotel downtown and an upscale clubhouse at picturesque PNC Park. - "That's why they call it the big leagues," Robinson said. "There's nothing minor about 'em."
Police: Creflo Dollar choked, slapped daughter | ajc.com - Even before controversial megachurch pastor Creflo A. Dollar Jr. released a statement Friday denying he assaulted his 15-year-old daughter, the College Park minister's legion of supporters rushed to his defense.
Daniel Klaidman on the Mind of a Drone Strike Operator - The Daily Beast - As the U.S. takes out another high-value al Qaeda target, the debate over Obama’s 'kill lists' continues. Daniel Klaidman offers a rare glimpse into what it feels like to pull the trigger.
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