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Probe Clears UF Police in Andrew Meyer ‘Don’t Tase Me Bro’ Taser Incident

The police and the Taser ‘win.’ A report has been released: Two University of Florida police officers who Tasered a student at a recent political forum were justified in their actions, according to a report released Wednesday by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. Andrew Meyer, a 21-year-old UF student, was pinned to the ground [...]

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Smithsonian, Boston, and Other Major Libraries Say No to Google

The New York Times reports today that several major libraries are saying no to Google: Several major research libraries have rebuffed offers from Google and Microsoft to scan their books into computer databases, saying they are put off by restrictions these companies want to place on the new digital collections. The research libraries, including a [...]

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