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- Second Life's virtual money can become real-life cash
Dana Moore sells rain. He sells a lot of it, for about a buck per reusable storm.

- Cable firms seek FCC help in fee disputes
Several major cable companies and a public interest group asked the Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday to intervene in disputes over transmission fees to prevent broadcasters from withholding signals from subscribers.

- Iran blocking foreign, domestic Web sites to curb anti-government activists
TEHRAN -- The bearded blogger stood before an effigy of an Islamic warrior towering over the letters "WWW."

- Wide Web of diversions gets laptops evicted from lecture halls
On a windy morning in downtown Washington, a hundred Georgetown Law students gathered in a hall for David Cole's lecture on democracy and coercion. The desks were cluttered with books, Thermoses and half-eaten muffins.

- Security gaps exploited in grade scandal remain, may be difficult to close
Montgomery County school officials have not yet closed gaps in their computer system that allowed students at a high-performing Potomac high school to change dozens of grades using a device that can be bought from Amazon.com for $69. And other school systems, including Fairfax County, remain just...

- Video Vault, cult movie rental favorite, to close in April
Another video rental store might have been content to boast a "Horror" section, but Alexandria's Video Vault always catered to far more specialized tastes.

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