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Submission + - Ron Paul sets record $4.3 M in online fundraising

Submitted by

rebmaster

on Tuesday November 06, 2007 @07:47AM

rebmaster writes: "Sure, Ron Paul stories tend to be over-submitted (and occasionally over-hyped). But this is real, BIG news.

In one day (Nov. 5th) — Ron Paul has raised over $4,200,000.00 — mostly by online direct donations from over 37,000 individual donors. (These are not "pledges" — it is "money in the bank.")

Paul's total deposed Mitt Romney as the all-time single-day fundraising record holder in the Republican presidential field.

There's a lot of Internet major media news postings about it, but they tend to be inaccurate and/or biased. (Typical!)
The AP story is one of the more accurate."

Submission + - Ron Paul Breaks Single Day Fundraising Record 1

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 05, 2007 @11:18PM

An anonymous reader writes: AP is reporting that Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul raised more than $3.5 million in 20 hours on Monday. The total was driven by a surge of Web-based giving tied to the commemoration of Guy Fawkes Day. Paul's total beat Mitt Romney as the single-day fundraising record holder in the Republican presidential field. Paul now ranks only behind Democrats Hillary Rodham Clinton, who raised nearly $6.2 million on June 30, and Barack Obama. Paul advocates limited government and low taxes like other Republicans, but is the only GOP presidential candidate opposed to the Iraq war.

Submission + - GeekSqaud Caught Copying User's Porn in Sting

Submitted by Digz on Monday July 09, 2007 @09:47PM

Digz writes: The Consumerist is reporting the results of their latest undercover operation — catching a GeekSquad employee copying porn from users. The comments surrounding the story make it look like an industry-wide problem. How many Slashdotters do the same?

Submission + - At Least 20 Dead in Virginia Tech Shooting

Submitted by StarvingSE on Monday April 16, 2007 @01:08PM

StarvingSE writes: Virginia Tech police state that at least 20 are dead in a campus shooting school officials are describing as a "monumental tragedy." From the article:

"Today the university was struck with a tragedy that we consider of monumental proportions," said university President Charles Steger. "The university is shocked and indeed horrified."

The attacks mark the worst school shooting incident since 1999 when Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris killed 12 students and a teacher before killing themselves at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado

This story is a little off-topic on a technology-related site, but I'm sure quite a few readers attend or are alumni of Virginia Tech.

Submission + - Scientology critic arrested after 6 years

Submitted by

destinyland

on Sunday February 04, 2007 @06:12PM

destinyland writes: "Friday police arrested 64-year-old Keith Henson. In 2000 after picketing a Scientology complex, he was arrested as a threat because of a joke Usenet post about "Tom Cruise Missiles." He fled to Canada after being found guilty of "interfering" with a religion, and spent the next 6 years living as a fugitive. Besides being a digital encryption and free speech advocate, he's one of the original Burr-Brown/Texas Instruments researchers and a co-founder of the Space Colony movement."

Submission + - The sun is made of iron.

Submitted by on Sunday February 04, 2007 @12:59AM

An anonymous reader writes: There is growing evidence from the field of heliosiesmology that the sun possesses a significant stratification layer at a very shallow depth from the top of the photosphere. This new data suggests that the stratified iron surface is covered by a relatively thin veneer of plasma layers. http://www.thesurfaceofthesun.com/

Submission + - Anti-Scientology Activist Keith Henson Arrested

Submitted by

kulakovich

on Saturday February 03, 2007 @07:49PM

kulakovich writes: "One of the founders of the L5 Society, Cryonics advocate, and well known anti-Scientology activist Keith Henson, was taken into custody yesterday in Arizona, on an outstanding warrant for picketing a Scientology office back in 2001. There is much concern over his current condition at this time due to medication requirements as well as fear for his well-being. He and his family had been receiving death-threats prior to the arrest. The Extropy Institute immediately set up a Henson Legal Defense Fund on his behalf. Henson is also known for his work with the US Congress on Lunar policy in the early 80s."

Submission + - Merry Christmas

Submitted by Umuri on Monday December 25, 2006 @03:43AM

Umuri writes: I want to wish everyone on slashdot a merry christmas, or at least a festive season of goodwill and goodcheer. We spend so much time complaining about politics/science/ms/linux/apple/etc that sometimes the simpler pleasures in life are forgotten. What is the best, and worst, present you've either gotten or recieved of a technical related nature?

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