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Attention Los Angeles Dodgers shoppers: It will take at least $1.5 billion to buy the MLB team. Image by Ed Yourdon via Flickr Yesterday was the preliminary deadline for bids for the Los Angeles Dodgers, its stadium, ticket business and future media rights . A person familiar with the bidding says that given [...] More at forbes.com >>

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Will someone finally pay for the crisis? More at businessinsider.com >>

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Now with less "legal gloop to wade through," Google announced new a master privacy policy and Terms of Service on Tuesday via its blog. More at mashable.com >>

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New social media services should allow the user to easily and naturally build relationships. Here are a few social features to watch out for. More at mashable.com >>

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The headline from the Monday night debate was of course Romney's burst of combativeness against Gingrich, and Gingrich's oddly listless replies.Newt Gingrich toned down something else as well: his racial politics. In South Carolina he fired off a cannonade of racial cues, culminatingincrediblyin his assertion that work was a "strange concept" to Juan Williams More at thedailybeast.com >>

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Among all of the surreal events that have occurred so far in the 2012 election, we haven't seen Jon Stewart get quite as worked up as he did on Monday night's "Daily Show" over something Newt Gingrich said at last Thursday's debate in South Carolina. More at huffingtonpost.com >>

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Apple has posted impressive quarterly earnings for the 14-week period ending on December 31, 2011. According to a press release, the company reported a quarterly revenue of $46.33 billion, as well as a quarterly net profit of $13.06 billion, or $13.87 per diluted share, the company's best quarterly results yet. More at huffingtonpost.com >>

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John Avlon asks: If evangelical leaders cant deliver a victory for their chosen candidate in South Carolina, where can they do it? More at thedailybeast.com >>

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The best source of local news in Nova Scotia, featuring articles from The Chronicle Herald, breaking news, sports, entertainment, business, national news, international news, weather. More at thechronicleherald.ca >>

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Okay. A few months back, I wrote up what I called "the definitive" post on why SOPA & PIPA were very bad bills. Some things have changed since then, so I thought it might be useful to do an updated post on the subject. On top of that... More at techdirt.com >>

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Every nerd in the world can be Laurie Penny or Johann Hari today. Many are n trying, withwebsites n going dark in protest against American anti-piracy laws called Sopa. n Wikipedia’s blackout has already forced journalists and students into some n perverse acts: such as checking facts, reading primary sources, and n critically weighing up the opinions of experts More at telegraph.co.uk >>

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Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart's grand experiment in using satire as a political weapon continued Tuesday night on "The Daily Show," when the "Colbert Report" host dropped by to "not coordinate" with Stewart on how his Super PAC money is being spent. Stew art already released two attack ads on Colbert's behalf ahead of the South Carolina primary, one painting Mitt Romney as a serial killer and another suggesting that a vote for Colbert is a vote for Herman Cain. More at huffingtonpost.com >>

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Stephen Colbert's presidential campaign saga has an interesting new twist. The comedian and host of Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report" will hold a rally in South Carolina this Friday with former GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain. More at huffingtonpost.com >>

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ROCK HILL, S.C. -- Mitt Romney and his team left nothing to chance here on Wednesday, and it's a good thing, because they are looking over their shoulder at a Newt Gingrich who not only isn't dead but still has an outside chance to pull off a huge surprise in the South Carolina primary. Tuesday, Romney's advance team fell down and delivered him to an embarrassingly empty ballroom. More at huffingtonpost.com >>

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On tonight'sColbert Report, Stephen Colbert addresses allegations of coordinating with his Super PAC brought forth by Buzzfeed's Ben Smith. Smith found some inconsistencies in the timing of yesterday'sReportand the Super PAC's most recent ad, which present ed eerily similar ideas. But those inconsistencies were easily explained away with something Smith didn't account for: Colbert and Jon Stewart have ESP More at gawker.com >>

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ABC News says it will likely air Thursday night. More at thedailybeast.com >>

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Organizers from Reddit and Cheezburger share their anti-SOPA protest plan with Brian Ries. More at thedailybeast.com >>