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  Occupy Protesters Get Their Squid On in San Francisco

  January 20, 2:40 PM ET

  | By Julian Brookes

  Hundreds of protesters surrounded and effectively shut down Wells Fargo Bank in San Francisco's financial district this morning, one of many peaceful-yet-disruptive actions planned for today by Occupy Wall Street West. Activists, some dressed in squid costumes, kicked off the day with a 6 a.m. "squid fry" outside Goldman, Sachs. (The squid theme is a nod to Matt Taibbi's immortal description of the investment bank as – everybody now! – "a great vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity, relentlessly jamming its blood funnel into anything that smells like money.") A statement from Occupy Wall Street West said Friday's actions – which you can follow in real time here – "will continue to build a strategic mass movement asserting the power of the 99 percent for economic justice and a better world."

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  Facebook in Talks to Host Vevo

  January 20, 12:41 PM ET

  | By Scott Steinberg

  Facebook is reportedly in talks to move popular music video service Vevo from Google's YouTube video sharing platform onto its social network, CNET reports. Pre... | More »

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  The SOPA and PIPA War: An Analysis

  January 20, 12:40 PM ET

  | By Scott Steinberg

  File-sharing site Megaupload.com's recent shutdown merely underscores the escalating firestorm over international copyright laws, one revitalized by the House of ... | More »

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  Megaupload Returns Online After Department of Justice Seizes Defendants' Property

  January 20, 12:25 PM ET

  | By Rolling Stone

  In the latest development in the fast-breaking Megaupload case, the Department of Justice is reporting that it has seized a huge stash of expensive items from defendan... | More »

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  Romney Bombs, and Other Thoughts on the Charleston Debate

  January 20, 10:30 AM ET

  | By Matt Taibbi

  I have an article about South Carolina and the GOP race coming out in Rolling Stone soon, so I can't say too much about that race here. But I do have a few quick notes about last night's debate in Charleston, which I had the misfortune to attend.

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  Anonymous Takes Down Federal and Music Industry Websites in Retaliation Against Megaupload Bust

  January 20, 10:22 AM ET

  | By Oscar Raymundo

  It took hours for the Internet to strike back. Yesterday, the Anonymous hacker-activist collective accepted credit for taking down the websites of several government a... | More »

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  No Age Accuse Kings of Leon of Copying T-Shirt Design

  January 19, 4:30 PM ET

  | By Colleen Nika

  New year, new ridiculous rock t-shirt scandal. Just as the music community was recovering from the Kurt Cobain vs. Forever 21 controversy, California indie rockers ... | More »

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  South Carolina Shake-up

  January 19, 3:40 PM ET

  | By Tim Dickinson

  Perry Exits, Santorum Wins, Newt Swings, Mitt Wobbles: The first-in-the-South primary just got a whole lot more interesting.

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  Megaupload Shut Down on Piracy Charges

  January 19, 3:20 PM ET

  | By Matthew Perpetua

  Megaupload, one of the world's most popular file-sharing sites, was shut down by federal prosecutors in Virginia following charges against its founder and others ... | More »

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  Michael Hastings Talks Assange, WikiLeaks with Charlie Rose

  January 19, 1:26 PM ET

  | By Julian Brookes

  Rolling Stone contributing editor Michael Hastings was on CBS's 'This Morning' with Charlie Rose earlier discussing his in-depth Julian Assange interview, his new book, The Operators, and the 2010 firing of Gen. Stanley McChyrstal, after Hastings profiled him in Rolling Stone. Bonus points if you can tell how Rose and co-hosts really feel about Assange/WikiLeaks.

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  Gina Carano Shines in Gleefully Violent 'Haywire'

  January 19, 1:00 PM ET

  | By Peter Travers

  Peter Travers was blown away by mixed martial arts expert Gina Carano's performance in Haywire, Steven Soderbergh's new movie about a black-ops soldier o... | More »

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  Google Music Launches 'Magnified' Platform for Unsigned Artists

  January 19, 1:00 PM ET

  | By Oscar Raymundo

  Today, Google Music launched Magnified, a feature that showcases unsigned artists in the Android music store and gives them the opportunity to perform live. Magnifie... | More »

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  Jon Stewart Takes on SOPA

  January 19, 10:42 AM ET

  | By Lauren Lipsay

  Jon Stewart was unhappy to learn that Wikipedia would be blacking out its site for 24 hours in protest of the proposed Stop Online Piracy Act. "What do they expect us to do," he asked, "go to the library?!" Digging deeper into the issue, Stewart discovered that the lawmakers charged with creating and debating the legislation "have no f*&cking idea what this thing's about." And their excessive use of the word "nerd" isn't helping matters. Watch Stewart take on SOPA, its supporters and, well, himself below.

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  Shazam's LyricPlay App Provides Instant Karaoke

  January 18, 3:55 PM ET

  | By Scott Steinberg

  Popular service Shazam, which identifies unknown songs playing on TV or radio, transitioned to music playback and artist discovery with its free Shazam Player app for ... | More »