The FBI yesterday seized a pair of UK servers used by Indymedia, the independent newsgathering collective, after serving a subpoena in the US on Indymedia’s hosting firm, Rackspace. Why or how remains unclear.

Yes, the FBI acting with cooperation of local police can seize web servers worldwide. How Orwellian. Do you feel safer now? I didn’t think so.

The seizure of Indymedia’s servers affects more than 30 Indymedia sites worldwide.

While Indymedia is not exactly sure what prompted the action, the group does have one strong idea. A French Indymedia site last month posted photos of what it believed to be undercover Swiss police officers photographing protesters at a French event. Indymedia received a request from the FBI to pull those photos down, as they “revealed personal information” about the undercover police said Indymedia press officer Hep Sano.

“They never clarified what they meant by personal information,” she said. “The photos were taken on a public street.”

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The beloved, iconic Johnny Kelley has passed at age 97. He completed 58 Boston Marathons, starting in the 1935. He won it twice, came in second seven times, and placed in the top ten 18 times.

He completed his final Boston Marathon in 1992 at the age of 84.

The next year, marathon officials dedicated a statue in his honor, “Young at Heart,” depicting him at 27, when he won his first marathon, shaking hands with his octogenarian self.

He inspired generations of runners, myself included, never took money for running, and did it because he loved it. He traditionally ended his public speeches by singing “Young at Heart.”

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Google has done it again. Using SMS on your cell phone, you can get useful information from Google, also via SMS. Send the message to 46645 (GOOGL on most phones). This is still in beta,I hope it goes live.

Examples. The bold face is what you send.

pizza 91316. Pizza shops in 91316 zip code

first name, last name, city and state. Address and phone number.

starbucks boston. All the Starbucks in Boston.

d electoral college. Definition of “electoral college”

Price ipod 20gb. Ipod prices.

There’s much more. This is way cool. Details.  Wallet sized tip card.

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The A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition, in cooperation with the Haiti Support Network and other progressive forces inside the Haitian community, is initiating an emergency campaign in support of the Haitian people’s struggle for sovereignty and democracy, and in opposition to foreign occupation.

More information

Help Send Medicine to Haiti. Make a contribution.

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The downtown Immigrant Rights march was called two years ago by Latino Movement USA plus many other groups. Dolores Huerta, among others, will be speaking. Full info, with the large list of over 90 endorsers, mainly Latino and Cental American organizations but also including Muslim, Arab, Asian, and LGBT groups, is on the ANSWER LA website. (While this  is not an ANSWER march, ANSWER LA enthusiastically supports it.)

This will be a pemitted rally, ending at the downtown INS office.

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