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Prediction markets sense a disturbance in the presidential campaign force

Although Donald Trump has long dominated coverage of the GOP presidential campaign, electoral prediction markets have been favoring Marco Rubio instead. Until now. The shift in support could be a significant signal, because over the years, prediction markets have chalked up at least as good a record as traditional political polling when it comes to handicapping elections. The concept, pioneered by the Iowa Electronic Markets, involves letting...
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Bernie Sanders campaign improperly accessed Clinton voter data, DNC says

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. (credit: Michael Vadon)

The Democratic National Committee has cut off the Bernie Sanders campaign's access to a voter database after allegations that Sanders staff members improperly viewed confidential information gathered by the campaign of Hillary Clinton.

The Sanders campaign fired the staff member who was responsible for accessing the data, according to multiple media reports....

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Ex-Obama adviser David Plouffe on Donald Trump’s campaign: ‘There’s something real behind it’
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David Plouffe spent an hour on stage this past Friday in Seattle, talking about how Uber is changing the “future of work” with its technology-fueled ride-hailing platform. But before his fireside chat ended, KCTS 9 reporter Enrique Cerna asked Plouffe — the campaign manager for Barack Obama in 2008 and longtime Democratic Party consultant — for his...
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On Giving Tuesday, help our Geeks Give Back campaign reach its goal
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How was your holiday weekend, geeks? Did you indulge in turkey, football, and shopping? We hope you got your fill and found a few must-have gadgets for the holiday season. Today is Giving Tuesday, the day when you turn your focus onto those less fortunate than you. It’s the day we’ve been waiting for. If you’re a geek...
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This campaign takes racist comments and posts them in the trolls’ neighborhoods
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This is one way to deal with online haters. An organization in Brazil is publicly calling out people who post racist comments online. As the BBC reports, a civil rights group called Criola run by Afro-Brazilian women have launched the campaign called “Virtual racism, real consequences,” in which they take real online comments and post them on billboards for all to see....
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