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| TOP STORIES | | | [1 hour ago ] (NECN) - Republican Senator John McCain has tapped Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, a conservative who shares his maverick streak, to be his vice presidential running mate.
At 44, Palin is a generation younger than two of McCain's seven
children. She... | | | read more  | | | [1 hour ago ] (NECN/ABC) - Gustav plowed right across the island of Jamaica overnight, uprooting trees, ripping down power lines and damaging houses in its path.
The storm had been expected to track way north of Jamaica, but a last minute change of direction had it... | | | read more | | | [2 hours ago ] (NECN/KOMO) - Two hikers from Massachusetts are stuck on a narrow mountain ledge in Washington State's North Cascade Mountains.
Authorities say rescuers are close to the two hikers but were unable to get them off the mountain Thursday. They will resume... | | | read more | | | | | |
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Pirated electronic textbooks?
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| 5 weeks 6 days 19 hours ago Pirated electronic textbooks?
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(NECN: Boston, Mass.) - There is a growing problem of pirated material online, but we are not talking about illegal music downloads. It seems cash-strapped students have found an illegal avenue to obtain textbooks.
Hiawatha Bray writes about the problem in today's Boston Globe and he joins NECN to talk about the issue.
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