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WASHINGTON, March 1 (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Friday signed an order that starts putting into effect across-the-board budget cuts known as the “sequester” after he and congressional leaders failed to find an alternative budget plan.

The White House released a copy of Obama’s directive entitled “Sequestration Order for Fiscal Year 2013.” Government agencies will now begin to hack a total of $85 billion from their budgets between Saturday and Oct. 1.

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His bid for office was spurred by his leadership experience during Superstorm Sandy relief efforts in Red Hook. If elected, Carlos would become the first openly LGBT elected official in Brooklyn, and the first Mexican-American elected official in the entire city.
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The new owner of Hulu could turn out to be… one of the existing owners. After an aborted sale attempt in 2011, new rumors suggest current part owners Disney and News Corp are talking over the possibility of one buying the other’s stake out. The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg both tag people with knowledge of the situation as their sources, indicating a disagreement over the video streaming website’s business model — it announced $695 million in revenue last year — as a reason for the talks.

Reportedly News Corp. prefers a subscription based model, while Disney sees an advertising-focused approach as best. Both of them own about a third of the site, while Comcast / NBC Universal owns most of the remaining third but can’t vote, and according to the rumors would remain as a minority investor if a buyout took place. Also playing into this is CEO Jason Kilar’s announcement he will leave the company by the end of Q1, so hopefully any decision on its future are made by the time a new leader is in place.

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LaCie has just added a new storage capacity to its d2 Quadra USB 3.0 external HDD line-up by launching the 3TB model. This fan-less HDD comes with a sturdy aluminum enclosure, a security slot for theft prevention and provides three different types of connection interfaces: 1x USB 3.0, 1x eSATA and 2x FireWire800. The 3TB d2 Quadra USB 3.0 is available now for 36,800 Yen (about $397). [Product Page]

More than 500 student and community protesters rallied to meet the church protesters, of whom there were just four. The latter danced around waving anti-gay signs while the students chanted slogans and formed a human love chain.
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