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61.		NSA Spied On Al Jazeera Communications (spiegel.de)
		14 points by anon1385 on Aug 31, 2013
62.		The Free JavaScript campaign (fsf.org)
		13 points by sankha93 on Aug 31, 2013 \| 17 comments
63.		Google’s new “Remind Me” feature for TV shows, authors, and more (arstechnica.com)
		13 points by evo_9 on Aug 31, 2013 \| 4 comments
64.		U.S. spy agencies mounted 231 offensive cyber-operations in 2011, documents show (washingtonpost.com)
		12 points by ScottyE on Aug 31, 2013 \| 3 comments
65.		[dupe] Why Snowden Asked Visitors in Hong Kong to Refrigerate Their Phones (nytimes.com)
		12 points by srivast on Aug 31, 2013 \| 3 comments
66.		U.S. spy agencies mounted 231 offensive cyber-operations in 2011, documents show (washingtonpost.com)
		11 points by mtam on Aug 31, 2013
67.		Why aren't rings 1 and 2 used? (yarchive.net)
		11 points by luu on Aug 31, 2013 \| 1 comment
68.		Ask HN: As an individual in the US, how can I help make public transit better?
		11 points by mikehines on Aug 31, 2013 \| 5 comments
69.		Silicon Valley's Spirit of Good Overshadowed by a Chase for Power and Wealth (nytimes.com)
		10 points by applecore on Aug 31, 2013
70.		Google's secret about DART (nadirmuzaffar.blogspot.com)
		10 points by FallFastForFun on Aug 31, 2013 \| 1 comment
71.		Raise the crime rate (to account for unreported crime in prisons) (nplusonemag.com)
		10 points by yummyfajitas on Aug 31, 2013
72.		Super Mario Kart Clone made with HTML5
		9 points by matheusbn on Aug 31, 2013 \| 9 comments
73.		Pressy, the customizable Android button, raises $300k in 3 days. (coordinato.com)
		9 points by Kanbab on Aug 31, 2013 \| 2 comments
74.		Snowden wins whistleblower award in Germany (rt.com)
		9 points by eplanit on Aug 31, 2013
75.		Obama Will Seek Syria Vote in Congress (nytimes.com)
		8 points by y14 on Aug 31, 2013 \| 1 comment
76.		Where Do All The Craigslist Cats Go? (opensuffer.com)
		12 points by selfexperiments on Aug 31, 2013 \| 2 comments
77.		Ask HN: Should Bill Gates come back as the CEO of Microsoft?
		11 points by sk2code on Aug 31, 2013 \| 11 comments
78.		Six popular myths about healthy diet get debunked (cartesianproduct.wordpress.com)
		8 points by 00_NOP on Aug 31, 2013 \| 2 comments
79.		After patent loss, Apple tweaks FaceTime—and logs 500,000 complaints (arstechnica.com)
		7 points by mbrubeck on Aug 31, 2013
80.		The Life of Dustin Curtis (dcurt.is)
		7 points by Ashuu on Aug 31, 2013 \| 4 comments
81.		Ask HN: What's the difference between a cool research project and a startup?
		9 points by zxcvvcxz on Aug 31, 2013 \| 6 comments
82.		India Wants To Ban US-Based Email Systems For Govt Comms Over NSA Concerns (techdirt.com)
		8 points by kshatrea on Aug 31, 2013
83.		The Inﬂuence of Unix on the Development of Games (LucasFilm) (langston.com)
		7 points by pmarin on Aug 31, 2013 \| 1 comment
84.		MESS multiple machine emulation in a browser (textfiles.com)
		7 points by colinprince on Aug 31, 2013
85.		Flowtab: Mobile Drink Ordering (flowtab.com)
		7 points by jamesjyu on Aug 31, 2013
86.		China has confirmed it is on track to land a rover on the Moon later this year (theregister.co.uk)
		6 points by Heliosmaster on Aug 31, 2013 \| 2 comments
87.		You give us a code snippet, we find every site it appears on. (nerdydata.com)
		7 points by cwings on Aug 31, 2013 \| 3 comments
88.		Ask HN: why are Bitcoin trading fees so high?
		7 points by em70 on Aug 31, 2013 \| 5 comments
89.		CloudDS - another datastore (medium.com/tech-blogging)
		7 points by teletubbie on Aug 31, 2013
90.		Life On Earth Started On Mars, Say Scientists (yahoo.com)
		6 points by ColinWright on Aug 31, 2013 \| 1 comment
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