Headlines: Pirate Bay Knocked Offline...Again! (CNet)
TOR Gets Broken by Big Brother (Slate)
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HBO Go, Goes Cable-free! (Cnet) This Week in History: 12/9/21: Thomas Midgeley Jr (Engineer @ GM) first added tetraethyl lead to gasoline, to eliminate engine “knocking.” Midgeley nearly died of lead poisoning, two years later.
12/10/15: Ford rolls out its’ 1 millionth car, in Detroit.
12/8/1979: Styx went No. 1 on the charts with “Babe.”
Born & Died:
12/12/15: Frank Sinatra (b)
12/12/38: Connie Francis (b)
12/11/1958: Frank Carlton Serafino Feranna, Jr (Nikki Sixx) (b)
12/8/1980: John Lennon (d)
12/8/2004: Dimebag Darrell (d)
12/10/1967: Otis Redding (d)
12/14/1799: George Washington (d) Topics of Discussion: