The M rating of games is far more of a suggestion than the R rating of films these days. 10, 11, 12 year olds and even younger routinely play M-rated titles like Call of Duty or Halo, and it would be curious if such a new store overlooked that reality.

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By contrast, the 1918 flu pandemic that killed 50 million had an incubation period of two days (and an R of 2).

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John Thune, R-South Dakota, announced he would vote against Sotomayor, who completed three days of testimony last week before the Judiciary Committee.

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My current tax delinquency has nothing of courage or daring about it, nor am I contributing my refused taxes to one of our alternative funds, so these days I leave the more heroic and work-intensive meanings of that R aside, and simply call what I do war tax refusal.

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With five of the 13 venues requiring a final inspection by World Cup tournament director Professor Ratnakar Shetty and the central organising committee (COC), the ICC's report approved Mumbai and the Sri Lankan venues - Colombo's R Premadasa Stadium, Hambantota and Pallekele - subject to minor finishing work to be completed within 14 days.

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After Senate leaders jockeyed for days over procedural issues tied to consideration of the bills, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, unexpectedly announced Wednesday morning that Republicans would agree to Democratic demands and hold back-to-back votes requiring neither side to garner a filibuster-proof 60-vote margin.

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