Meanwhile, petitions have been begun at the White House website both to pardon Swartz posthumously (the details of which would be difficult, as his case never came to trial, but would presumably involve a statement that he should not have been indicted) and t o remove Carmen Ortiz, the US Attorney responsible for the prosecution, who was being mentioned as a possible gubernatorial candidate late last year.

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"The fact that 'Oregon Trail' and 'Carmen Sandiego' still stand out after 30 years isn't great from the perspective of how powerful good, serious games can be, " McCool said.

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"The FDA doesn't have the resources or the expertise to handle this kind of thing, " said Carmen Catizone, executive director of the National Association of the Boards of Pharmacy (NABP), which represents the state pharmacy boards.

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