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The article discusses the plans of the Internet company Google to provide high-speed Internet access to Americans through the launch of Google Fiber, a network that requires prepaid online registration. Topics include the presence of a digital divide among Americans which perpetuates poverty and several of Google's projects, including Project Link and Project Loon, to provide free Internet to communities worldwide.

The article looks at gun control in the U.S. as of 2013, focusing on open carrying of firearms. It notes that localities differ with respect to whether open and/or concealed carrying of weapons is permitted. It describes the efforts of some gun-rights advocates to assert their rights by visibly carrying rifles and other firearms, as well as the opposition of gun-control advocates including the group Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America. Retail store policies on customer guns are cited.