But Facebook Home, running in the background on your phone, will make it easier for the company to quietly collect data on everything you do.

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The Republicans have started running background checks on him.

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State reinforcement of federal penalties for providing false information when buying a gun, running background checks on buyers at gun shows, allowing local discretion to police when issuing concealed-carry permits, requiring purchase permits for handguns and allowing municipalities to set their own gun laws are all associated with lower gun-trafficking rates.

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This will be the gesture most familiar to PlayBook users, and is one of the few that survived. (Swiping from the left or right bezels to switch apps, for example, isn't possible here.) Up to eight apps can be kept running in the background on this screen and bringing one back to life just requires a tap.

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Four years ago, right wing evangelicals warned Presidential candidate John McCain against choosing Mitt Romney as his running mate on account of his religious background.

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What they wanted were five-minute shows they could have running in the background while they fragged aliens on their Xboxes.

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Auto-brightness was on, and I kept Outlook and MetroTwit running in the background.

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Just one, uncannily red, glowing against the background of an unusually clear sky on this day when none of the factories were running.

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