If you have yet to snag an invitation to the Starcraft 2 beta, then this news item is for you! A tipster has alerted us to the Starcraft 2 product page on GameStop, noting that pre-order the game will net players their own invitations to attend the Zerg-stomping fun. The offer applies to both the $ 60 regular edition and $ 100 collector's edition and can be redeemed either in store or online. A quick note for sneaky types out there: The product page states that orders can not be canceled once your beta code is modtaget.Men hey, were you going to buy it anyway, and it's not like someone would game the system just a free beta ticket, right? Of course ikke.Update: According to tipster Aaron and one of our commenters, Amazon pre-orders are now eligible for Starcraft 2 beta invitations as well. We have contacted Amazon to confirm, but in the meantime other Amazon customers out there received their beta key already? Update 2: Amazon has confirmed that its Starcraft 2 pre-orders fall with beta access. The first wave of invitations were sent out today. Future pre-orders should receive their beta invitation "within a few days." [Thanks, Chris] Reporters Must donate to Anti-Choice organization to Cover Palin's TaleI day will Sarah Palin speak at a fundraiser for the Austin-based Heroic Media, a "faith-based" anti-choice organization that aims to reduce the number of abortions "by creating a culture of life through television, billboards and internet advertising. "As part of its anti-choice media strategy, airs Heroic Media TV commercials, to" encourage viewers to learn more about and rethink life issues. "Group's Internet strategy seeks to direct Google users to an anti-choice website: Heroic Media uses an online strategy to buy top listings on search engines like google, so when teenagers" google "the word" abortion "… "I think I'm pregnant," … or "terminate the pregnancy," one of the top sites they will see is our partner website http://www.teenbreaks.comTeenbreaks.com contains information about abortion, communicate with parents, adoption, cutting and very mere.Som Indecision Forever notes that Teenbreaks.com provide "information" about "cutting" is a giveaway that it is not interested in providing women with the best facts about their reproductive rights: "Cutting it right, because even – mutilation has everything to do with treating an unplanned pregnancy. "But to cover Palin's speech, Austin-American Statesman reports that journalists have to make a contribution to Heroic Media: Limitations: Heroic Media will try to ban video and audio recordings of Palin's appearance and news organizations who want to cover her speech must buy a ticket, the proceeds of which will go to Heroic Media.At deny media access has been Palin's standard procedure. After the debacle that was her interview with CBS 'Katie Couric during the 2008 presidential campaign did Palin, that she would not enter into any embarrassing interviews – often demanding that journalists submit their questions "premature" to ensure a one-on – a. And as a private citizen, the former Alaska governor, any questions at her lecture in advance screened. Just last week at an event in Eugene, OR, the media was "not … allowed to ask her questions and take still images … videotape or record it anyway. "Earlier in the year after conservatives criticized Palin's $ 100,000 + fee to speak at the Tea Party convention, she said she would donate the proceeds to" cause. "Perhaps it is what she was trying to get the media to do so as well.
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