Overdrive Pro 3G/4G Mobile Hotspot (Virgin Mobile)

The Overdrive Pro 3G/4G Mobile Hotspot for Virgin Mobile ($79.99) is a lot like a buffet?you get as much data as you want, though it isn't particularly top-quality. It's a bulky mobile hotspot that hooks into Sprint's slow 3G network, as well as its abandoned 4G WiMAX network, to provide a wireless connection for up to five devices. And while neither of those networks will get you speeds on par with 4G LTE, you're paying a whole lot less. For as little as $35 per month, you can have access to all the 4G WiMAX data you can handle. If you live in the coverage area and use lots of data, it's definitely worth considering.

Pricing and Performance
We have a full review of the?Overdrive Pro on Sprint, and the Virgin model looks and acts very similarly. I'll focus on the pricing?and data speeds on Virgin, as well as comparisons with other contract-free hotspots, in this review.

There are two big reasons to consider the Overdrive Pro on Virgin: pricing and unlimited data. The hotspot itself costs $79.99, which is average. But there's a lot of value to be found in Virgin's Broadband2Go plans. For $35 per month, you get 2GB of 3G data. $55 per month gets you 5GB. There's also a daily plan, where?$5 per day gets you 200MB of 3G data. Those prices are okay, but here's where it gets really good: Each of those plans comes with unlimited 4G WiMAX data. That means you can use the Overdrive Pro as much as you want for as little as $35 per month.

Unlike Clear, which provides unlimited data on the same WiMAX network as Virgin, here there's no cap on download or upload speeds. But there's still a catch?Virgin claims that speeds may be throttled after 10GB of usage per month. But even then, speeds are capped at 2Mbps, which isn't bad.

AT&T, Sprint, and Verizon have higher-quality 3G networks, as well as much faster 4G LTE networks, but those plans average around $50 per month for 5GB of data; you can burn through all of that before you finish watching a season of Breaking Bad on Netflix. Theoretically, with unlimited data, you can even use the Overdrive Pro as your primary home Internet connection.

As we discovered in our annual Fastest Mobile Networks?report, Sprint has the slowest 3G speeds of all the carriers we tested.?So if you don't live in a WiMAX coverage area, you may want to rethink your options. But if you are covered by WiMAX, you can expect speeds that are much faster than Sprint's 3G, though still not on a par with 4G LTE. To find out if you're covered,?check here.

In testing the Overdrive Pro, I saw average download speeds of around 3Mbps, which isn't bad. It should make for relatively smooth browsing and media streaming. Uploads, on the other hand, never made it past 0.4Mbps, which is rather slow, and reception isn't great either. But if you can tolerate the slower speeds, it's a major relief to know that you have unlimited data at your disposal. And unlike the Clear Spot Voyager?, which only supports WiMAX, the Overdrive Pro gets you a finite amount of 3G data per month as well. Again, this data is very slow, but it's good to have if you're traveling outside of the WiMAX coverage zone.

The Overdrive Pro's battery was good four 4 hours and 10 minutes of 4G streaming in my tests, which is okay, but not great.

Conclusions
The Overdrive Pro 3G/4G Mobile Hotspot is a good choice if you're looking for a way to stay connected without running out of data or breaking the bank. You'll get more reliable, faster speeds with 4G LTE from AT&T, Sprint, or Verizon, but you'll also be paying a lot more. The Clear Spot Voyager?lacks 3G support, but it also gets you unlimited data on the same 4G WiMAX network as the Overdrive Pro. It's smaller and more portable, with much better battery life, but it lacks the Overdrive Pro's external display. The Freedom Spot Photon from FreedomPop is another interesting choice. It too hooks into the same 4G WiMAX network, and actually gets you your data for free, though only in limited quantities. It's worth a look if you only need a hotspot to get online occasionally.

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Atheists around world suffer persecution, discrimination: report

GENEVA (Reuters) - Atheists and other religious skeptics suffer persecution or discrimination in many parts of the world and in at least seven nations can be executed if their beliefs become known, according to a report issued on Monday.

The study, from the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU), showed that "unbelievers" in Islamic countries face the most severe - sometimes brutal - treatment at the hands of the state and adherents of the official religion.

But it also points to policies in some European countries and the United States which favor the religious and their organizations and treat atheists and humanists as outsiders.

The report, "Freedom of Thought 2012", said "there are laws that deny atheists' right to exist, curtail their freedom of belief and expression, revoke their right to citizenship, restrict their right to marry."

Other laws "obstruct their access to public education, prohibit them from holding public office, prevent them from working for the state, criminalize their criticism of religion, and execute them for leaving the religion of their parents."

The report was welcomed by Heiner Bielefeldt, United Nations special rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, who said in a brief introduction there was little awareness that atheists were covered by global human rights agreements.

The IHEU - which links over 120 humanist, atheist and secular organizations in more than 40 countries - said it was issuing the report to mark the U.N.'s Human Rights Day on Monday.

According to its survey of some 60 countries, the seven where expression of atheist views or defection from the official religion can bring capital punishment are Afghanistan, Iran, Maldives, Mauritania, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Sudan.

The 70-page report lists no recent cases of actual execution for "atheism" -- but researchers say the offence is often subsumed into other charges.

In a range of other countries - such as Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Kuwait and Jordan - publication of atheist or humanist views on religion are totally banned or strictly limited under laws prohibiting "blasphemy".

In many of these countries, and others like Malaysia, citizens have to register as adherents of a small number officially-recognized religions -- which normally include no more than Christianity and Judaism as well as Islam.

Atheists and humanists are thereby forced to lie to obtain their official documents without which it is impossible to go to university, receive medical treatment, travel abroad or drive.

In Europe, sub-Saharan Africa and Latin and North America, countries which identify themselves secular give privileges to or favor Christian churches in providing education and other public services, the IHEU said.

In Greece and Russia, the Orthodox Church is fiercely protected from criticism and is given pride of place on state occasions, while in Britain bishops of the Church of England have automatic seats in the upper house of parliament.

While freedom of religion and speech is protected in the United States, the report said, a social and political climate prevails "in which atheists and the non-religious are made to feel like lesser Americans, or non-Americans."

In at least seven U.S. states, constitutional provisions are in place that bar atheists from public office and one state, Arkansas, has a law that bars an atheist from testifying as a witness at a trial, the report said.

(Reported by Robert Evans)

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Obama, Dems on top again in latest poll on ?fiscal cliff? crisis

Facebook (FB) announced on Tuesday that it will begin opening Facebook Messenger to consumers who do not have a Facebook account, starting in countries like India and South Africa, and later rolling out the service in the United States and Europe.?This is a belated acknowledgement of a staggering strategic mistake Facebook made two years ago. That is when the messaging app competition was still wide open and giants like Facebook or Google (GOOG) could have entered the competition. WhatsApp, the leading messaging app firm, had just 1 million users as late as December 2009. By the end of 2010, that number had grown to 10 million. Right now, it likely tops 200 million, though there is no current official number

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Q&A: What would it mean to raise Medicare's eligibility age?

WASHINGTON ? As they debate ways to control the federal deficit, President Obama and congressional Republicans have both acknowledged the need to rein in federal spending on healthcare programs such as Medicare, which provides health insurance to about 50 million elderly and disabled Americans.

Among the leading proposals to slow Medicare spending ? a key ingredient of a budget deal ? is to raise the eligibility age for the program, an option frequently championed by conservatives.

Here are answers to some basic questions about the concept and its potential effects:

How would raising the Medicare eligibility age work?

Most proposals envision gradually raising the eligibility age from 65 to 67 over a decade or longer. Lawmakers agreed in the 1980s to a similar phase-in to raise the Social Security eligibility age, a process that is still underway.

This idea was discussed during the 2011 budget negotiations between the president and congressional Republicans and was championed by former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, the 2012 GOP presidential nominee.

How much money would that save?

That depends on how the shift is structured. Last year, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimated that a proposal to phase in the rise in eligibility over 13 years starting in 2014 would save the federal government about $113 billion over the next decade.

That makes the proposal one of the single biggest money savers at a time when Medicare spending is projected to rise from $600 billion a year to more than $1 trillion a year by 2021, driven in large part by retiring baby boomers who will join Medicare in coming years.

Proponents of raising the eligibility age also note that it would encourage more Americans to continue working through their mid- to late 60s, adding to economic growth, though the CBO concluded the effects of this would be modest.

What would happen to these seniors?

If the new healthcare law is fully implemented in 2014, all Americans will be guaranteed health coverage, so seniors who do not qualify for Medicare when they are 65 would still be able to get health insurance.

They would just have to purchase it on their own or get it from an employer, much like younger workers today. The law limits how much more insurers can charge older consumers and prohibits insurance companies from charging more to people with preexisting medical conditions.

Those new protections mark a major change from today, when it can be difficult for consumers in their 60s to get a health insurance plan on their own.

Nonetheless, some seniors would probably end up paying more for health insurance than they do with Medicare, because private health plans are often more expensive, the CBO says. Budget analysts also estimated that about 5% would become uninsured.

What would raising the eligibility age mean for everyone else?

It could mean higher costs.

Younger Medicare beneficiaries are typically healthier and less expensive than older people on the program. That spreads risk and helps control Medicare premiums.

If healthier beneficiaries leave the program as the eligibility age is raised, that would leave a sicker population behind, necessitating higher premiums for beneficiaries to cover the higher medical costs.

Are there other proposals to control Medicare spending?

Yes. Some policymakers favor cutting Medicare payments to hospitals and other providers. Lawmakers have also discussed charging higher premiums to wealthy seniors. And many Republicans would like to overhaul Medicare by giving beneficiaries vouchers to shop for private health insurance.

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Buzzkill: Feds fire warning shot over pot legalization

Washington State's new law makes it legal for adults to possess up to one ounce of marijuana, but some speculate the federal government will prosecute those who use marijuana on federal land because federal law prohibits marijuana use. NBC's Kristen Dahlgren reports.

By Elizabeth Chuck, NBC News

With marijuana possession now legal in Washington state, and soon in Colorado too, residents face a confusing mishmash of federal and state laws when it comes to whether and where they can get high.?

That's because the federal government still bans pot growing and possession, regardless of what state laws say.

Last night, just hours before legislation legalizing pot in her state went into effect,?U.S. Attorney Jenny A. Durkan of Washington warned residents that "growing, selling or possessing any amount of marijuana remains illegal under federal law."

Her words could be a buzzkill for Washington's pot-lovers, yet at midnight -- the moment Washington's law went into effect -- marijuana smokers lit up beneath Seattle's Space Needle, reveling in the joy of living in a state that allows possession of pot, ?even if state law still says it is illegal to smoke it in public.

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"It's too good to be just for the young," Pat Edmonson, 67, of Whidbey Island, Wash., said as she smoked marijuana in Seattle's City Center with a crowd of about 100 others who were lighting up, despite the no-pot-in-public rule.?

State leaders have appealed to the Justice Department for guidance.

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Pat Edmonson, 67, of Whidbey Island, Wash., was in Seattle with her daughter to celebrate the legalization of the possession of marijuana.

Seattle City Attorney Pete Holmes encouraged celebrants to enjoy their highs inside closed doors.

"I think that they should acknowledge this newfound right," he told NPR station KUOW. "I think they should celebrate in the privacy of their homes if they choose to do so. And be thankful that we?re no longer arresting some 10,000 Washingtonians a year in the state of Washington and spending well over $100 million in law enforcement resources on that."

In Colorado, a measuring legalizing marijuana use and possession for those over 21 will go into effect next month. But one place where federal laws will have an impact: college campuses.

"In order not to lose federal funds, we need to comply with federal law," University of Colorado at Boulder spokeswoman Malinda Hiller-Huey told The Denver Post.

College students on campuses across the state will be issued criminal tickets if they are found with marijuana, The Post reported. Off-campus, however,?students of legal age will be able to grow and use small amounts of marijuana, per the new amendment, according to the University of Colorado.

While Colorado's new weed measure doesn't have any provisions about driving under the influence built into it, Washington state will have a zero-tolerance policy.

"We've had decades of studies and experience with alcohol," Washington State Patrol spokesman Dan Coon told The Associated Press. "Marijuana is new, so it's going to take some time to figure out how the courts and prosecutors are going to handle it. But the key is impairment: We will arrest drivers who drive impaired, whether it be drugs or alcohol."

It's unclear whether the Justice Department will try to stop the decriminalization of pot in Washington and Colorado.?The laws in both states allow adults 21 and older to possess a small amount of marijuana, which will be sold in state-licensed stores and taxed heavily, potentially bringing in hundreds of millions of dollars a year for school, health care and government needs.

Before the vote passed in his state, Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper acknowledged the legal challenges his state would face.?

"It's probably going to pass, but it's still illegal on a federal basis. If we can't make it legal here because of federal laws, we certainly want to decriminalize it,? he told NBC?s Brian Williams.

Seventeen states and the District of Columbia already have laws allowing for the medical use of marijuana, according to the National Council of Legislatures. The measures in Washington and Colorado go a step further,?explicitly allowing people to smoke pot for more than just medicinal purposes.

NBC News' Pete Williams, Isolde Raftery and Jim Seida contributed to this report.

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Man held in NYC subway rider's death

By Jonathan Dienst, Shimon Prokupecz and Tracie Strahan, NBCNewYork.com

Police have a 30-year-old former deli worker in custody believed to be the suspect who pushed a subway rider off the platform and into the path of an oncoming train at 49th Street after an argument.

NBC 4 New York obtained exclusive images of the man being questioned by authorities in the deadly push

A law enforcement official told NBC 4 New York the man?is suspected of pushing 58-year-old Ki-Suk Han off the platform at the N, Q, R station Monday afternoon. Han was hit by a southbound Q train and died.

Witnesses told police the suspect was mumbling to himself before he and Han began arguing on the platform.?

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A bystander recorded part of the fight between the two men and turned the video over to police, who released it to the public Monday night, and received several tips. The man who allegedly pushed Han is heard cursing and saying, in substance, "Leave me alone... stand in line, wait for the R train and that's it."

Related: NY Post photo of death draws outrage

He then pushed Han onto the tracks, police said. Han tried to climb back up onto the platform but died after getting trapped between the train and the platform's edge.?

A law enforcement official tells NBC 4 New York that co-workers from a nearby deli where the suspect works tipped off police that their colleague might be the subway pusher after they recognized his voice from video.

Witness Patrick Gomez, who was in the station, says he heard a "thud that didn't sound normal" when the train pulled into the station.

"People are just standing there in fear and shock, not really knowing what's going on," he said. "Some people started running out of the platform, others just stood there."

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He says police evacuated the platform within minutes.

Subway pushes are unusual. Among the more high-profile was the January 1999 death of Kendra Webdale. A former mental patient admitted he shoved her to her death.

Following that, the state Legislature passed Kendra's Law, which lets mental health authorities supervise patients who live outside institutions to make sure they are taking their medications and aren't a threat to safety.

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