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Friends remember online pioneer Aaron Swartz

Hundreds of friends and supporters of Aaron Swartz gathered Saturday in Manhattan to pay tribute to the free-information activist and online prodigy who killed himself as he faced trial on hacking charges.

A hero to data-access advocates but a thief in the eyes of prosecutors, Swartz, 26, was found dead Jan. 11. His suicide has intensified debate over how authorities should treat hackers...

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