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IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THE FOLLOWING TERMS, YOU MUST IMMEDIATELY DISCONTINUE USE OF THIS SITE.

1. USE OF MATERIALS

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d. Use, duplication or disclosure by or for the United States Government is subject to the restrictions set forth in DFARS
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2. MEMBER RULES

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b. No profanity shall be posted in messages to the discussion group.
Members who post messages with profanity or obscenities will have their membership terminated.

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Failure to abide by these rules can result in immediate termination of membership.

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4. SUBMISSIONS
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5. DISCUSSION FORUMS

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The Urban News, theurbannews.com reserves the right to remove or edit messages or material submitted by you. The Urban News, theurbannews.com is not responsible for material submitted to it or posted in blogs, chat rooms, on bulletin boards or on other forums by users of the site. By communicating with The Urban News, theurbannews.com or participating in any forum on the Site you grant The Urban News an irrevocable, transferable and worldwide right to use, reproduce, publicly perform and display, distribute, sublicense, and sell any information, suggestions, ideas, drawings or concepts The Urban News, theurbannews.com communicated to The Urban News, theurbannews.com for any purpose The Urban News, theurbannews.com chooses, commercial, public or otherwise, without any compensation or notice to you whatsoever.

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b. The foregoing limitation of liability includes, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, all damages suffered as a result of
(1) errors and/or omissions, typographical errors and technical inaccuracies in or on the Site or on third party websites which are linked to the Site directly or indirectly; (2) the unavailability of this Site or any portion of the Site; (3) your use of this Site for any purpose whatsoever; or (4) any damages to personal property, including computer equipment and software, whether as a result of computer viruses or otherwise.

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8. MISCELLANEOUS

a. THE URBAN NEWS, THEURBANNEWS.COM reserves the right to withdraw or limit access to the Site and revise the Contents and the services and products described in this Site, including these Terms of Use, at any time without notifying you specifically, even if such notice has been requested. THE URBAN NEWS, THEURBANNEWS.COM may amend or modify these Terms of Use or impose new conditions at any time upon inclusion of a notice on the Site indicating that this agreement has been updated. Any use of the site by you after such update shall be deemed to constitute acceptance by you of such amendments, modifications or new conditions.

b. This Site may contain references to products or services which are not available in all locations.

c. These Conditions of Use shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of North Carolina, as applied to agreements made and solely performed in the State of North Carolina.
Disputes arising hereunder shall be exclusively subject to the jurisdiction of the State and U.S. Federal District Courts of the State of North Carolina. You expressly consent to such jurisdiction.

d. These Terms of Use represent all of the agreements between you and THE URBAN NEWS, THEURBANNEWS.COM regarding your use and access to the Site. If any provision of these Terms of Use is deemed unenforceable, unlawful, void, or against public policy, that provisions shall be deemed severed from the remainder of these Terms of Use, which shall remain valid and in full force and effect.

9. DISCLOSURE

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