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3pointD reports that Reuters has come to Second Life, and it seems they plan to stick around. One of their first stories covers the US Congress launching a probe into virtual economies(I'm sure that's not all they're launching *nudge wink*). It's all kind of dry, but if you're interested in virtual world economies, give it a read.

This is an exerpt of the interesting bits,

“I found that talking about this issue with some of the other economists on the committee, they are not really familiar with what a virtual economy is. The idea of Second Life or World of Warcraft or some of these other synthetic universes, they have trouble wrapping their head around it. So there’s an educational hurdle to overcome here,” he said.

However, there are probably some on Capitol Hill who won’t require much explanation.

“I can almost guarantee that there are some members of Congress spending time in Second Life or World of Warcraft,” Miller said.