Wired Top Stories Top Stories<img src="http://www.wired.com/rss_views/index.gif">  Al Franken Jokes, But Google Fiber Is No Laughing Matter Minnesota seeks to distinguish itself in the increasingly reality TV-esque race to convince Google to build a high-speed fiber optic network there with a video featuring junior US Senator (and former comedian) Al Franken. 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We've got you. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/_vCvsh5uiBEcaf9fwkbEnnAOj6k/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/_vCvsh5uiBEcaf9fwkbEnnAOj6k/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/_vCvsh5uiBEcaf9fwkbEnnAOj6k/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/_vCvsh5uiBEcaf9fwkbEnnAOj6k/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/wired/index/~4/jiUDlySqZJI" height="1" width="1"/>  FCC Wants You to Test Your Broadband Speeds The FCC posts some tools to help you test your broadband speed. 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But the games aren't that hot. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/BLVx117R-UdE9OtTF_zUfpFj_TA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/BLVx117R-UdE9OtTF_zUfpFj_TA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/BLVx117R-UdE9OtTF_zUfpFj_TA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/BLVx117R-UdE9OtTF_zUfpFj_TA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/wired/index/~4/eEIrKYxrUdA" height="1" width="1"/>  Google Reader Play: iPad-Friendly News Reader Google has added an iPad-friendly version of its RSS aggregator, called Google Reader Play. According to the Official Google Reader Blog, the new full-screen slide-show is for people who “aren’t interested in taking the time to get Reader set up”. 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But now it's Kennedy's turn to get squeezed.  European REIT Rollout at Hand With European property markets beginning to recover from the market downturn and global recession, there are signs that the REIT revolution could be at hand.  General Growth Debt Bet Pays Off A handful of investors dug to the bottom of the discount bin and snapped up General Growth's convertible bonds at three cents on the dollar. They now trade at 103 cents.  Marriott Expands in Europe Forty thousand more hotel rooms on the Continent would have Marriott brand names in the next few years under the company's plan.