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Breaking News of the Day: Pussy Riot To Go Free: About time &mdash; Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev announced today that the three&nbsp;imprisoned&nbsp;members of Pussy Riot will be freed, saying further time behind bars would be &ldquo;unproductive.&rdquo;&nbsp;The band members&rsquo; case comes up for appeal October 1.&nbsp;The women already had spent more than five months in jail when they were convicted in August of &ldquo;hooliganism driven by religious hatred&rdquo; and sentenced to two years in prison.&nbsp;[ap]
