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 MSN will deploy its signature B-FLY Bladers throughout New York City today as 
part of its countdown to the Oct. 24 release of MSN® 8, the latest version of 
Microsoft Corp.'s Internet software. MSN frequently uses the B-FLY Bladers as 
its frontline brand ambassadors. The skating brigade will canvass the city today 
to encourage people on the street to preview the new MSN by visiting
http://preview.msn.com/. First among the 
Bladers' many stops in Gotham will be Lincoln Center, where MSN rival America 
Online Inc. is holding a coming-out party for the latest version of its 
software. 
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