diff --git a/examples/cluster.py b/examples/cluster.py
index 8959868..078dca4 100755
--- a/examples/cluster.py
+++ b/examples/cluster.py
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ class ClusterCleanup( object ):
     def cleanup( cls ):
         "Clean up"
         info( '*** Cleaning up cluster\n' )
-        for server, user in cls.serveruser.iteritems():
+        for server, user in cls.serveruser.items():
             if server == 'localhost':
                 # Handled by mininet.clean.cleanup()
                 continue
diff --git a/examples/controlnet.py b/examples/controlnet.py
index 9633089..e5cf765 100755
--- a/examples/controlnet.py
+++ b/examples/controlnet.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class MininetFacade( object ):
            args: unnamed networks passed as arguments
            kwargs: named networks passed as arguments"""
         self.net = net
-        self.nets = [ net ] + list( args ) + kwargs.values()
+        self.nets = [ net ] + list( args ) + list( kwargs.values() )
         self.nameToNet = kwargs
         self.nameToNet['net'] = net
 
diff --git a/examples/multipoll.py b/examples/multipoll.py
index 0b735ba..bb1c9d3 100755
--- a/examples/multipoll.py
+++ b/examples/multipoll.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ monitoring them
 from mininet.topo import SingleSwitchTopo
 from mininet.net import Mininet
 from mininet.log import info, setLogLevel
+from mininet.util import decode
 
 from time import time
 from select import poll, POLLIN
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ def monitorFiles( outfiles, seconds, timeoutms ):
     "Monitor set of files and return [(host, line)...]"
     devnull = open( '/dev/null', 'w' )
     tails, fdToFile, fdToHost = {}, {}, {}
-    for h, outfile in outfiles.iteritems():
+    for h, outfile in outfiles.items():
         tail = Popen( [ 'tail', '-f', outfile ],
                       stdout=PIPE, stderr=devnull )
         fd = tail.stdout.fileno()
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ def monitorFiles( outfiles, seconds, timeoutms ):
                 host = fdToHost[ fd ]
                 # Wait for a line of output
                 line = f.readline().strip()
-                yield host, line
+                yield host, decode( line )
         else:
             # If we timed out, return nothing
             yield None, ''