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FCC plans to formalize Internet rules on net neutrality draw fire - USATODAY.comThe Internet has long adhered to one basic principle: Nobody's in charge. That hallmark owes to the Internet's grand design. It's basically a global confederation of unrelated computers, making it impervious to hurricanes, earthquakes and other disasters. Hackers regularly attack, but can't ...
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A new report questions "suicides" at GuantanamoThe problem, however, is that the Obama DOJ has been using every Bush tactic -- and inventing whole new ones -- to block the lawsuit from proceeding. As The Washington Independent's Daphne Eviatar detailed in October, "the Obama administration has surprisingly endorsed the same legal positions ...
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Op-Ed: Numbers, not shouting, overwhelm health care debate - Yahoo! NewsWe have the best medical professionals in the world, but fewer and fewer Americans can afford to pay for the care they can provide. The trends indicate that problem will get much worse. About 17 percent of our $14 trillion dollar economy is dedicated to health care. We pay more for health care ...
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The Lie Machine : Rolling StoneGOP operatives are running a secret campaign to kill health care reform, and it's based on Karl Rove's old playbook - On the first day of August, a mob of 200 right-wing Texans stormed the parking lot of a Randalls grocery store in southwest Austin. They were united in a single goal: Disrupt ...
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House panel considers college football playoffs - Yahoo! NewsA top official of the Bowl Championship Series says there are more important things for Congress to worry about than pressing for a playoff system for college football. But lawmakers were taking a crack at it anyway Wednesday. A House panel was to consider a proposal to ban the promotion of a ...
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China executes rogue trader, millions still missing - Yahoo! NewsChina on Tuesday executed a former securities trader for embezzlement, the first person in the industry to be put to death, but millions of yuan are still missing, a state newspaper said. Yang Yanming was sentenced to death in late 2005 and took the secret of the whereabouts of 65 million yuan ...
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Courts Examine Credit Raters' 'Intimate Relationship' With Bankers (VIDEO)A decade ago, the nation's largest credit-rating companies developed a new line of business that boosted their profits and sent them on a hiring spree. They began rating complex investments that featured large packages of bonds sometimes based on subprime mortgages. Now the raters are reaping ...
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Jackie Ramos, Bank Of America Employee, Fired After Helping Customers (VIDEO)Bank of America fired Jackie Ramos after she took a stand against the bank's $15 "convenience" charges and $39 over-the-limit fees so she could sleep better at night. "There was something inherently evil about my job," the 23-year-old said in a YouTube video she uploaded on Nov. 27, two days ...
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Judge Finalizes $675,000 RIAA Piracy Verdict, Won’t Gag Defendant | Threat Level | Wired.comA federal judge on Monday finalized a $675,000 jury verdict against a defendant who went to trial after the Recording Industry Association of America sued him for file sharing. U.S. District Judge Nancy Gertner presided over the Joel Tenenbaum case in summer 2009. Tenenbaum was only the ...
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IRS goes after mother who makes $10 an hour Boing BoingThe Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is going after a single mother with two kids who makes $10 an hour at Supercuts. When she asked why she was being audited, the IRS told her: "You made eighteen thousand, and our data show a family of three needs at least thirty-six thousand to get by in Seattle." ...
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