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CONSUMER REPORTS: Cheap Chromebooks
If you’ve been thinking about getting a backup laptop, either for yourself or one that’s easy for your kids to use, there’s a new kind that’s being heavily advertised. It’s called a Chromebook. Chromebooks fall between...Tags: Viral Diseases and Infections, Electronics, Google Inc., Consumers, Google Nexus 7
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Google's products dig deeper into people's lives
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — For Google CEO Larry Page, happiness is a warm computer. "Technology should do the hard work so people can get on doing the things that make them happiest in life," Page told a crowd of 6,000 software developers and...
Tags: Computer Hardware, Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., Apple iPhone, Corporate Officers, Music
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Senate bill lets states tax Internet purchases
WASHINGTON (AP) — Attention online shoppers: The days of tax-free shopping on the Internet may soon end for many of you. The Senate is scheduled to vote Monday on a bill that would empower states to collect sales taxes for purchases made over...
Tags: National Government, Christopher A. Coons, E-Commerce Industry, Washington, DC, Government
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Michigan lawmakers target Internet sales taxes
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan lawmakers are pushing measures aimed at going after the hundreds of millions of dollars in outstanding taxes each year from sales over the Internet, but they may have to wait for a federal measure to pass for the...
Tags: E-Commerce Industry, Justice System, Amazon.com Inc., Advertising, eBay Inc.
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Army says no to more tanks, but Congress insists
WASHINGTON (AP) — Built to dominate the enemy in combat, the Army's hulking Abrams tank is proving equally hard to beat in a budget battle. Lawmakers from both parties have devoted nearly half a billion dollars in taxpayer money over the past...
Tags: Washington, DC, Budget Control Act of 2011, Sherrod Brown, Chuck Hagel, Budgets and Budgeting
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UPDATE: Ax-wielding man damages Planned Parenthood clinic
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Southern Indiana police arrested a man on suspicion of using an ax to smash windows and damage computers at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Bloomington on Thursday. Benjamin D. Curell, 27, of Ellettsville, was arrested on...
Tags: Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Abortion, Human Rights, Vandalism, Hospitals and Clinics
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Obama unveiling gun violence measures (WSBT airing)
JULIE PACE,Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's broad effort to reduce gun violence will include proposed bans on military-style assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines as well as more than a dozen executive orders aimed at circumventing...Tags: Newspaper and Magazine, Health, Washington, DC, Jay Carney, National Rifle Association of America
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Analysis: Why Google NKorea visit irks US
WASHINGTON (AP) — Google chief Eric Schmidt's plan to visit North Korea has put the Obama administration in the awkward position of opposing a champion of Internet freedom engaging with one of the most intensely censored countries. But the Obama...
Tags: Park Geun-hye, Washington, DC, United Nations, CBS Corp., Bill Richardson
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Changes in law aim to protect kids' online data
WASHINGTON (AP) — Aiming to prevent companies from exploiting online information about children under 13, the Obama administration on Wednesday imposed sweeping changes in regulations designed to protect a young generation with easy access to the...
Tags: Video Supplies and Services, Google Play, Washington, DC, Google Inc., Federal Trade Commission
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Proposal would move up online Ind. sales tax collection
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Two lawmakers say they plan to introduce legislation in the new year that would require Amazon.com and other online-only retailers with a presence in Indiana to begin collecting sales tax on July 1, 2013, six months earlier...
Tags: Taxation, Cyber Monday, Business, Sales, E-Commerce Industry
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Expanded programs help NIPSCO customers save money and energy
MERRILLVILLE – If you’re looking to cut your energy bill, NIPSCO has a plan. NIPSCO is expanding its programs for homes and businesses that invest in energy efficient equipment by adding new money and energy-saving product rebates. “...Tags: Business, Environmental Issues, Energy Resources, Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning, Natural Resources
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Ryan asked for federal help as he championed cuts
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan, a fiscal conservative and critic of federal handouts, has sought for his constituents in Wisconsin an expansion of food stamps, stimulus money, federally guaranteed business loans,...
Tags: Government Health Care, Environmental Issues, 2012 Republican National Convention, Washington, DC, Technology
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