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Breasts, buttocks banned by CBS from Grammys
NEW YORK (AP) — CBS is asking stars not to bare too much skin at the Grammy Awards on Sunday. The network requests that "buttocks and female breasts are adequately covered" for the televised award show. The memo sent out Wednesday also warned...
Tags: Entertainment Events, Punishment, Janet Jackson, CBS Corp., Grammy Awards
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Cellphones: Preserving a tool, combating a threat
In less than a generation, mobile communications have evolved from a luxury item to an essential element of everyday life. With nearly 7 billion devices in use, mobile communications are nearly ubiquitous, impacting the way we work and live throughout the...
Tags: Media Industry, Muammar Gaddafi, Prisons
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Sprint, SoftBank complete U.S. state regulatory review process
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - Sprint Nextel and SoftBank Corp said on Thursday they had received all necessary state regulatory approvals for the Japanese company's proposed $20.1 billion purchase of 70 percent of Sprint. The California Public Utilities...Tags: Sprint Nextel Corporation
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Apple,former Washington wallflower, now at center of tax fight
ReutersBy Andy Sullivan, Gabriel Debenedetti and Poornima Gupta WASHINGTON, May 22 (Reuters) - For years, Apple Inc kept a low profile in Washington as it grew into one of the most valuable companies in the world. Now the iPad maker has taken the lead, perhaps...Tags: U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Republican Party, Lobbying, Parties and Movements, Tim Cook
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Apple, former Washington wallflower, now at center of tax fight
ReutersBy Andy Sullivan, Gabriel Debenedetti and Poornima Gupta WASHINGTON (Reuters) - For years, Apple Inc kept a low profile in Washington as it grew into one of the most valuable companies in the world. Now the iPad maker has taken the lead, perhaps...Tags: U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Tim Cook, Crime, Law and Justice, Computer Hardware, Claire McCaskill
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Dish on national security PR offensive against SoftBank
ReutersWASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Dish Network Corp is ramping up its Washington-centric campaign to thwart Japanese firm SoftBank Corp's bid for Sprint Nextel Corp, hoping to convince lawmakers and government reviewers that it poses national security...Tags: Government, Lifestyle and Leisure, Lobbying, Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., Sprint Nextel Corporation
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John McCain: Cable TV, the right way
America's 100 million cable and satellite subscribers are forced to pay ever-higher bills for a growing number of channels they do not watch. The American people are being ripped off. Meanwhile, services such as iTunes and Netflix have led a...
Tags: U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Apple iTunes, NBC (tv network), John McCain
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4 teams make finals for I-4's $2.1B makeover
Four teams made up of some of the largest companies in the world are in the final running for the $2.1 billion makeover of Interstate 4 through Metro Orlando, state officials said Tuesday. Three other consortia was eliminated during a scoring and ranking...
Tags: Teresa Jacobs, Finance, Florida Department of Transportation, Economy, Business and Finance, Florida's Turnpike
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Inmarsat gains on hopes Dish-LightSquared deal will boost revenue
ReutersLONDON, May 21 (Reuters) - Shares in satellite firm Inmarsat rose on expectations that Dish Network Corp's bid for the spectrum assets of its U.S. partner LightSquared may lead to a resumption of payments to the British company under an airwaves-sharing... -
Dish's Ergen eyes LightSquared spectrum
Reuters(Reuters) - Charlie Ergen, the chairman of U.S. satellite company Dish Network Corp , has offered to buy bankrupt broadband company LightSquared Inc's wireless airwaves, a source close to Ergen told Reuters. Ergen's offer for LightSquared spectrum is...Tags: Bankruptcy
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Supreme Court upholds FCC power in cellphone tower case
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court's two leading conservatives staked out opposite stands Monday over whether judges should play a greater role in second-guessing regulations issued by "unelected bureaucrats" in federal agencies. The divide arose when...
Tags: Media Industry, Regulatory Policy and Organizations, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, Natural Resources Defense Council
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As contraband phones flood Baltimore jail, blocking technology comes online
Maryland corrections officials are taking advantage of new technology designed to block the use of contraband cellphones by inmates — a problem at the heart of recent indictments at the Baltimore City Detention Center. In a program being used at...
Tags: Black Guerrilla Family, Prosecution, Crime, Law and Justice, FBI, Gang Activity
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