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CAUTION: Ready for an Apple Fanboy rant? From iPad to Apple TV, why your home and life needs more Apples.
Technology, especially computers, have been a part of my life since I was a toddler. My first computer was a Texas Instruments TI-99, and I quickly graduated to a Commodore 64 (check out this vintage commercial)), and it was all uphill from there. Now...
Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple TV, Apple iPad, Texas Instruments Incorporated, Apple iTunes
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Mayors talk tax breaks for business
Are new jobs worth giving companies tax breaks? That question that came up during a community forum of local mayors. South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Elkhart Mayor Dick Moore, Mishawaka Mayor Dave Wood and Goshen Mayor Allan Kauffman participated in a...
Tags: Drew Industries Incorporated, Television Industry, Television Stations, Local Government
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Sources: First of South Bend police chief candidates in town
WSBT-TVSOUTH BEND – The first South Bend police chief finalist sat down for his interview with Mayor Pete Buttigieg on Monday, sources said. But the Mayor’s office was tight lipped about it and did not make a public announcement specifying when the...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, CBS Corp., Elections, Politics, Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia)
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'Million Muppet March' planned to protest Mitt Romney's threats to cut PBS funding
Zap2ItBig Bird is leaving Sesame Street and heading for Washington, D.C. A grassroots protest to save PBS funding, dubbed the Million Muppet March, is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 3 -- three days before the presidential election -- at the National Mall....Tags: Washington, DC, Ian Somerhalder, Pam Grier, Mitt Romney, Sesame Street (tv program)
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Obama campaign deploys Big Bird in new ad
NEW YORK (AP) — President Barack Obama's campaign is deploying Big Bird in a new TV ad chiding Mitt Romney for saying he will end federal funding for public broadcasting. The new, satirical ad shows images of convicted financiers including...
Tags: Republican Party, Bernard Madoff, Elections, Politics, Barack Obama
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Nickelodeon TV says Romney skipped kids' questions
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mitt Romney may want to reconsider his campaign strategy involving the pint-size voters of tomorrow. The Republican presidential candidate skipped the chance to take part in Nickelodeon's "Kids Pick the President" special that...Tags: Interior Policy, John Kerry, Same-Sex Marriage, Government, Politics
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Sesame Workshop To Obama Campaign: Leave Big Bird Out Of It
In its attempt to turn the tables on Mitt Romney following the Republican presidential nominee's big win in the first presidential debate, President Obama's campaign has sought to enlist Big Bird. The president has repeatedly reminded supporters at...
Tags: Republican Party, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Entertainment, Elections, Politics
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It's show time: Obama, Romney meet in first debate
JULIE PACE,Associated PressDENVER (AP) — Primed for a showdown, President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney left their practice sessions behind Wednesday for a prime-time debate before millions with the power to settle the race for the White House in tough...Tags: John Kerry, Politics, Mitt Romney, John McCain, Rob Portman
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Romney, Obama spar at close quarters in first presidential debate
Associated PressDENVER -- In a showdown at close quarters, President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney sparred aggressively in their first campaign debate Wednesday night over taxes, deficits and strong steps needed to create jobs in a sputtering national economy....Tags: Election Day, John Kerry, Government, Lobbying, Michelle Obama
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First debate sets up moment of high-risk theater
DENVER (AP) — President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney come face to face for the first time in this presidential campaign Wednesday night for a nationally televised debate that will give millions of Americans a chance to size up two...
Tags: U.S. Elections, Interior Policy, Andrew Cuomo, Lifestyle and Leisure, Charity
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NCAA boss won't rule out death penalty for Penn St
NEW YORK (AP) — The president of the NCAA says he isn't ruling out the possibility of shutting down the Penn State football program in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal. In a PBS interview Monday night, NCAA President Mark...
Tags: College Sports, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Jerry Sandusky, Punishment, Abusive Behavior
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SpongeBob in hot water from study of 4-year-olds
CHICAGO (AP) — The cartoon character SpongeBob SquarePants is in hot water from a study suggesting that watching just nine minutes of that program can cause short-term attention and learning problems in 4-year-olds. The problems were seen in a...Tags: Nickelodeon (tv network), Entertainment, Health, Cartoons, Child Development
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