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Wikipedia, Reddit plan blackout in SOPA protest
CNNMoneyA handful of large websites will go dark on Wednesday to protest an anti-piracy bill that critics say will wreck the Internet as we know it. Wikipedia, user-submitted news site Reddit, the blog Boing Boing and the Cheezburger network of comedy sites...Tags: Computing and Information Technology Industry, Chuck Schumer, Entertainment, Computer Networking and Internet, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks
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News Briefs: Facebook going public; U.S. doubles no-fly list
U.S. No-Fly list doubles in past year to 21,000 known or suspected terrorists
WASHINGTON (AP) — Even as the Obama administration says it’s close to defeating al-Qaida, the size of the government’s secret list of suspected terrorists who...Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, Facebook, Hosni Mubarak, Soccer, Lawyers
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Fletcher: Military cuts could be economic boon to SD
FOX 5 San Diego ReporterSAN DIEGO - President Obama gave a glimpse into a revised military strategy Thursday that will include significant defense cuts totaling $1 trillion over the next 10 years. The United States spent almost $700 billion on defense in 2010, close to a...Tags: Barack Obama, Defense, World War II (1939-1945), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Budgets and Budgeting
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Anti-Piracy Bill Worries Tech Industry Leaders in Texas
Texas Tribune
The oversight committee hearing scheduled for Wednesday by Members of Congress opposed to the Stop Online Piracy Act has been postponed after U.S. Rep. Eric Cantor, the House Majority leader gave assurances that the bill would not move to...Tags: Piracy, Business Enterprises, Eric Cantor
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Bogus bomb threat empties Congressman's Vista office
VISTA, Calif. -- A bogus bomb threat targeting a congressman's North County office prompted authorities to evacuate the building and close the frontage road for about three hours Thursday while determining that the area was safe, authorities reported....Tags: Guerrilla Activity, Explosions, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Bombings, Emergency Incidents
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Family seeks answers year after border agent's death
FOX 5 San Diego ReporterSAN DIEGO -- One year after his death, a U.S. Border Patrol agent's family is still looking for answers from the very government that employed him. Brian Terry, 40, was shot and killed December 14, 2010 near Nogales, Arizona during a gunfight with...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, FBI, Justice System
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Attorney Calls For Federal Food Stamp Investigation
An atttorney for state employees is calling for several federal investigations into Connecticut's controversial emergency food stamp program following Tropical Storm Irene. Rich Rochlin, who represents state employees who are suspected of fraud, is...Tags: U.S. Diplomatic Security Service, Politics, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, National Government
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Issa questions administration on Occupy D.C. encampment
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) is asking the Obama administration to explain why federal authorities haven't cracked down on the Occupy D.C. protesters camped out in a federal park downtown.
In a letter to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, the chairman of...Tags: Ken Salazar, Politics, Tourism and Leisure, Travel, National Parks
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Postal Service Agrees to Delay Cutbacks and Layoffs
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Postal Service has agreed to a five-month moratorium on closures of post offices and processing facilities while lawmakers hammer out legislation to overhaul the cash-strapped mail carrier, a group of U.S. senators said on Tuesday....Tags: Dick Durbin, Finance, Health, Mail Order Industry, Politics
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Atty. Gen. Holder accuses critics of politicizing 'Fast and Furious' case
Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr., under fire for his Justice Department's Operation Fast and Furious, accused his Republican congressional critics of politicizing the failed gun-tracking program and warned that many of the more than 2,000 lost firearms...Tags: Defense, U.S. Department of Justice, Politics, F James Jr Sensenbrenner, U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
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New anti-piracy bill gets a thumb down from Hollywood
Company TownU.S. lawmakers introduced new anti-piracy legislation Thursday that would give the U.S. International Trade Commission authority to crack down on foreign websites offering bootleg movies and other counterfeit goods....
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