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[Medianews] It's About Time: First Dog Ejected From Game

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/baseball-insider/2009/04/its_about_time_dog_ejected_fro.html It's About Time: First Dog Ejected From Game If you've been looking for a sign that the apocalypse is nigh, well, here it is. According to the Greensboro, N.C. News-Record, Master Yogi Berra, a bat and

[Medianews] Court considers legality of DVD backup copies

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/04/23/BUS217745C.DTL&type=tech Court considers legality of DVD backup copies Ryan Kim, Chronicle Staff Writer Thursday, April 23, 2009 The movie industry is set to face off against a softwaremaker today in San Francisco federal court in a c

[Medianews] Yahoo to close Geocities

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[Medianews] FCC Seeks to Level Playing Field for FM Service in Rural Areas

FCC Seeks to Level Playing Field for FM Service in Rural Areas, AM Auctions Radio World 04.22.2009 http://www.radioworld.com/article/79852 We reported earlier the Federal Communications Commission was concerned about signal allocations leaving rural areas and tribal communities in favor of

[Medianews] Rural Riddle: Do Jobs Follow Broadband Access?

Rural Riddle: Do Jobs Follow Broadband Access? Two Hamlets That Got High-Speed Lines Show Wildly Different Results By Cecilia Kang Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, April 23, 2009 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/22/AR2009042203637_pf.html In the southwest corn

[Medianews] Texas Moves to Foster Solar Power

APRIL 22, 2009, 11:34 P.M. ET Texas Moves to Foster Solar Power State Senate Passes Bill Offering $500 Million to Subsidize Small-Scale Users By RUSSELL GOLD Wall Street Journal http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124042738382344591.html#printMode AUSTIN, Texas -- The Texas state legislature is ex

[Medianews] Digital TV Converters Boost RadioShack Profit

APRIL 23, 2009, 12:29 P.M. ET Digital TV Converters Boost RadioShack's Profit By MARY ELLEN LLOYD Wall Street Journal http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124048199707447445.html While a surge in sales of digital TV converter boxes fueled a comeback for RadioShack Corp.'s first-quarter results and

[Medianews] Lawmakers Examine Privacy Practices at Cable, Web Firms

APRIL 23, 2009, 1:31 P.M. ET Lawmakers Examine Privacy Practices at Cable, Web Firms By AMY SCHATZ Wall Street Journal http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124050539070948681.html WASHINGTON -- Lawmakers took aim at privacy practices of cable and Internet providers Thursday at a House subcommittee

[Medianews] New Unrest on Campus as Donors Rebel

[Note the brief discussion of Minnesota Public Radio at the end of this story.] APRIL 23, 2009 New Unrest on Campus as Donors Rebel By JOHN HECHINGER Wall Street Journal http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124043394794145007.html HARTFORD, Conn. -- Financially strapped colleges are angering their

[Medianews] Pirate Bay lawyer calls for retrial

http://www.thelocal.se/19028.html Published: 23 Apr 09 08:53 CET Online: http://www.thelocal.se/19028/20090423/ Dictionary tool Double click on a word to get a translation A lawyer representing one of the men convicted in the Pirate Bay trial has called for a retrial after reports that the

[Medianews] The Pirate Bay lawyers claim judge biased and ask for retrial

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2009/apr/23/pirate-bay-piracy Swedish radio has revealed that The Pirate Bay judge has connections to copyright organisations as defence lawyers say they will call for a retrial. The lawyer for Pirate Bay spokesperson Peter Sunde says that he will be de

[Medianews] NASA faces deadline for tough decisions on shuttle

NASA faces deadline for tough decisions on shuttle Apr 22, 2009 9:18 PM (ET) By SETH BORENSTEIN Associated Press http://apnews.myway.com//article/20090423/D97NS3JO0.html WASHINGTON (AP) - NASA is facing a critical deadline to make its biggest decision in a generation: whether to go forward

[Medianews] Android a one-phone pony for now

Android a one-phone pony for now So far only one cell phone uses Google's open-source operating system By Suzanne Choney MSNBC updated 6:45 a.m. CT, Wed., April 22, 2009 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30313661 Six months after the first Android phone was released, it remains the only phone that

[Medianews] Pools become nasty mosquito havens in foreclosure

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