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Cybersecurity at the House

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Mar 16, 2011

The House Committee on Homeland Security holds a hearing at 10am Eastern called "Examining the Cyber Threat to Critical Infrastructure and the...

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Online privacy hearing today

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Mar 16, 2011

The Senate Commerce Committee holds a hearing today at 10am Eastern on the State of Online Consumer Privacy. Committee Chairman John Rockefeller (D...

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Lots of fuss about the D-block

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Mar 3, 2011

We're coming up on the 10 year anniversary of September 11th, and there's still a lot of squabbling about creating a separate network for public...

Posted In: at&t, Congress, government, Law, spectrum, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon

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U.S. puts Chinese search engine on "notorious" list

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Mar 1, 2011

The U.S. Trade Representative's office released a list Monday of "notorious markets" for counterfeit goods. At the top, China's search engine Baidu...

Posted In: China, Congress, government, Law, security, world

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Republican congresswoman going after net neutrality hard

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Jan 19, 2011

Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) is no fan of the recent FCC action to address concerns about net neutrality. She thinks it went way too far in...

Posted In: Congress, government, Law, net neutrality

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MIDDAY UPDATE: Vatican financial transparency, NASA budget woes, and beer baths

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Dec 30, 2010

Pope Benedict XVI is working to make the Vatican's financial operations more transparent amid a financial investigation involving its bank. The...

Posted In: Ares I, beer, budget, Congress, Germany, mid-day update, NASA, Pope Benedict, Vatican, Vatican Bank

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MIDDAY UPDATE: Tax cut deal reached, Citigroup

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Dec 7, 2010

President Obama and Congress have reached a truce. Obama agreed to keep the Bush-era tax rates the same for all Americans for two years, and in...

Posted In: Citigroup, Congress, economic downturn, economic stimulus, mid-day update, Obama, tax cuts

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MIDDAY UPDATE: Bernanke defends Fed policy, again; possible bipartisan compromise on tax cuts

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Dec 6, 2010

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke appeared on the CBS news program "60 Minutes" for the second time since the end of the financial crisis to...

Posted In: Auto, Bernanke, Congress, Federal Reserve, free trade, mid-day update, tax cuts

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MIDDAY UPDATE: Unemployment hits 9.8 percent; Congress turns down the volume on TV commercials

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Dec 3, 2010

The U.S. unemployment rate jumped to 9.8 percent in November from 9.6 percent, marking the highest jobless rate since April. The Labor Department...

Posted In: Congress, Jobs, mid-day update, TV commercials, Unemployment, Verizon

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Tax cuts and the World Cup in Russia

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Dec 2, 2010

Two final notes on the way out today: First, the House passed an extension of the Bush era tax cuts today for couples making less than $250,000....

Posted In: Bush tax cuts, Congress, Russia, soccer, World Cup

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