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Sprint sweetens offer for remainder of Clearwire
The Kansas City StarSprint Nextel Corp. on Tuesday opened its wallet a bit wider to gain full control of its longtime wireless network partner Clearwire Corp. and the valuable airwaves it owns. The Overland Park, Kan.-based wireless phone company is now offering $3.40 a...Tags: Entertainment, Consumers, Companies and Corporations, Television, Verizon Communications
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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: Science and Technology, Interstate 4, Florida's Turnpike, Finance, Florida Department of Transportation
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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: Natural Resources Defense Council, U.S. Congress, Media Industry, John G. Roberts, Jr., Crime, Law and Justice
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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: Rod J. Rosenstein, Prisons, Prosecution, FBI, Dwayne Johnson
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BRIEF: About Jack Gulati
Reading Eagle, Pa.Born Ashok Kumar Gulati on Sept. 20, 1942, in Gujranwala, India. Son of Jagjit Lal and Leela Wanti Gulati. Arrived in U.S. June 30, 1958. Married to the former Rosemary Murphy for 39 years. Father of David, Charles and Michael Gulati; 10...Tags: U.S. Congress, Small Businesses, Business, Montgomery County (Pennsylvania), Berks County
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Public access back on the airwaves
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- After a five-year hiatus, public-access television is back on the air in St. Joseph County — and it’s back with a bang. Five years of funding appropriation decisions by the city council and lobbying by advocates to bring back...Tags: Government, Entertainment, National Government, Television, Satellite and Cable Service
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Let them do the dishes
Boston HeraldA Federal Communications Commission watchdog is urging the regulator to immediately rule on the legality of an almost year-old Boston ordinance governing satellite dishes on residential buildings. Boston's ordinance --designed not only to limit where...Tags: InterActiveCorp, Media Industry, Rentals, Local Government, DirecTV Group Inc.
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Somerset County church news for May 18
Middlecreek COB The Rev. Linda Stoner will share the message “Look Up and Live” as the Middlecreek Church of the Brethren celebrates Pentecost Sunday. The Rev. John Stoner will serve as worship leader. The church is at 226 Middlecreek Road,...Tags: Pentecost, Tom Brown, Entertainment, Festive Events, Boy Scouts of America
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An FCC Mystery: Tom Wheeler
VarietyIf President Obama's nominee to chair the FCC, Tom Wheeler, is confirmed, there's a good chance it will only be after he answers a few questions from lawmakers on an issue that's proved vexing to his predecessor: Network neutrality. For the uninitiated,...Tags: Media Industry, Net Neutrality, Freedom of the Press, Verizon Communications, T-Mobile
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Frederick Community College releases some details on settlement with former president
The Frederick News-Post, Md.Frederick Community College agreed to pay former President Frederico "FJ" Talley half of his $180,000 salary and gave him a letter of recommendation as part of a settlement agreement to leave the school. The Frederick News-Post received a redacted...Tags: Religion and Belief, Colleges and Universities, Maryland Public Information Act, Teaching and Learning, Media Industry
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E-Rate Needs Overhaul for Digital Era, Experts Argue
Education Week, Bethesda, Md.As school districts strive to put more technology into schools to support 1-to-1 computing initiatives and prepare for the common-core online assessments, the federal E-rate program is in danger of becoming as outdated and insufficient as a sputtering...Tags: Parties and Movements, U.S. Congress, Media Industry, Teaching and Learning, Bethesda (Montgomery, Maryland)
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News Corp. hires Toni Cook Bush to oversee lobbying after split
News Corp. has hired a D.C. heavyweight to handle its lobbying efforts on Capitol Hill after it becomes primarily a newspaper publishing company. Antoniette "Toni" Cook Bush will join News Corp. next month as its executive vice president and global head...
Tags: Government, Entertainment, Valerie Jarrett, News Corp., Newspaper and Magazine
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