‘Public’ online spaces don’t carry speech, rights
Rant all you want in a public park. A police officer generally won’t eject you for your remarks alone, however unpopular or provocative. Say it on the Internet, and you’ll find that free speech and other constitutional rights are anything but guaranteed….
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Terra gets Olympic Internet rights
Internet company Terra says it has been awarded Internet and mobile rights to transmit the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games in Latin America. Terra says its Olympic Games site will go live Aug. 1. It will include 13 different channels where users can choose…
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Iraqi boy’s first swim hopeful sign of progress
Muntadhar al-Sharify stood shivering Saturday in Baghdad’s searing heat, a smile on his young face. The Iraqi boy had just completed a rite of passage known to children around the world _ his first swim. But his fun also marked something broader: Another…
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Nigeria’s first oil well is still source of woe
Three decades after pumping its last drop, the first oil well in Nigeria is marked by a decrepit signboard bearing what would seem an uncontroversial statement: Oloibiri Well No. 1, drilled June 1956, 12,008 feet. But this well, furred with rust, is at the…
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Argentine lawmakers back export taxes
Argentina’s lower house of Congress on Saturday approved a package of grain-export taxes that have sparked nationwide farm protests and food shortages. The 129-122 vote on Saturday followed 18 hours of heated floor debate during which supporters offered…
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Lima bust nets pre-Hispanic textiles
Shoppers at a tourist market in Peru’s capital could have netted greater bargains than they thought _ rare, pre-Hispanic textiles costing little more than a Machu Picchu magnet. Police and archaeologists raiding the block-long, outdoor Indian Market June 27…
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Court sentences Myanmar protesters to jail
Four members of Myanmar’s main pro-democracy party who campaigned against a constitution proposed by the military government have been jailed for one year. Nyan Win, a spokesman for the National League for Democracy, said Friday that a court had sent the four…
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TPG pulls out of Bradford & Bingley plan
Bradford & Bingley PLC said Friday it is revising its plans to raise new capital after U.S. private equity fund Texas Pacific Group pulled out of its agreement to invest more than $350 million in the mortgage banker. TPG withdrew after Moody’s rating service…
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TPG pulls out of Bradford & Bingley plan
Bradford & Bingley PLC said Friday it is revising its plans to raise new capital after U.S. private equity fund Texas Pacific Group pulled out of its agreement to invest more than $350 million in the mortgage banker. TPG withdrew after Moody’s rating service…
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Farmers say salmonella scare has hurt tomato sales
Expect fewer slices of red, ripe tomatoes next to the grill this holiday weekend. With a salmonella scare causing many customers to shun what’s normally a summertime favorite, tomato farmers nationwide have had to plow under their fields and leave their crop…
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North Korea complains of slow energy shipment
North Korea says its nuclear negotiating partners should quickly live up to its energy shipment under an aid-for-disarmament deal. The North’s Foreign Ministry said Friday that it showed its resolve to disarm by submitting its nuclear declaration and…
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Stocks dismal as worries escalate about oil, credit / Unemployment steady in June, service activity off
Wall Street capped a shortened trading week with a mixed finish Thursday after some uneven economic data: news of a contraction in the nation’s services sector and a tame reading on employment. But stocks still had their third dismal week in a row, with the…
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American Airlines workers brace for job cuts / Company battered by fuel prices and costly inspections
Many more job cuts, totaling more than 6,000, are likely at American Airlines as the nation’s biggest airline hunkers down and tries to survive record high fuel prices. American notified its flight attendants union on Wednesday that it will cut up to 900…
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Pension money boosts oil costs / Big investors put retirement funds in commodities
All those speculators getting the blame for driving up the price of oil these days - just who are they? For part of the answer, look in the mirror. The retirement savings of workers across the country, entrusted to pension fund managers, are being plowed…
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Hospitals struggle to get green-friendly
With an unprecedented boom in California hospital construction, it makes sense that many health care organizations are trying to build greener, more environmentally conscious medical centers. But many of the energy-saving techniques used in standard…
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