SAN FRANCISCO – A federal judge has refused Google’s plea to dismiss several class-action lawsuits accusing the Internet search giant of illegally collecting online information from unencrypted wireless networks while working on its “Street View” map feature. Google has acknowledged that its fleet of specialized “Street View” vehicles inadvertently gathered about 600 gigabytes of Wi-Fi […]
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Federal inmates can get crack sentences reduced
WASHINGTON – As many as 12,000 people in federal prison for crack-related crimes can get their sentences reduced as a result of a new law that brought penalties more closely in line with those for powdered cocaine, a government commission ruled Thursday. The decision by the U.S. Sentencing Commission applies to about 1 in 17 […]
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Bruins expected to refrain from market
BOSTON – Wary of the cost of top-tier talent and not really needing major changes after winning the Stanley Cup, Boston Bruins General Manager Peter Chiarelli said he doesn’t expect to be active in free agency when it begins today. “I’m wary of the market, where I think it might be going,” Chiarelli said Thursday. […]
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U.S. prosecutor expands probe of Iraqi, Afghan detainee deaths
WASHINGTON – A federal prosecutor has expanded his inquiry into harsh CIA interrogation practices during the Bush administration and is conducting a full criminal investigation into the deaths of two detainees, U.S. officials said Thursday. Meanwhile, Assistant U.S. Attorney John Durham will file no charges in the interrogations of 99 other detainees who were in […]
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Telecom start-up faces hurdle: GPS interference
LightSquared, backed by at least $3 billion, is found to create serious problems for GPS systems and users.
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Israelis stage cottage cheese revolt
The campaign to bring down the price of cottage cheese may soon spread to other food products.
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Large strike in England protests austerity measures
LONDON – Hundreds of thousands of British teachers and public sector workers swapped classrooms and offices for picket lines Thursday in what unions hope will be the first salvo in a summer of discontent against the Conservative-led government’s austerity plans. Airport operators had warned there could be long lines at immigration entry points because of […]
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Kodak loses lawsuit against makers of iPhone, BlackBerry
ROCHESTER, N.Y. – The U.S. International Trade Commission issued a partial ruling against Eastman Kodak Co. on Thursday in a high-stakes patent-infringement dispute with the makers of the iPhone and BlackBerry phones. The trade-dispute arbiter in Washington, D.C., said it is essentially upholding an earlier ruling by one of its judges, which threw out the […]
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George C. Ballas Sr., 85, entrepreneur, invented the Weed Eater
HOUSTON – George C. Ballas Sr., a Houston entrepreneur best known for inventing the Weed Eater, has died. He was 85. Ballas’ son, Corky Ballas, said Wednesday that his father died of natural causes on Saturday. “He changed the way we cut grass,” Corky Ballas said. Ballas got the idea for the Weed Eater, a […]
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Poultry meat may be source of ‘superbugs’ in people
Use of antibiotics in food animals increases humans’ resistance to medicine, a study indicates.