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Maine would buy offshore wind power in huge quantities under proposed law

by Tux Turkel January 24, 2023January 25, 2023

New legislation would require the Public Utilities Commission to procure enough electricity from offshore wind farms to power 980,000 homes.

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Justice Department sues Google over digital advertising dominance

by ERIC TUCKER, BARBARA ORTUTAY and FRANK BAJAK Associated Press January 24, 2023January 24, 2023

The lawsuit accuses the tech giant of unlawfully monopolizing the way ads are served online by excluding competitors.

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Elon Musk defiantly defends himself in Tesla tweet trial

by MICHAEL LIEDTKE Associated Press January 24, 2023January 24, 2023

The CEO continues to insist he secured financial backing for what would have been a $72 billion buyout in 2018.

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Mini bottles of Fireball Cinnamon don’t contain whiskey, leading to a lawsuit

by Emily Heil The Washington Post January 24, 2023January 24, 2023

A recent lawsuit filed against Sazerac, which makes Fireball, claims that the convenience-store version is misleading, because the packaging is almost identical to its boozy older sibling.

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Senators grill Ticketmaster after Taylor Swift fiasco

by DEE-ANN DURBIN Associated Press January 24, 2023January 24, 2023

They also went after the price of tickets and fees, which now average 27% of the ticket cost and can climb as high as 75%.

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Amazon starts drug subscription service for Prime members

by Matt Day Bloomberg January 24, 2023January 24, 2023

Called RxPass, the service lets patients order generic medications that treat more than 80 common health conditions.

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Ex-Twitter engineer tells FTC security violations persist after Musk

by Joseph Menn Washington Post January 24, 2023January 24, 2023

Concerns about Twitter’s security soared after an incident in 2020 when teenagers breached Twitter’s internal systems and tweeted as Musk, Barack Obama and others.