Fox threatens legal action against Cablevision
(AP) -- Fox is threatening to sue Cablevision amid a dispute that has left the cable TV provider's 3 million subscribers without Fox programming for more than a week.
Telecom
Oct 26, 2010
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Scientists helping keep in-demand smoked salmon safe to eat
Scientists with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) are helping ensure that the smoked salmon that's always a hit at festive gatherings also is always safe to eat, including among their achievements the development ...
Ecology
Oct 26, 2010
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Halloween horror story -- tale of the headless dragonfly
In a short, violent battle that could have happened somewhere this afternoon, the lizard made a fast lunge at the dragonfly, bit its head off and turned to run away. Lunch was served.
Archaeology
Oct 26, 2010
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Optical surface states in magnetophotonic crystals
Using state of the art microfabrication technology to create periodic structures with high accuracy, Dr Baryshev and colleagues at the Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan, report the existence of so-called optical surface ...
General Physics
Oct 26, 2010
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Six new isotopes of the superheavy elements discovered
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has detected six isotopes, never seen before, of the superheavy elements 104 through 114. Starting with the creation ...
General Physics
Oct 26, 2010
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India's top court cancels bail for IT group's founder
India's Supreme Court on Tuesday cancelled bail granted to the founder of IT outsourcing firm Satyam, who is accused of staging the country's biggest corporate fraud.
Business
Oct 26, 2010
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Travel sites urge US to block Google takeover of ITA
A group of online travel firms urged the US authorities on Tuesday to block Google's purchase of flight information company ITA Software, saying it would give the Internet titan too much control over the lucrative sector.
Internet
Oct 26, 2010
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Google donation to fund digital journalism innovation
Google, which has had strained relations with some US newspaper publishers, announced on Tuesday it was donating five million dollars to encourage innovation in digital journalism.
Internet
Oct 26, 2010
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Florida's consumer confidence gets big boost from variety of factors
Historically low interest rates, bargains on condominiums and the moratorium on foreclosures were the likely causes of a six-point jump in Florida’s consumer confidence in October to 74, its highest level in six months, ...
Economics & Business
Oct 26, 2010
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Precocious galaxy cluster identified by Chandra X-ray Observatory
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has observed an unusual galaxy cluster that contains a bright core of relatively cool gas surrounding a quasar called 3C 186. This is the most distant object yet observed, ...
Astronomy
Oct 26, 2010
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