Several telecom companies met with the FCC this week to voice their disapproval of the FCC's planned auction around free mobile broadband services. AT&T, Motorola, T-Mobile and Texas Instruments were among the few that commented on the idea. T-Mobile ... (follow link to read) read more »
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- During his tenure at the Federal Communications Commission, Jonathan Adelstein has been a fierce critic of government policies that allow big media companies to get bigger. So it came as a surprise when the Democratic commissioner put forth a proposal that would allow the nation's only two satellite radio companies to merge. read more »
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Third commissioner lays out requirements for his backing. read more »
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The ruling releases CBS from paying a $550,000 penalty levied for Janet Jackson's breast-baring incident during the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show. It's also a blow to the FCC's indecency policy. WASHINGTON -- Federal judges today tossed out the $550,000 fine levied against CBS Corp. after Janet Jackson's breast was briefly bared during the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show, ruling that the ... read more »
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A federal appeals court throws out the $550,000 fine levied by the FCC against CBS for that 2004 "Wardrobe Malfunction" by Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake. The court says in effect that the FCC's decision was entirely arbitrary, and found that it deviated from a 30-year policy concerning the definition of indecency. read more »
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• Timothy Keith Baxter, 26, 1706 Kipling Drive, Brentwood, Tenn., was charged Saturday by the Whitfield County Sheriff’s Office with DUI (second offense), failure to maintain lane, driving without a license and open container of alcohol. read more »
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Hundreds of thousands of tractor-trailer and bus drivers in the United States carry commercial driver's licenses, and some of those drivers have suffered seizures, heart attacks or unconscious spells, according to a new U.S. safety study obtained by The Associated Press. read more »
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BEIJING (AP) -- With the Olympics less than three weeks away, Beijing began restricting car use and limiting factory emissions on Sunday in a final drastic effort to clear its smog-choked skies. read more »
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