| Fireworks Cause Injurys Across The Country And A Man ... - 138 sec
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A 48-year-old man flew more than 200-miles across the Pacific Northwest over the weekend in a supped-up lawn chair. Kent Couch added about 150-giant-helium-balloons to the chair. His journey across the Oregon desert took about 9-hours and it was reportedly Couch’s third balloon trip. He had dozens of volunteers helping to fill-up and attach 6-thousand-dollars worth of helium-balloons to his lawn chair. According to Couch, each balloon could lift 4-pounds of weight. And if you’re wondering how the man got his flying device to lower to the ground, he brought along his BB-gun to shoot balloons one-by-one.
While most of the long fourth of July weekend was marked with American celebrations, a few firework mishaps nationally left locals with a different sentiment. A fireworks shell in a northern Iowa town misfired and injured 37 spectators. According to the state fire marshall’s office, the fireworks blasted horizontally towards the crowd versus the intended vertical explosion. Officials do not know the cause of this particular accident. Other fireworks accidents include an Ohio occurance where a man lost part of his leg when a firework went-off inside his suv and in New York where a child received second-degree burns from a firework landing in her lap.
Wildfires continue to blaze in Northern California. Containment of the Basic Complex area near Big Sur was last reported to be at 5-percent. As of Monday morning, the fire had burned more than 68-thousand acres of land along the Pacific Coast Highway, and threatens more than 17-hundred homes and 20-commercial properties. Over the past 2-weeks, several fires started by lightning have burned across 500-thousand acres. About 14-hundred-plus residents have been evacuated, and about 20-thousand federal firefighters have been fighting the blaze from Santa Barbara to Big Sur.
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 | | Rafael Nadal Wins Wimbledon & A-Rod Gets a Divorce! - 107 sec
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We start today with an update on President Bush's decision to attend the upcoming Olympics opening ceremony. While some European leaders have opted to boycott next month's event, Bush said Sunday that he did not need to miss the Beijing ceremony to show his opinion on religious freedom and human rights in China. Bush also stated that if he were to boycott the Olympics event, it would be more difficult to have talks with the Chinese government. Japan's Prime Minister also said he would attend the opening ceremony.
And Wimbledon came to a close Sunday evening. In the final game, the number-2-ranked Rafael Nadal won over the number-1 Roger Federer. 26-year-old Federer was going for a record 6th consecutive championship at the England club since the 1880s, until the 22-year-old Nadal took the victory which marked Spain's first one since 1966. The match was sprinkled with about 2-hours of delays due to rain, and this 4-hour and 48-minute final game was the longest men's final in Wimbledon history.
According to several media outlets, Alex Rodriguez's wife plans to file for divorce this week. The reports state that Cynthia Rodriquez wants to separate from the New York Yankees player due to extramarital affairs. This latest divorce news comes days after A-Rod was rumored to have been linked to Madonna as well as the alleged connection between C-Rod and Lenny Kravitz.
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| | Barack Obama & John McCain in Statistical Tie for President! - 163 sec
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Up first, a new poll conducted by CNN and Opinion Research Corporation was released Tuesday. The survey placed Senators John McCain and Barack Obama statistically equal in the presidential race. Technically, the poll shows that the Illinois senator has a 5-percent lead over the Arizona senator at 50 to 45 percent, however, with the standard 3-point-5-percent margin of error, the surveyors are saying the two nominees are in a dead heat among registered voters nationally. The percentage points drop to be only 3 apart when the other 3rd party candidates, Independent Ralph Nader and Libertarian Bob Barr, are added to the poll. The poll also found that 25-percent of registered voters think Obama is unpatriotic as compared to 10-percent for McCain. The poll was conducted the final few days of June and had similar findings to the previous month's survey.
Senator John McCain's campaign opted to stop advertising on many websites that make offensive statements about the Democratic competitor, including a comparison between Barack Obama and Adolf Hitler. The McCain campaign had already blocked tens of thousands of sites from its online ad network, according to the Republican's spokesperson. It used third-party vendor Google to automatically distribute its advertisements across various political websites by searching for specific related words. The latest ads were immediately pulled after CNN notified the campaign of their website matchups. Many of the sites in question were pro-Hillary Clinton sites and after her step-down from the Democratic running, McCain openly made an effort to reach out to these former Clinton supporters.
Senator Barack Obama's campaign also removed advertisements from Amazon.com last year. The webpage featured a controversial book stating that a group of pro-Israel activists hold power over US foreign policy.
And Obama may be putting an end to his signature fist bump. He was linked up with the move in May when he and wife Michelle bumped fists in celebration of ...
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| | Barry Bonds Asterisk Ball Goes To The Hall Of Fame - ... - 100 sec
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The baseball that Barry Bonds hit last year to set the record 756th home run got sent to the Hall of Fame Tuesday night. The owner of the ball, designer Marc Ecko, donated it to the New York facility. Ecko paid over 750-thousand-dollars for ball in an online auction in September 2007. He then conducted an online poll asking fans to determine what to do with the souvenir. Fans decided to put an asterisk on the ball because of the steroid allegations around Bonds. Bonds previously said that he would boycott the Hall of Fame if it displays the ball with an asterisk.
The governor of Missouri signed a new bill to outlaw cyber-bullying. This latest bill updates current state laws prohibiting written or phone harassment. The change in law was prompted after a 13-year-old local girl committed suicide about 2-years ago due to online harassment. The girl hanged herself after a classmate’s mother allegedly pretended to be a young boy on MySpace who befriended her and then said he no longer wanted to be friends. This online harassment case has also made way for the introduction of a bill that would result in federal penalties for cyber-bullying in the state of Missouri.
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| | An Internet Lost And Found? Also - Fake 3D Speed Bumps ... - 173 sec
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New websites are popping up all over the web and their sole purpose is to help internet searchers link back up with lost personal belongings. ‘Some names include ‘Found Cameras and Orphan Photos’, ‘FoundMagazine.com’ and ‘Preprost’, and all of these sites post a few samples of the found item whether it be old photos, memory cards, love letters or diaries as well as the discovery details. Onliners can find lost recipes at America’s Test Kitchen, or lost jewelry, clothing and pets at ‘The Found Bin’. This site lets users search by location or various categories, and even uses Google maps to place the location the item was found. Some other sites to note include one specifically for finding shoes as well as ‘The Lost Car Registry’ for owners who’d like to find their sold vehicle. With a quick online look, it seems there is a lost-and-found site for just about everyone and everything.
And new optical illusions on the road to discourage speeding are being tested in certain US cities. It’s a flat plastic fake speed bump that appears to be a 3-dimensional image. The optical illusion as a speed warning was tested 2-years ago in Phoenix and it reportedly did slow traffic temporarily
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| | Wall-E Opens Up Number One! Your Box Office Rewind Is ... - 114 sec
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Topping off the charts, at number 5 is The Incredible Hulk. Edward Norton stars as the green machine of rage and helped this comic-based action flick bring in 9-point-2-million-dollars. Now in its third week, it dropped from it’s previous number 2 position.
At number 4 and in its fourth week back to theatres, Kung Fu Panda swept out the competition. The animated comedy features voices from Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie and many more celebs. Staying strong, it brought home 11-point-7-million-bucks over the weekend.
Get Smart is up next at number 3. Steve Carrell plays Agent 86, partner to Agent 99 AKA Anne Hathaway and these two take on their evil nemesis KAOS throughout the action comedy. This one scored an even 20-mil.
Debuting at number 2 is Wanted. The action thriller starring James McAvoy, Morgan Freeman and Angelina Jolie rocks hardcore battles and shows intense pacts in a secret society for vengeance. Theatres got 51-million-dollars this round.
And also debuting over the weekend, the animation Wall-E stacked up at number one. Fast forward to the year 2700 and you’ll find the last robot left on Planet Earth. He’s busy cleaning up when he finds a lo
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| | A Man Auctioned His Whole Life On Ebay! And Friday The ... - 125 sec
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Up first, a man auctioned his entire life on eBay last week and he reportedly wasn’t too happy about the 384-thousand-dollar selling price. The British man sold his house, car, job and even introductions to his friends among other possessions on the website because he said he needed a fresh start after breaking up with his wife. According to the man, his home in the Australian city of Perth was worth the selling price alone.
And a man from New Mexico had a unique request for a name change, and his appeal to the initial court rejection was upheld. The man, who currently goes by the name Variable, attempted to change his name to a phrase including a 4-letter obscenity. The new name? F-Censorship. He claimed that the name change denial was illegal government censorship. According to the law, the court can strike down a name change if it is ruled offensive to common decency and good taste. This law was clarified in 2004 when the same man changed his name to Variable from his previous name of Snap-happy Fish-suit Mokiligon. You can currently find a self-made video of the Albuquerque man on YouTube speaking about the court’s censorship in this latest case.
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| | 10 Million Millionaires - Where's My Money!?! Breaking News - 117 sec
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The number of millionaires worldwide has hit an all-time record. Last year, more than 10-million people had at least 1-million-dollars in assets. The combined assets of those making the millionaire cut reportedly equaled about 41-trillion-bucks, which marked a 9-percent increase from 2006. While 1 in 3 millionaires reside in America, the countries with the fastest growth in wealth include China, India and Brazil. Experts link the increase of international millionaires to inflation and world economy expansion.
The most expensive work of art was sold by the well-known Christie's auction house in Europe on Tuesday. The painting by famous impressionist Claude Monet hit the record books at a sale price of more than 80-million-dollars. This particular artwork, titled 'Le Bassin aux Nympheas' or 'Water Lily Pond' is one of four oil paintings signed by the artist in 1919. Christie's auction house began its modern art sale this week.
The Federal Reserve plans to put a stop to the past-9-month rate cuts this week. The decision comes after many economists said they think the US economy will rebound the second half of this year. However, a private business research group surveyed abo
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| | Janet Jackson Pregnant?! Celeb Gossip Breaking News Report! - 126 sec
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It looks like Janet Jackson and her long-term boy-toy Jermaine Dupri are planning to have a baby in the near future. Over the weekend, the rapper-turned-producer reportedly said they will be moving towards pregnancy after double-J completes her fall tour. They'll be adding to the mix, as Dupri has a daughter from a previous relationship.
American Idol winner David Cook confirmed that he and other ex-A-I contestant Kimberly Caldwell are still dating. The singing pair has been working on individual projects, and Cook said that they'll be busy emailing and texting this summer, as Caldwell is shooting a miniseries and Cook starts his Idol tour the beginning of July.
Also, in American Idol news, former champion Ruben Studdard reportedly took out a marriage license Monday. His rep says the A-I winner plans to wed this Saturday.
The ex-boyfriend of the late Anna Nicole Smith, Larry Birkhead, purchased lingerie worn by Smith during a Playboy pictorial shoot. Birkhead reportedly bought the pink bustier and white negligee for almost 3-thousand-dollars at a celebrity auction over the weekend and plans to give them to daughter Dannielynn. He said he hopes the lingerie will help......
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| | Man loses 80 lbs. by eating McDonald's! Cheap gas in Mexico! - 139 sec
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Up first, a Virginia man dropped 80 pounds in 6 months with the help of good ole' Mickey-Ds. The 42-year-old ate from the healthier menu at McDonald's for just about every meal, losing 14 inches from his waist and now weighing in at 199 pounds. His goal is to return to the 185-pound-body he had on his wedding day.
There's a new trend for filling up the gas tank. Many motorists are driving down to Mexico to fill-up their tanks and they're saving money. On average, gasoline in Tijuana currently costs about 3-dollars-10-cents versus the US-average of 4-dollars-and-60-cents. The money saved equals about 30-dollars per 20-gallon pump. However, the Triple-A Auto Club warns US-drivers to not make the trip across the border for gas fill-ups. Triple-A says that the mixture of gasoline in Mexico differs from the formulas used in the United States. More specifically, the company's research center says Mexican gas has more sulfur in it and using the gas to fuel American cars will result in future needed repairs of the emission control equipment.
Time Magazine reported last week that a group of teenage girls at a Boston high school made a pledge to get pregnant and deliver their babie
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| | Free Wi Fi For Everyone! And Viral Video Views 4 your Videos - 73 sec
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After a five year legal battle, Microsoft has been ordered to fork over 512-million dollars to Alcatel-Lucent for patent infringement on the company's software and stylus-based tablet computers. Microsoft plans to appeal the decision.
ComScore has reported that online video views have remained flat for this year. The company said that the number of videos people are viewing is only slightly higher than 2007 but the time viewers spend watching viral videos has jumped almost 45-percent since last year.
And in a deal that could provide wireless broadband access to more than 50-percent of Americans within four years, the FCC will auction-off free wireless spectrum later this week. The deal will also include a provision that filters out obscene content.
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| | Gas Guzzling News up Next! - 135 sec
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International efforts are being made to counter the upward swing of oil prices. The Saudi Arabian King said the country will increase production point-7 million-barrels daily from the current 9-million-barrels by next month. This will mark the highest oil production rate since 1981. Some US officials say that while the Saudi Arabian efforts will help with domestic prices, the Middle Eastern country actually has the supply to increase production more significantly. Last week, President Bush asked Congress to allow oil drilling in untapped waters and thus increased production in the oceans off the US coast. The average price of gas domestically rose about 10 cents in the past 14 days, now putting it at 4-dollars and-10-cents.
With this latest record-high gasoline price, consumers are looking for alternative ways to cut-down on fuel costs. One company helps its employees ease the high-gas-price trend by optioning workers to turn their vehicle into a moving billboard. Jobing-dot-com gives free gas plus a 500-dollar incentive, to post professional advertising decals on employee cars. It costs the company about 3 to 4-thousand dollars for the car make-under, and about ..........
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| | The Economy Keeps Slumping And A WWI Veteran Is Honored.... - 171 sec
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According to a quarterly survey of CFOs, the US economy probably won’t improve until summer 2009, after increased inflation and more layoffs. About 71-percent of the chief financial officers surveyed said the economy will not even start to recover until next year. The director of the Duke University and CFO Magazine Global Business Outlook study said, QUOTE it could be the longest slowdown since the double-dip recession of 1979 through 1981. On a positive note, this quarter’s report found significantly increased optimism among CFOs as compared to the previous quarter’s survey. Top economic concerns include weak consumer demand, high fuel costs and lowered employment rates. More than 1-thousand chief financial officers were included in the study.
A woman was denied her invitation to sit behind Senator Barack Obama and his podium during Monday’s Michigan rally. The 25-year-old complained that she was not allowed to sit on-stage in the tv-camera’s view because an Obama volunteer said the traditional Muslim head scarf she wears was not appropriate due to a sensitive political climate. The spokesperson for the Democratic nominee...........
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| | AFI All Time Best Of List Is Released and Get Smart ... - 127 sec
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The annual AFI list of all-time best films has been released. The American Film Institute breaks down the list into 10 different genres. Some list toppers include ‘Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs’ for animation, ‘The Wizard of Oz’ for fantasy, ‘ 2001:Space Odyssey’ for science fiction and ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ for epics. For Top-100 specifics, goto www.AFI.com.
And an Australian film organization established a scholarship fund in the name of the late Heath Ledger. The actor was chosen to be attached to the fund because Ledger served as an ambassador to the Australians in Film organization prior to his death at the age of 28. The establishment was announced last week at the annual Breakthrough Awards, and the first recipient will be announced next year. According to the president of AIF, the scholarship shows the organization’s mission to aid and honor Australian filmmakers.
This weekend and every weekend marks the debut of new films at the box office. This Friday, Warner Brothers brings us the action comedy, Get Smart. Based on the popular 60s tv series, this summer flick follows undercover Maxwell Smart AKA Agent 86 AKA Steve Carell.............
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| | Boston Celtics Wins the NBA Finals for the 17th Time! - 169 sec
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Up first, the Boston Celtics celebrated their 17th NBA Championship title Tuesday night after defeating the Los Angeles Lakers in a blowout. The Celtics gained a significant lead early on in Game 6 and finished the home game strong, 131 to 92. This victory is the first of its kind for many Boston players, including MVP Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen. Coach Doc Rivers celebrated the win and finally got his hands on the Larry O'Brien trophy, after being doused in Gatorade by the players. The 2008 title marks the first Boston championship in 22 years, and as for the Celtics-Lakers rivalry, the latest champions now have a 9 and 2 record against LA in the finals.
And the California Supreme Court has legalized same-sex marriage. While this recent ruling caused many same-gendered couples to line-up Tuesday for making their commitments legal, the actual first person to pay for the 70-dollar marriage license fee in West Hollywood is 'Star Trek's' George Ta-kay. The 71-year-old actor and his partner of 21 years, 54-year-old Brad Altman, plan to marry on September 14th in LA. The marriage license in the state of California is valid for up to 90 days.
And the FDA is attempting
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| | Pam Anderson and Tommy Lee Back on, Miley Cyrus, Joan Rivers - 130 sec
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Pamela Anderson and ex-hubbie, Tommy Lee are back together. We're not talking about in a movie, tv show or photoshoot. This on-again-off-again duo is giving dating another try. Lee said to Rolling Stone magazine that Anderson and their two sons have moved in with him. The couple first married in 1995 and finalized their divorce in 1998 after Anderson claims Lee assaulted her. Good luck for what Lee says is try number 801.
Rewind back just a few weeks and you'll remember the controversial Miley Cyrus photoshoot. The 15-year-old's dad finally commented on the over-exposed Vanity Fair pics Tuesday. The photo at the center of the drama showed Miley's bare back as she was wrapped in a sheet. Billy Ray Cyrus said on the NBC Today show that he wasn't there for the shoot with Annie Leibovitz but his daughter's publicist was on-location and everyone seemed in control. Pops Cyrus went on to state that he should have stayed to chaperone but the photoshoot itself was not a mistake.
The often-outspoken Joan Rivers spoke up too much and got booted from a show during it's live broadcast. Rivers said two expletives during her guest host role while speaking about Russell Crowe, and ....
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| | ebay Bids Goodbye & A Whole New MySpace 4 U!!!! - 78 sec
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Ebay's web based TV-exchange has been shut down after just one year. It reportedly failed to receive support from networks because they feared that the platform, which was used to broker deals electronically by cable networks, would devalue the cost of advertisements.
And MySpace is going to go through a massive redesign, meant to fix many of the complaints that users report for the popular social networking site. The newly overhauled MySpace will launch on Wednesday, June 18th, with a reworked homepage, an upgraded navigation map, and a new-and-improved search feature.
Time Warner is re-launching their defunct WB network as on online network. Warner Brothers Television Group has signed a broadband distribution deal that will make their content available for syndication on Sling Media, Joost, Daily Motion, TiVo, and Veoh, but not on Hulu.
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| | NBA finals Boston Celtics Vs. LA Lakers! Tiger Woods Wins! - 122 sec
The NBA Finals play on. Game 6 is up next and it's headed back to Boston for this one. In Sunday night's meeting, the Boston Celtics just missed out on their 4th win that would have given them the 2008 pro-ball championship. The Los Angeles Lakers won Game 5, 103 to 98, putting the series at 3 to 2 Boston. While the Lakers held the lead for most of the game, the Celtics pulled it in-close for the second half. Kobe Bryant offered 25-points and Paul Pierce gave 38-points. While the East Coast team's Ray Allen got fouled out, some other top players from both coasts including Bryant, Garnett and Pierce were in foul trouble. The Celtics haven't won a title since 1986, and no team has ever overcome a 3 to 1 series deficit to win a championship. This is the two feuding team's 11th match-up, and the rivalry continues at Tuesday night's Game 6.
And what was expected to be the final day for this year's US Open, Sunday turned into an announcement of an 18-hold playoff round, and it's the first playoff in 7 years. Tiger Woods and Rocco Mediate both finished at 1-under 283, marking the first-time since 04 that a player has broken par at a US Open tournament. In past playoffs, Woods is
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| | Health News - What is the date of your death? - 239 sec
A precedent has been set, and it's for the U-S life expectancy rate. For the first time ever, the government reported that the average expected lifespan for Americans is more than 78 years. The report that was released Wednesday said the increased life rate is directly linked to a decrease in the mortality rate for 9 out of the 15 leading causes of death. Plus the United States experienced a mild flu season this year, resulting in a diminished threat to people with serious conditions. The study was determined by the National Center for Health Statistics and took into account about 95-percent of the 2-point-4-million U-S death certificates for 2006. Generally, white women have the longest expected lifespan, followed by black women, white men and then black men. Statisticians are hoping to add Hispanic data into the mix next year. However, even with this recent life expectancy increase in the United States, the World Health Organization says that Americans still trail behind about 30 other countries. Some list toppers include Switzerland and Australia as well as Japan at number-one..........
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| | No Porn on the internet! What the FCC!?! - 108 sec
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Internet service providers Verizon, Time Warner Cable, and Sprint Nextel have agreed censor child pornography on the Internet with new systems they will implement. They agreed to do so after a New York Attorney General Anthony Cuomo led an investigation finding that the companies were failing to respond to complaints about lewd content involving children.
Disney announced it will stream feature length films on Disney.Com. Movies like "Finding Nemo" will be available to stream for a limited time after they air on ABC as a Saturday Night Movie during the summer.
The New York Times is teaming up with advertising company ADReady on NYTimes.Com to create a self-service advertising site. The service will allow advertisers to create and maintain ads on the newspaper of record's website, and it is meant to allow smaller businesses with advertising budgets of under 10,000 dollars to have their ads seen on one of the most highly trafficked sites on the entire web.
Kevin Martin, head of the FCC, is publicly advocating free Web even though the issue will not be on the FCC's meeting agenda this week. Martin has said he wants to provide free Internet access for everyone .........
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