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FTC names Internet privacy expert as senior adviser
May 21, 2012 12:37 
washingtonpost.com
The Federal Trade Commission has named an Internet privacy expert to advise on mobile privacy and competition issues as the agency takes on high-profile investigations of potential harm to consumers by the Web’s biggest firms. Read full article ...
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Technologies
Moscow police chief promoted to Russian cabinet following protest response
May 21, 2012 11:47
washingtonpost.com
MOSCOW — Having proved himself with his response to political protests that erupted here in December, Moscow’s police chief, Vladimir Kolokoltsev, was named minister of the interior in the new Russian cabinet announced Monday. Read full article...
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Poll: Obama, Romney in dead heat on economy
May 21, 2012 11:01
washingtonpost.com
After months of aggressive campaigning on jobs and the economy, President Obama and Mitt Romney, his likely Republican challenger, are locked in a dead heat over who could fix the problem foremost on voters’ minds, according to a new Washington...
World
Politics
Apple, Samsung begin settlement talks
May 21, 2012 10:36
cnn.com
In the midst of bitter lawsuits, the heads of two mobile giants have agreed to meet. CNN's Paula Hancocks reports
World
Technologies
Hanging on to Lawrence Taylor’s Super Bowl ring: Priceless
May 21, 2012 10:22
washingtonpost.com
I always thought if I won a Super Bowl ring, I’d keep it forever and hope that my kids would do the same after I’m gone. In my home, I have a few valuable trophies that sit around collecting dust, but I very rarely stop and really admire them....
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Hard & Soft
Has Chrome topped Internet Explorer?
May 21, 2012 10:16
cnn.com
This might be the start of a new chapter in the browser wars.
World
Technologies
Meet the new Mrs. Zuckerberg
May 21, 2012 10:15
cnn.com
She likes Target, the Food Network and sun-dried tomatoes. She loves taking pictures of her dog Beast, and admits to checking her phone "every five seconds."
World
Technologies
Pakistan restores Twitter
May 21, 2012 09:49
cnn.com
Pakistan has restored access to Twitter after blocking the popular social networking site over the posting of content it deemed an affront to Muslims, Pakistan's telecom authority said Monday.
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Obama’s Joplin High School commencement speech — text
May 21, 2012 09:49
washingtonpost.com
A year after a tornado devastated the Missouri town of Joplin and killed 161 people, President Obama on Monday night addressed the graduating seniors of Joplin High School, telling them that their resilience in the face of disaster was an...
World
Science & Education
Merkel’s isolation among G-8 on economic policy reflects sentiment in Germany
May 21, 2012 09:48
washingtonpost.com
BERLIN — The world leaders who urged German Chancellor Angela Merkel this past weekend to back down from her unforgiving approach to Europe’s economic problems have something in common: They don’t answer to German voters. Read full article ...
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