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Open Range Bankruptcy Costs Taxpayers $73 million

Kyle McGrath
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January 30, 2012
Colorado’s Open Range Communications has joined Solyndra and Beacon Power Corp. as companies receiving enormous government loans only to wind up in bankruptcy court.

Missouri Library Under Fire for Internet Filters

Kenneth Artz
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January 27, 2012
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed suit in January against Salem, Missouri and the town’s Library Board in federal court, claiming the library unconstitutionally blocked access to Web

Indiana, Amazon.com Reach Sales Tax Agreement

Nick Baker
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January 26, 2012
Indiana government officials and the nation’s largest online retailer have reached an agreement to begin collecting Indiana sales tax on Internet purchases.

Cell-Phone Towers on California Schools to Enhance District’s Bottom Line

Alyssa Carducci
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January 25, 2012
As a way of combating hard economic times, California’s Elk Grove Unified School District board announced it will allow negotiations to begin with cell-phone companies interested in locating their

Schools’ Electronic Monitors to Track Student Exercise

Bruce Edward Walker
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January 24, 2012
The athletic chair of Bay Shore, a Long Island, New York school system, has raised privacy concerns by ordering electronic monitors to track students’ physical activities both on- and off-campus.

Commentary: SOPA/PIPA Bad Legislation

Parker Higgins
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January 17, 2012
The Stop Online Piracy Act and its counterpart in the Senate, the PROTECT IP Act, have gotten a lot of attention from Internet users in the past few months.

TECH PODCAST with Randolph May: Free Markets Should Rule Technology

Bruce Edward Walker
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January 14, 2012
In this week's Heartland Tech Podcast, Randolph J.

Other Voices on SOPA and PIPA

Bruce Edward Walker
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January 03, 2012
The Stop Online Piracy Act, H.R.3261, and PROTECT IP Act, S.B. 968, go too far in expanding the authority of U.S.

FCC’s Proposed Election Ad Disclosure Rule Draws NAB Ire

Tom Gantert
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January 02, 2012
With the 2012 election cycle expected to set campaign spending records, the Federal Communications Commission is proposing to require television stations to post online information about who is beh

School Internet Policies Head to Courts for Resolution

Kenneth Artz
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December 30, 2011
Several cases involving punishment of school children for creating harassing Web sites or leaving malicious comments about school administrators, teachers, and other students are about to appear be
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