AOL merger sparks consumer concerns over info and price
Consumer groups warn the AOL merger could create a media Internet dictatorship with reduced choices and higher prices. Industry experts note broadband growth will enable real time shopping and direct music purchases, raising questions about regulation and consumer impact.
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Niklas
Nikias
Consumers Union
Consumer Federation of America
Media Access Project
Center For Media Education
Vilsack agenda faces rocky reception from Republicans in Iowa
Iowa leaders opened the 2000 session with Vilsack proposals on infrastructure and general fund spending. Republicans warned on funding, while leaders touted tax cuts and a $4.8 billion budget. The session aims to cut spending and push education health care and environment reforms, with election-year tensions ahead.
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House
Brent Siegrist
Council Bluffs
Senate
Stewart Iverson
R-Dows
Christopher Rants
Sioux City
House Appropriations Committee
David Millage
R-Bettendorf
Siegrist
Capitol
Mary Lundby
R-Marion
Lundby
Mike Gronstal
Historic milestones on this day in history
A sequence of notable events spans 1757 to 1978. Key figures include Alexander Hamilton born in the West Indies and Amelia Earhart solo Pacific flight. Milestones cover territorial changes, transportation, aviation, space cooperation, health warnings, and baseball rule changes.
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Alexander Hamilton
U.S. Treasury
West Indies
Michigan Territory
Alabama
New York
Amelia Earhart
Honolulu
Oakland
Calif
Pacific
Japan
The
Netherlands
Dutch East Indies
United States
Britain
China
Luther Terry
Missing in Action Navy Lt Dunn Remembered by Family
Naperville teacher and Vietnam era bracelet volunteer reconnects with the Dunn family after DNA confirmed Navy Lt Commander Dunn ID. The Vietnam War bracelet donor learned of his fate from a Chicago Tribune online story and reached Sharon Kingery in Florida.
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Dunn
Naperville
Ill
U.S. Navy
North Vietnam
Booth
Navy
University of Northern Iowa
Gary Paulsen
Chicago Tribune
Jack Shiffler
Sharon Kingery
Florida
Cedar Rapids
Washington, D.C
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Integrated Media Systems Center
University of Southern California
Max
Mark Cooper
Consumer Federation
Cable
Adam Clayton Powell III
Freedom Forum
Vilsack
Associated
Priss
Mia
Illinois
Kingery
Becky Stover
Beckys
the Gazette
Iowa
Los Angeles
Miami
New Jersey
U.S. Census Bureau
America
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Vw Mae
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