Court Halts FCC Net Neutrality Sanctions Against Comcast
A federal appeals court ruled the FCC overstepped its authority when punishing Comcast in 2008 for slowing traffic. The decision pauses sanctions but leaves the issue open as policy makers push to regulate Internet access and content. Industry debate continues over net neutrality and government reach.
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Federal Communications Commission
Comcast Corp
Comcast
FCC
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Cox
Time Warner
Barack Obama
Obama
Genachowski
Youtube.com
Hulu.com
China
D.C
Congress
Larry Downes
Roswell Letter Supports Police Department Stance
A reader backs the Roswell City Council in standing behind the police department and rejects caving in. The letter agrees with the editorial stance on local law enforcement.
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City Council
Roswell
Stone Promoted to Army Major in West Germany Assignment
Charles C. Stone Jr. rises to major in the 4th Transportation command based in Oberursel West Germany. Stone’s wife Louann is daughter of Mr and Mrs Leroy Price of Roswell. Meanwhile 23 Goddard High School students earned 37 top awards at the District Solo and Ensemble Contest at ENMU Portales with multiple First Division Superior and Second Division Excellent ratings earned by named students.
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Leroy Price
Roswell
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West Germany
Goddard High School
Enmu-Portales
Audie Dolce
Fritz Wiant
Robert Hale
Lori Arnold
Heather Collins
Kish
New Mexico Trails in U S broadband speeds and funding hopes
New Mexico ranks 46th in Internet use and 36th in broadband access with about 78 percent of residents on DSL and 77 percent on cable. Despite stimulus grants totaling millions for Navajo Nation, ENMR Plateau, LEACO, and other coops, real progress lags in rural areas, prompting calls for bonds and private support to boost fiber and last mile service.
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U. S. Department of Commerce
Federal Communications Commission
Mississippi
Albuquerque
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Commerce Department
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East Side
Terry Mullins
Penasco Valley Telecommunications
New Mexico Business Weekly
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Google
Katyn claims another Polish generation
Polands president Lech Kaczynski and dozens of officials died in a plane crash while en route to Katyn forest for a memorial visit marking the 70th anniversary of the Katyn massacre. The tragedy deepens Polish Russian tensions amid commemorations and political asides.
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TVN24
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Center For Strategic and International Studies
Moscow
Vladimir Putin
Donald Tusk
Smolensk
Ukraine
Belarus
Putin
Stalin
Russia
Small New Mexico crime and hypocrisy comments headlined
A columnist contrasts Tiger Woods Masters controversy with local petty crime, noting small town New Mexico scenes differ from national outrage. The piece mocks public scolding and recalls police blotter modest crimes like spray painted signs and mailbox vandalism.
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