Physicist accused of contacting al Qaida
A 32 year old French physicist working at the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland was arrested in Vienne and acknowledged to investigators that he corresponded online with a contact in North Africa's al Qaida branch. The exchange discussed terror plans but no concrete attack was planned and no charges have been filed. The man remains in custody in the Paris area. his brother was released.
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Slices of broadband stimulus reach rural and urban areas
The 4 billion federal broadband stimulus allocates grants and loans to 2200 proposals across rural and urban sites. Coeur d Alene Indian tribe seeks 12.2 million to wire a fiber ring for up to 3500 homes. Clearwire requests 19.4 million for WiMax in Detroit cores. MAIN seeks 2.5 million to extend wireless in Asheville and 38.8 million for fiber linking to the network. Philadelphia asks 21.8 million to connect police, libraries and city sites with fiber and wireless.
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