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[Medianews] Congress Passes Fax Bill to Create EBR Exemption

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[Medianews] Harvard project to scan millions of medical files

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[Medianews] Apple Kicks Off iTunes Music Store Countdown to Half a Billion Songs

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[Medianews] Rabble Mobile Blogging Network

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[Medianews] Music and the Internet

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[Medianews] Google Earth Thrills With Photos, Stunts, But How Practical Is It?

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[Medianews] Dish Network's new DVR has some of TiVo's best features

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[Medianews] Bill Atkinson

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[Medianews] Florida Man Charged For Stealing Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi cloaks a new breed of intruder http://www.sptimes.com/2005/07/04/State/Wi_Fi_cloaks_a_new_br.shtml Florida Man Charged For Stealing Wi-Fi http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/07/07/1351258 Florida case raises questions about Wi-Fi mooching

[Medianews] Sex scene stirs up a fuss over Grand Theft Auto

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[Medianews] Online Data Gets Personal: Cell Phone Records for Sale

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[Medianews] Allegations of Fake Research Hit New High

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[Medianews] State's online records pose risk / ID data accessible on deeds documents

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[Medianews] AOL had the better show for viewers

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[Medianews] Podcasting Frequently Asked Questions

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[Medianews] Inside the big switch: the iPod and the future of Apple Computer

Inside the big switch: the iPod and the future of Apple Computer By Jon Hannibal Stokes Sunday, July 10, 2005 If you've been following the Apple-to-Intel transition, you're going to want to read this whole article. Why? Because I'm going to do something that I almost never do: spill insider

[Medianews] Comcast New Speed Tiers - 8Mbps and 6Mbps

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[Medianews] Microsoft Hardware is Coming Soon to a Living Room Near You

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[Medianews] Keynote Ranking of Voice over IP (VoIP) Quality

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[Medianews] Harman Kardon Drive + Play

ADDING MULTIMEDIA Harman Kardon(R) Introduces Car Audio Solution for the iPod(R); ''Drive + Play''(TM) Provides Uncompromised iPod Use and Functionality on the Road 12 July 2005, 12:41pm ET BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 12, 2005--Harman Kardon, a leading provider of audio products for the

[Medianews] Apple Reports Third Quarter Results

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[Medianews] iPod Sales Give Apple 75% Jump in Revenue

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[Medianews] For Surfers, a Roving Hot Spot That Shares

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[Medianews] EPIC Alert 12.14

E P I C A l e r t Volume 12.14 July 14, 2005

[Medianews] Internet Audio Craze Spurs a Land Grab

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[Medianews] Sample issue of Playlist Magazine

This sample issue was offered at Macworld Expo Download your FREE COPY OF PLAYLIST FALL 2004 today! Playlist is your complete look at digital music, the technology, the musicians, and the lifestyle. Each issue is packed with industry news, future trends, in-depth features, interviews with

[Medianews] For a fee, some blogs boost firms / Concerns raised on disclosure

For a fee, some blogs boost firms Concerns raised on disclosure By Jenn Abelson, Globe Staff | June 26, 2005 Jeff Cutler has never purchased anything from Dot Flowers, but you might think otherwise, reading the Hingham resident's blog. ''No more driving to the corner to buy flowers and

[Medianews] XM's satellite radio network could get drafted for military use

XM's satellite radio network could get drafted for military use By Brian Bergstein, AP Technology Writer | June 26, 2005 BOSTON --Customers of XM Satellite Radio Inc. aren't the only ones who appreciate its digital quality and nationwide coverage. The U.S. military might draft XM's service

[Medianews] Menino maps cellphone gaps

Menino maps cellphone gaps Cruising to learn if dead zones tied to minority areas By Andrea Estes, Globe Staff | July 15, 2005 It is an aggravation of the age, the conversation-stopper that seems always to include the phrase, ''You're breaking up. Cellphone dead zones have irritated many, but

[Medianews] Curbing cellphones

GLOBE EDITORIAL Curbing cellphones The Boston Globe July 15, 2005 CELLPHONES PROVIDE people with an addictive freedom, to talk for business or pleasure, anywhere and any time, but a study released this week shows, finally, that they should not be used behind the wheel of a car. The

[Medianews] More Shoes / There's More to the Apple/Intel Deal Than Even Bob Thought At First

More Shoes There's More to the Apple/Intel Deal Than Even Bob Thought At First By Robert X. Cringely July 14, 2005 There's this expression, Waiting for the second shoe to drop. It means that a first clue is often followed by a second clue that gives more information about what's happening.

[Medianews] The Long Emergency / What's going to happen as we start running out of cheap gas to guzzle?

The Long Emergency What's going to happen as we start running out of cheap gas to guzzle? By JAMES HOWARD KUNSTLER Mar 24, 2005 (Adapted from The Long Emergency, 2005, by James Howard Kunstler, and reprinted with permission of the publisher, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.) A few weeks ago, the price

[Medianews] Walt's Theme Park Vision Put Mouse Ears on America

Walt's Theme Park Vision Put Mouse Ears on America The Anaheim attraction has cast a five-decade spell over our culture and transformed the entertainment industry. By Kimi Yoshino and Dave McKibben Times Staff Writers July 16, 2005 To build his dream theme park in Anaheim a half-century ago,

[Medianews] In her image

In her image Lindsay. Nicole. Jessica. Rachel Zoe replicates her sense of style. By Booth Moore Times Staff Writer July 16, 2005 At some point over the last few months, it began to feel like an assembly line: Jessica Simpson, Nicole Richie, Lindsay Lohan All of a sudden, you couldn't

[Medianews] Muzzling the Muppets / The Bush administration wants to force public broadcasting to toe the Republican line

Muzzling the Muppets The Bush administration wants to force public broadcasting to toe the Republican line By TIM DICKINSON Jul 14, 2005 Ken Tomlinson may be America's most accomplished propagandist. He got his start as an intern for Fulton Lewis Jr., who ruled right-wing radio when Rush

[Medianews] Finger Scanning At Disney Parks Causes Concern

Finger Scanning At Disney Parks Causes Concern POSTED: 5:12 pm EDT July 14, 2005 UPDATED: 10:47 am EDT July 15, 2005 ORLANDO, Fla. -- The addition of finger scanning technology at the entrances of Walt Disney World theme parks for all visitors has caused concern among privacy advocates,

[Medianews] A Pass on Privacy?

A Pass on Privacy? By CHRISTOPHER CALDWELL July 17, 2005 Anyone making long drives this summer will notice a new dimension to contemporary inequality: a widening gap between the users of automatic toll-paying devices and those who pay cash. The E-ZPass system, as it is called on the East

[Medianews] Mossberg: Tracking Cookies are Spyware

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[Medianews] Podcasting: Can This New Medium Make Money?

Podcasting: Can This New Medium Make Money? Conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh and his nemesis, Al Franken, are podcasting. As are ESPN, former MTV video jockey Adam Curry and thousands of others. Podcasting, a way to broadcast audio over the Internet, has become the latest web movement

[Medianews] Tune in Tomorrow for the Digital Living Room?

Tune in Tomorrow for the Digital Living Room? When Microsoft introduced its long-awaited Xbox 360 console on May 12 in an MTV special, its intentions went beyond just fun and games, The company called the long-awaited product a future-generation game and entertainment system. While Xbox 360

[Medianews] Sprint Enhances Sprint PCS Data Link Capabilities to Enable Wireless Replacement of Wireline Data Access for Business Locations

Sprint Enhances Sprint PCS Data Link(SM) Capabilities to Enable Wireless Replacement of Wireline Data Access for Business Locations - Jul 18, 2005 07:00 AM (PR Newswire) Capabilities of wireless and wireline networks enable Sprint to offer a secure, converged, end-to-end

[Medianews] QUALCOMM's gpsOne Enhanced Navigation Software Further Improves Accuracy and Reduces Cost for Automotive and Pedestrian Navigation in the Wireless Phone

QUALCOMM's gpsOne(R) Enhanced Navigation Software Further Improves Accuracy and Reduces Cost for Automotive and Pedestrian Navigation in the Wireless Phone - Jul 18, 2005 07:30 AM (PR Newswire) - Integrated Solution Eliminates Need for Additional GPS Chips and Enables Mass

[Medianews] TiVo Launches New Interactive Advertising Technology

TiVo Launches New Interactive Advertising Technology - Jul 18, 2005 08:00 AM (PR Newswire) General Motors and The WB Television Network are the First to Use TiVo's New Advertising Features ALVISO, Calif., July 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- TiVo Inc. (Nasdaq: TIVO), the creator and

[Medianews] Radio YourWayLX AM/FM Radio Recorder

Radio YourWayLX AM/FM Radio Recorder Imagine the ability to record your favorite radio programs such as AM Talk Radio, Sports, News or Music and play those recordings back at a more convenient time. Radio YourWay LX makes this possible! Set Radio YourWay LX to record any station, any time,

[Medianews] TiVo Joins the Collection of Nation's Most Influential Inventions

TiVo Joins the Collection of Nation's Most Influential Inventions - Jul 20, 2005 08:00 AM (PR Newswire) United States Patent and Trademark Office Museum Honors Ideas That Improve Lives ALVISO, Calif., July 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Joining the

[Medianews] Citizens Bank iPod promo

Citizens Bank is offering a free iPod mini or a free iPod shuffle with the opening of a new Circle checking account between July 13 and August 7. See a banker at a Citizens Bank branch for details and terms. Alternatives to the iPod include Home Depot, Best Buy, or Sunoco gift cards. Reply

[Medianews] U.S. Will Offer Doctors Free Electronic Records System

U.S. Will Offer Doctors Free Electronic Records System By GINA KOLATA July 21, 2005 There is no one in medicine who does not consider it both crucial and long overdue to have electronic records in doctor's offices and hospitals. With electronic files, patient records are not stuck on pieces

[Medianews] MSN Virtual Earth

MSN Virtual Earth Gives People an Immersive Way to Search, Discover and Explore Their World Online - Jul 25, 2005 12:01 AM (PR Newswire) Microsoft Location Finder Enables Wi-Fi-enabled Computer Users to Determine Their Location and Quickly Access Local Knowledge and Information

[Medianews] Now Playing on Apple's iTunes: Adult-Oriented Podcasts

Now Playing on Apple's iTunes: Adult-Oriented Podcasts By VAUHINI VARA THE WALL STREET JOURNAL ONLINE July 22, 2005; Page B1 Now available for download through iTunes: raunchy sex banter, erotic storytelling sessions and reviews of pornographic Web sites. Last month, Apple Computer Inc.'s

[Medianews] Linksys SecureEasySetup

Linksys Simplifies Wireless Network Setup and Security - Jul 25, 2005 08:00 AM (PR Newswire) Networking Leader Ships First Products With SecureEasySetup(TM) Feature IRVINE, Calif., July 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Linksys(R), a Division of Cisco Systems, Inc., the recognized leading provider

[Medianews] Linksys Debuts Wireless-G Travel Router

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[Medianews] Court Decision In Internet Censorship Law (Nitke / Ashcroft)

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[Medianews] Apple Unveils Faster iBooks

Apple Unveils Faster iBooks New iBook Line With Scrolling TrackPad Sudden Motion Sensor Starts at Just $999 CUPERTINO, California-July 26, 2005-Apple today enhanced its affordable iBook G4 line for consumers and education customers with faster Power PC G4 processors running up to 1.42 GHz,

[Medianews] Verizon Communications Reports Second-Quarter Earnings of $2.1 Billion, With $18.6 Billion in Revenues

Verizon Communications Reports Second-Quarter Earnings of $2.1 Billion, With $18.6 Billion in Revenues - Jul 26, 2005 07:25 AM (PR Newswire) - http://finance.lycos.com/home/news/story.asp?story=50677649

[Medianews] Windows Genuine Advantage 1.0 Goes Live

Windows Genuine Advantage 1.0 Goes Live - Jul 26, 2005 12:01 AM (PR Newswire) Global anti-piracy initiative ensures software authenticity, performance and support while providing ongoing system improvements. REDMOND, Wash., July 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Microsoft

[Medianews] Motorola PR

Motorola and Oakley Announce Launch of RAZRWIRE(TM) With Cingular Wireless - Jul 25, 2005 11:49 AM (PR Newswire) - http://finance.lycos.com/home/news/story.asp?story=50663197 Motorola Showcases New 'Whoa' Products, Partnerships and Technologies for Second Half '05

[Medianews] Watch Me Do This and That Online

Critic's Notebook Watch Me Do This and That Online By SARAH BOXER July 25, 2005 Can you vlog a dead horse? Only if you make a video of it and post it on the Web. After blogging came photo blogging and then, suddenly last year, video blogging. Video bloggers, also known as vloggers, are

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A Dark Night and Then, 'Is That an Aircraft in Front of Us?' By MATTHEW L. WALD July 26, 2005 WASHINGTON, July 25 - With his plane hurtling down a Kennedy International Airport runway at nearly 100 miles per hour, the first officer of a DC-8 cargo jet looked ahead through the darkness and

[Medianews] HP to Stop Reselling iPod Music Player

HP to Stop Reselling iPod Music Player - Jul 29, 2005 04:24 PM (AP Online) SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- Hewlett-Packard Co. decided Friday to stop reselling Apple Computer Inc.'s popular iPod digital music players in September, ending a high-profile deal that combined two of Silicon

[Medianews] Hackers Tinker With Microsoft Program

Hackers Tinker With Microsoft Program - Jul 29, 2005 08:03 PM (AP Online) SEATTLE (AP) -- Days after Microsoft Corp. launched a new anti-piracy program, hackers have found a way to get around it. The software company's new program, called Windows Genuine Advantage, requires

[Medianews] It's not the cell phone - it's the brain / Drivers overloaded, researchers warn

It's not the cell phone - it's the brain Drivers overloaded, researchers warn By Mariana Minaya Sun Staff Originally published July 22, 2005 Think twice about answering your cell phone while you're behind the wheel - even if it's a hands-free model. Scientists now say there's evidence our

[Medianews] iTunes Mints Podcasting Stars

ITunes Mints Podcasting Stars By Steve Friess 02:00 AM Jul. 18, 2005 PT Self-proclaimed tech geek Brian Reid got an MP3 player for Christmas and decided after fiddling with it for a while to start a little podcast called Sex Talk that focused on one of his passions: gender issues. The

[Medianews] Google Growth Yields Privacy Fear

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[Medianews] Big Brother Wants to Be Diet Cop

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[Medianews] Privacy Guru Locks Down VOIP

Privacy Guru Locks Down VOIP By Kim Zetter 10:20 AM Jul. 26, 2005 PT First there was PGP e-mail. Then there was PGPfone for modems. Now Phil Zimmermann, creator of the wildly popular Pretty Good Privacy e-mail encryption program, is debuting his new project, which he hopes will do for

[Medianews] A Hacker Games the Hotel

A Hacker Games the Hotel By Kim Zetter 09:14 AM Jul. 30, 2005 PT A vulnerability in many hotel television infrared systems can allow a hacker to obtain guests' names and their room numbers from the billing system. It can also let someone read the e-mail of guests who use web mail through

[Medianews] Use of a Mysterious Cookie Irks Some Internet Users

Use of a Mysterious Cookie Irks Some Internet Users By DAVID KESMODEL THE WALL STREET JOURNAL ONLINE July 29, 2005 Earlier this summer, Uno Bloom, a songwriter in Brentwood, Tenn., noticed that his home computer appeared to be slowing down. He searched the files on his hard drive in an effort

[Medianews] iFM -- Radio, Remote, and Recorder for iPod

iFM Radio, Remote, and Recorder for iPod. iFM integrates FM radio tuning, recording and remote control functionality to the iPod, all in a tiny aluminum enclosure. With the flip of a switch users can now switch seamlessly between controlling their music library and listening to their favorite

[Medianews] Travel Site Beams Up 'Next' Trekker

Travel Site Beams Up 'Next' Trekker SideStep Campaign Features Patrick Stewart to Challenge Priceline Pitchman Shatner By ANNELENA LOBB Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL July 26, 2005; Page A18 In the online travel world, one of the biggest battles for new customers has come down to

[Medianews] Internet Ad Pioneer Now Shunning Pop-Ups

Internet Ad Pioneer Now Shunning Pop-Ups - Jul 31, 2005 06:57 PM (AP Online) By ANICK JESDANUN AP Internet Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- A pioneer of software that tailors pop-up ads to Internet users' browsing habits is beginning to shun a practice that has invited much derision and

[Medianews] Web Audio Book Leader Faces Competition

Web Audio Book Leader Faces Competition - Jul 31, 2005 06:16 PM (AP Online) By JEFFREY GOLD AP Business Writer NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- Mary Lou Kalbow started listening to books while driving a five-hour rural postal route in Minnesota about five years ago. Now she downloads titles

[Medianews] Parking Meters Get Smarter

Parking Meters Get Smarter Wireless Technology Turns Old-Fashioned Coin-Operated Device Into a Sophisticated Tool for Catching Scofflaws and Raising Cash By CHRISTOPHER CONKEY Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL June 30, 2005; Page B1 Technology is taking much of the fun out of finding

[Medianews] Comparison Shopping

July 27, 2005 Comparison Shopping By WALTER S. MOSSBERG While the online shopping business continues to attract new customers, few shoppers are about to completely forgo trips to the mall anytime soon. But shopping online has one advantage that physical shopping has lacked: With a few

[Medianews] Making Your Own Coffee-Table Book

July 20, 2005 Making Your Own Coffee-Table Book By WALTER S. MOSSBERG Four years ago, a small New York company called MyPublisher introduced a new way to display digital photos in a tangible, professional-looking manner -- factory-bound, but relatively inexpensive, hardcover photo books. To

[Medianews] Workstation security: Lock down that Mac

Workstation security: Lock down that Mac Advice by Ryan Faas JULY 27, 2005 (COMPUTERWORLD) - Security should always be on the mind of a systems administrator. It should be part of how you build workstation images, how you configure servers, the access you grant to users and the choices you

[Medianews] Apple to add Trusted Computing to the new kernel?

Apple to add Trusted Computing to the new kernel? Cory Doctorow July 31, 2005 People working with early versions of the forthcoming Intel-based MacOS X operating system have discovered that Apple's new kernel makes use of Intel's Trusted Computing hardware. If this feature appears in a

[Medianews] TiVo Extends Digital Video Recording Service to National Cable Television Cooperative Members

TiVo Extends Digital Video Recording Service to National Cable Television Cooperative Members - Aug 1, 2005 11:00 AM (PR Newswire) Agreement Brings TiVo Service to a Broader Base of Cable Consumers Benton Cablevision First System to Deploy TiVo Service to Subscribers

[Medianews] Apple Introduces Mighty Mouse

Apple Introduces Mighty Mouse - Aug 2, 2005 08:30 AM (PR Newswire) New Multi-Button Mouse Features Innovative Scroll Ball CUPERTINO, Calif., Aug. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Apple(R) today introduced Mighty Mouse, its next generation mouse with several innovative new features that

[Medianews] Massachusetts Sales Tax Holiday August 13-14

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[Medianews] Tracks of my tears

Comment Tracks of my tears The death knell is sounding for the long-player in the age of the iPod Natalie Hanman Wednesday July 20, 2005 The Guardian British music's biggest hit these days is also its biggest threat. For while recording industry bosses were heaving a sigh of relief last week

[Medianews] One-man band

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[Medianews] Tuning into the times / Mobile phones could soon feature up to 10 radios

Tuning into the times Mobile phones could soon feature up to 10 radios, delivering a host of services. But the industry must ensure it doesn't frustrate consumers. By Peter Judge Thursday July 14, 2005 The Guardian Most mobile phones already have at least two radios inside them, and some

[Medianews] Feeding the iPod frenzy

Feeding the iPod frenzy A plethora of accessories for the iPod has hit the market. Here, Natalie Hanman records her top 10 Thursday July 14, 2005 The Guardian Apple calls it the iPod economy. The hundreds of accessories that can be bought to adorn and adapt your white icon are driving a

[Medianews] Comcast Reports Second Quarter 2005 Results

Comcast Reports Second Quarter 2005 Results - Aug 2, 2005 07:00 AM (PR Newswire) Revenue Increased 10.5% to $5.6 Billion Operating Income Increased 23.2% to $1.0 Billion Operating Cash Flow Increased 13.2% to $2.2 Billion 20th Consecutive

[Medianews] Analysts: ATMs Highly Vulnerable to Fraud

Analysts: ATMs Highly Vulnerable to Fraud - Aug 2, 2005 02:30 PM (AP Online) By BRIAN BERGSTEIN AP Technology Writer BOSTON (AP) -- By failing to scan security codes in the magnetic strips on ATM and debit cards, many banks are letting thieves get away with an increasingly common

[Medianews] Humax DRT400 DVD Recorder With TiVo Breaks $300 Price Point After $100 Instant Summer Savings Offer

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[Medianews] Apple's New Mouse Is Not as Mighty As Rival's Magnifier

Apple's New Mouse Is Not as Mighty As Rival's Magnifier By WALTER S. MOSSBERG August 4, 2005 Apple Computer is the design champion of the computer world. But the company has had one blind spot: the mouse. From January 1983, when it introduced the industry's first mouse, through last month,

[Medianews] Apple's Tiger vs. Windows Vista: Who Comes Out Ahead?

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[Medianews] Yahoo! Search Debuts Audio Search

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[Medianews] Bogus Homeland Alerts Hit the Air

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