All Stories from July 30, 2011 (Change date)
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Debt fight could bring more airwaves for broadbandJul 30, 2011 6:00 am - WASHINGTON — The debt ceiling battle could produce an unlikely winner: smartphone users. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s current plan would direct the Federal Commu...
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Zynga expands to China, sans FacebookJul 30, 2011 6:00 am - NEW YORK — Zynga, the company behind popular Facebook games like “CityVille,” is taking that game to China. Since Facebook is blocked in the country, it’s partnering ins...
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Cool new gadgets for your petsJul 30, 2011 6:00 am - Legend has it that President Harry Truman once said: If you want a friend in life, get a dog. Or, we might add, a companionable cat. If the number of dog parks, animal f...
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Youth baseball league shuns metal bats for woodJul 30, 2011 6:00 am - WEST WARWICK, R.I. — The crack of the baseball bat is back. For years, the Rhode Island teams in the American Legion Baseball league — the oldest nationwide youth progra...
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Fur makes fashion comebackJul 30, 2011 6:00 am - After several seasons in deep hibernation, fur heated up the fall runways. Designers from Alber Elbaz to Zac Posen chose fox, lamb, ostrich and dyed maribou to add textu...
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Solar cells may be printed on plain paperJul 30, 2011 6:00 am - NEW YORK — The next generation of solar cells may be printed on ordinary paper. Engineers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology have created ultrathin paper cells th...
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Cable companies to give clues on Internet impactJul 30, 2011 6:00 am - NEW YORK — Are people really canceling cable to watch TV and movies from the Internet instead? It’s a question that has dogged the pay-TV industry for a year, and a spat...
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Images: Fur makes a combackJul 30, 2011 6:00 am - Fashion designers are once again working with fur. Women's tastes are becoming more refined and younger customers are warming up to fur amid efforts to market pelts as m...
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Another William and Kate movie on the wayJul 30, 2011 6:00 am - BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Break out the cake: Another movie about Prince William and Kate Middleton is set to debut on TV. Hallmark’s “William & Catherine: A Royal Romance...
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Martial arts instructor teaches power of self-controlJul 30, 2011 6:00 am - DECATUR, Ill. — Kevin Hughes doesn’t want to hurt you. Which is good news, considering his repertoire for pain distribution could fill several heavy volumes. The Decatur...