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The News; Now in 3-D!
• Disease downgraded to "Miffed." [LAT] "U.S. to Trim Mad Cow Tests"
• Hedge funds on putting out markers on Spitzer's gubernatorial campaign. They're putting it all on black. And red. A smidge on green, too, for compositional balance. [DealBook] "Going Long on Eliot Spitzer"
• Nothing new here, every time Hollywood goes into the red, they just add a blue lens. [CT] "Watch Out! 3-D Is Back; Studios Say It's Improved"
• When a caller tried to rectify the situation, the rep also tried to sell him on DSL. First things first, buddy. [WP] "Verizon Overbills 11,000 Customers"
• A case of burning laptops melting a hole in your money. [NYT] "Dell Expects Earnings to Fall Short"
• Quote of the week: "Dismissing this case at the outset would sacrifice liberty for no apparent enhancement of security." [HoustonChronicle] "Judge Refuses to Dismiss EFF's Spying Lawsuit Against US Government" -
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BREAKING: Spitzer To Talk To AOL, Again
NY Attorney General Elliot Spitzer, pictured at right, throwing up gang signs (see the A and G his hands form?) will meet with AOL executives to discuss whether the company still impedes customers trying to cancel their accounts, Reuters reports. More » -
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Morning News Roundup
- Wal-Mart is embarking on a sweeping campaign to offer extensive and intensive business training for small businesses around its urban stores, a PR stunt on the order of "Restaurant Cooks World's Largest Pancake." Except, of course, this pancake has immigrant babies grilled in it.
- NY Attorney General Elliot Spitzer filed suit today against Direct Revenue for installing spyware on people's computers that filled them with pop-ups. Man, some people will stoop to anything to become governor.
- A report issued by the Government Accountability Office surveying returns filed at tax return preparation commercial chains found errors on every single one of the 19 returns tested by its undercover operatives. 19 returns, eh? Some sample size. Guess the government doesn't like doing its taxes, either.
- And in the Stick a Fork in It, It's Done Department: Netflix sued Blockbuster yesterday, claiming infringement against several of its innovations, such as no-late fees and wish-lists.
- In a case of the bacon frying the grease, a CBS journalist who exposed police intimidation against citizens attempting to file complaints has, in a retaliatory tactic by Florida Police, had his name and personal information put on the top of a online police BOLO (Be On the Lookout) list.
- Recording industry's legal strongarm tells a student to drop out of MIT to pay her copyright infringement settlement, student claims. Does the RIAA's evil know no bounds? No? Okay, good, didn't think so.
- Wal-Mart is embarking on a sweeping campaign to offer extensive and intensive business training for small businesses around its urban stores, a PR stunt on the order of "Restaurant Cooks World's Largest Pancake." Except, of course, this pancake has immigrant babies grilled in it.
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Spitzer Sues FreeiPods.com, Spinners of Spam Dreams
You already knew all those WinAFreeIpod.coms were scams. Now the People's Champion, New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, knows and he's suing one of the companies behind it, Gratis Internet. More » -
taxes
Elliot Spitzer Sues H&R Block for Tricking Customers
New York Attorney General Elliot Spitzer sued H&R Block today for fraudulent IRA marketing. More »
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