Economy Mar 15 Obama and FCC Betting on Broadband as Stimulus _pap_embed_custom('news01s3cc0qe29',482,304,""); The Federal Communications Commission and the Obama administration will unveil a plan Tuesday to broaden high-speed Internet access in the United States and encourage telecom companies to provide faster download speeds. The plan comes from a directive in last…
World Mar 03 Chile the Latest in a Decade of Deadly Quakes In Chile, smoke billowed from cities damaged by Feb. 27's 8.8-magnitude quake. The death toll, which stands at more than 700, is expected to rise. Six weeks ago, Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince was demolished by a 7.0 earthquake. The death…
Nation Jan 21 Clinton: Countries that Engage in Cyberattacks Should Face Consequences Secretary of State Hillary Clinton delivered a blunt defense of unfettered Internet access Thursday in a speech at Washington's Newseum, saying the United States will defend the right to information around the world. The speech comes in the wake…
World Jan 14 Scenes of Destruction in Haiti, From Above Images of this week's massive earthquake in Haiti are now flowing out of the country as aid workers and journalists flow in. What we have seen so far confirms the obvious: devastation is massive and widespread. Buildings collapsed. Homes destroyed.
Science Jan 04 Census Bureau Launches 2010 Road Tour The Census Bureau launched its 2010 campaign Monday and will spend $340 million on a media campaign to convince Americans to fill out and send back the decennial surveys. Millions of forms will be mailed to residences and shelters as…
Nation Dec 10 Recovery Act Spending Near You Thanks to our friends at ProPublica, county-by-county spending under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (aka "the Stimulus") is now mapped in our Patchwork Nation project. Some of these data come from…