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Growing With Speed, Reducing Power Need

Growing With Speed, Reducing Power Need

nTelos selects Tellabs for smart optical transport and IPTV/triple-play services NAPERVILLE, Ill., July 22 /CHICAGOPRESSRELEASE.COM/ — What if your fiber footprint doubled overnight? Bigger service area, great.

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Facebook IPO "when makes sense", Zuckerberg tells ABC (CHICAGOPRESSRELEASE.COM)

Facebook IPO "when makes sense", Zuckerberg tells ABC (CHICAGOPRESSRELEASE.COM)

LOS ANGELES (CHICAGOPRESSRELEASE.COM) – Facebook will sell stock in a IPO when the time is right, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in an ABC TV interview, addressing persistent speculation about its stock market debut. Zuckerberg — who with friends dreamed up the world’s largest social network in a Harvard dorm room — told ABC he was “quite sure” he had signed no contract handing over ownership rights to the company, disputing a claim to an 84-percent interest.

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White House forced into U-turn over Shirley Sherrod race row

White House forced into U-turn over Shirley Sherrod race row

Shirley Sherrod, a senior Department of Agriculture official, was ousted by agriculture secretary Tom Vilsack. Photograph: AP The White House has been forced to make an embarrassing U-turn after it appeared to have acted rashly in approving the sacking of a senior black official who was being targeted by a controversial rightwing blogger.

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Illinois Strengthens Oversight Of Red Light Cameras – Gov Monitor

Illinois Strengthens Oversight Of Red Light Cameras – Gov Monitor

New Law Requires Independent Verification of Red Light Camera Tickets, Improves Right to Appeal. Governor Pat Quinn today signed a bill into law that will cut down on abuse of red lights by dramatically reforming oversight of red light cameras in Illinois. The law will further protect consumers by improving motorists’ right to appeal a red light camera ticket.

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Illinois law tweaks red-light camera rules – Land Line Magazine

A new law in Illinois doesn’t prohibit use of red-light cameras, but it does help ensure uniformity of laws throughout the state and make it easier for drivers to appeal tickets. Gov. Pat Quinn signed into law a bill that is intended to reform oversight of red-light cameras throughout the state.

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Car bomb in Mexican drug war changes ground rules (AP)

Car bomb in Mexican drug war changes ground rules (AP)

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico – The first successful car bombing by a drug cartel brings a new dimension of terror to a Mexican border region already shocked by random street battles, bodies dangling from bridges and highway checkpoints mounted by heavily armed criminals. The attack, seemingly lifted from an al-Qaida playbook, demonstrated once again that the cartels are a step ahead of both an already guarded public and federal police, who have recently taken over command from the military of the battle against traffickers in Ciudad Juarez, a city across the border from El Paso, Texas

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Bill Aims To Reform Red Light Cameras – Southwest News-Herald

Gov. Pat Quinn last Friday signed a bill into law that will cut down on abuse of red lights by reforming oversight of red light cameras in Illinois. The law will further protect consumers by improving motorists’ right to appeal a red light camera ticket

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Google expansion helps economy, hurts stock price

Google expansion helps economy, hurts stock price

SAN FRANCISCO – Google Inc. is doing its part to stimulate the economy and hurting its stock in the process. With its payroll swelling at the fastest rate in four years, some of Google’s expenses are climbing faster than its revenue.

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