Navy awards $60 million cell phone contract to AT&T, Sprint Nextel, VerizonWASHINGTON — The Navy awarded a bundled $60 million contract to AT&T Inc., Sprint Nextel Corp. and Verizon Communications Inc. for nationwide cell phone service, the Pentagon said late Monday. Cisco, Pelco to develop high-definition Internet protocol video security camerasCLOVIS, Calif. — Pelco Inc., a video and security systems company, said Monday that Cisco Systems Inc. will use its technology to develop high-definition Internet protocol video security cameras. Co-founders of electric car company end legal fight with confidential settlementSAN FRANCISCO — The co-founders of the electric car company Tesla Motors Inc. have settled their legal battle with laudatory statements of each other’s accomplishments. FCC likely to tangle with wireless carriers over proposed rule against blocking ‘Net trafficNEW YORK — The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission on Monday proposed the most wide-ranging and specific rules so far for regulating how Internet service providers and wireless carriers handle subscriber traffic. Space shuttle Discovery back home in Florida after cross-country journey and trip to orbitCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Space shuttle Discovery is finally back home in Florida following a cross-country journey and a trip to orbit. In hurting upstate New York, Obama touts efforts to boost economyTROY, N.Y. — Touting resilience in a part of New York particularly hard hit by recession, President Barack Obama said Monday that better economic days are coming thanks to innovation and some help from the government. Obama: Widespread Internet access is crucial to nation’s economy, education and innovationTROY, N.Y. — President Barack Obama is praising a plan to keep wireless carriers from blocking certain types of Internet traffic flowing over their networks. Obama: US will again lead the world in proportion of young with college degreesTROY, N.Y. — President Barack Obama says that by 2020 America will again have the world’s highest proportion of college graduates. 21st-century journalism, still searching for a business model, finds no lack of young recruitsNEW YORK — At 21, Alana Taylor has already seen her career in journalism transformed and perhaps cut short by the technology reshaping the news business. Shuttle Discovery leaves La. Air Force base on last leg of cross-country trip to Fla.SHREVEPORT, La. — Space shuttle Discovery has left Barksdale Air Force base in Louisiana on the last leg of its cross-country flight home to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. FCC chairman: Wireless carriers shouldn’t block Internet trafficNEW YORK — Wireless carriers shouldn’t be allowed to block certain types of Internet traffic flowing over their networks, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission chairman said Monday in a speech that figures to provoke a fight with the industry. Obama starts his week at community college, on Letterman’s couch before meeting world leadersTROY, N.Y. — President Barack Obama, squeezing in a pitch for his domestic agenda, is promoting his administration’s promises of innovation at a New York community college before weeklong meetings on international priorities. Space shuttle at La. base for overnight stop on cross-country flight from Calif. to Fla.SHREVEPORT, La. — The space shuttle Discovery is stopped for the night at Barksdale Air Force Base in Shreveport, La., as part of its cross-country flight to Florida. Space shuttle Discovery refuels in Texas on daylong cross-country flight from Calif. to Fla.
Mass. company’s spinning flywheels to store, pace electric energy and make grid greenerTYNGSBOROUGH, Mass. — Spinning flywheels have been used for centuries for jobs from making pottery to running steam engines. Now the ancient tool has been given a new job by a Massachusetts company: smooth out the electricity flow, and do it fast and clean. Space shuttle Discovery begins daylong cross-country flight from Southern Calif. to FloridaEDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — The space shuttle Discovery is on a cross-country flight to Florida after landing from space earlier this month in Southern California. The Discovery departed from Edwards Air Force Base north of Los Angeles at about 6:20 a.m. Sunday. It is being ferried atop a modified 747 aircraft, known as a Shuttle Carrier Aircraft. FCC chief will propose new ‘Net neutrality’ rules on Monday, agency official saysThe head of the FCC plans to propose new rules that would prohibit Internet service providers from interfering with the free flow of information and certain applications over their networks, an official at the agency said Saturday. ACORN grew from local charity to national conglomerate with radio stations, schoolsWASHINGTON — Activist group ACORN started in 1970 to help poor people in Arkansas and by decade’s end went national, expanding into a multimillion-dollar conglomerate with a mission so far-flung that schools now bear its name, two radio stations are affiliates and a man its political arm endorsed is the president. Oh yeah — and it’s the unwilling star of a hot Internet video featuring a couple dressed as a hooker and her pimp. As cursive writing fades as a skill in school, parents fret, but educators are slow to worryCHARLESTON, W.Va. — Charleston resident Kelli Davis was in for a surprise when her daughter brought home some routine paperwork at the start of school this fall. Davis signed the form and then handed it to her daughter for the eighth-grader’s signature. As cursive fades as a skill in school, parents fret, but experts are slow to worryCHARLESTON, W.Va. — Charleston resident Kelli Davis was in for a surprise when her daughter brought home some routine paperwork at the start of school this fall. Davis signed the form and then handed it to her daughter for the eighth-grader’s signature. Top Russian military official says negotiations under way on buying French helicopter carrierMOSCOW — Russia has been negotiating the possible purchase of a military ship built in France, a Russian deputy defense minister said Saturday. Reports say the FCC will propose new rules on the free flow of information on the InternetThe head of the FCC plans to propose new rules that would prohibit Internet service providers from interfering with the free flow of information and certain applications over their networks, according to reports published Saturday. California to reduce inmate population to meet court order but falls short of judges’ mandateSACRAMENTO, Calif. — California prison officials on Friday released a plan to reduce the state’s inmate population by more than 23,000 over the next two years, falling short of a federal court mandate. Calif. advances tough energy requirements for flat-screen TVs, angering electronics retailersSACRAMENTO, Calif. — Energy regulators on Friday moved forward with a plan that could ban the sale of the most power-hungry televisions from California retail stores. Final flight: NASA names astronauts for last space shuttle voyage next yearWASHINGTON — NASA’s chief astronaut will shut off the lights on America’s space shuttle program. States offer instant traffic updates via Twitter, sending mixed message on texting and drivingFiddling with your iPhone behind the wheel can get you fined across much of the nation. But many states are more than happy to tweet you with up-to-the-minute directions on how to steer clear of a traffic jam. Stock prices rise as investors try look to extend recent rallyStocks advanced in morning trading Friday, resuming a recent rally that took the Dow Jones industrials to a new high for the year earlier this week. Stocks open higher as investors try look to extend recent rallyStocks are higher in early trading as investors aim to resume a recent rally that took the Dow Jones industrials to a new high for the year earlier this week. Stock futures point to slightly higher open as investors try to extend recent rallyStock futures are pointing to a higher open Friday, as investors aim to resume a recent rally that took the Dow Jones industrials to a new high for the year earlier this week. Stock futures point to higher open as investors try to extend recent rallyStock futures are pointing to a slightly higher open Friday, as investors aim to resume a recent rally that took the Dow Jones industrials to a new high for the year earlier this week. |
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