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Despite standoff over programming fees, Univision unblocks AT&T's access to Democratic debate
2016-03-08 23:42:56| Telecom - Topix.net
AT&T and Spanish-language media giant Univision Communications reached a temporary truce on Tuesday in a dispute over fees. The breakthrough will allow Spanish-language viewers to watch Wednesday's presidential debate on AT&T's U-Verse system.
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Democratic Party slams GOP presidential contenders over climate change views
2016-02-28 14:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The Democratic Party released a video on Sunday slamming Republican presidential hopefuls for their opposition to action on climate change, suggesting the views clash with the reality of rising sea levels and shifting weather patterns. The video features Republican front-runner Donald Trump and his two closest rivals, Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz, denying man-made global warming, juxtaposed with images of U.S. flooding, wildfires, droughts and heat waves. "I`m not a believer in climate change,"...
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Democratic senators raise concerns about Charter-Time Warner Cable tie-up
2016-02-25 22:14:30| Telecom - Topix.net
REUTERS: Five Democratic U.S. senators, including presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, told the Justice Department and Federal Communications Commission on Thursday that they had "significant concerns" about Charter Communications Inc's planned acquisition of Time Warner Cable Inc and Bright House Networks. The senators, who also included Elizabeth Warren, Ed Markey, Ron Wyden and Al Franken, said in a letter to the agencies that are reviewing the proposal that the deal would create "a nationwide broadband duopoly," with Charter and Comcast Corp in nearly two-thirds of U.S. high-speed broadband homes.
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Nuclear energy has no sustainable, democratic future in Japan
2016-01-29 05:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Deutsche-Welle: Despite the majority of Japanese opposing a restart of the nation's nuclear reactors, the government continues to press for a full resumption of nuclear power. Energy expert Tetsunari Iida tells DW the reasons behind it. Japan halted operations of all its nuclear reactors as a consequence of the Fukushima disaster, which released radioactive material and displaced up to 160,000 people. But the government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in 2014 reversed the previous government's decision to phase out...
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Democratic senator blocks Obama's pick to head FDA
2016-01-25 23:04:08| Biotech - Topix.net
Massachusetts Sen. Edward Markey says in a statement that he's put a hold on Dr. Robert Califf's nomination. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says deaths linked to misuse and abuse of prescription painkillers climbed to 19,000 last year, the highest on record.
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