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This FCC Commissioner Did A Reddit Chat. It Did Not Go Well.
2014-11-23 00:01:07| Telecom - Topix.net
Mignon Clyburn, a commissioner at the Federal Communications Commission, listens during a House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee hearing in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2013. WASHINGTON -- On Friday, Federal Communications Commission Commissioner Mignon Clyburn took to Reddit to do an " Ask Me Anything " session and answer questions about her job.
Ursula K. Le Guin to Amazon: Writers are not deodorant
2014-11-20 21:48:22| IT Services - Topix.net
Author Ursula K. Le Guin used her forum as a National Book Award winner to speak out on behalf of authors caught up in a dispute between Amazon and a publishing house. The Portland writer made her views very clear during Wednesday's National Book Awards .
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In Mass appeals court ruling, a truck courier is an employee not an independent contractor
2014-11-19 09:29:00| Trucking - Topix.net
The Massachusetts court of appeals has upheld a lower court ruling that a staffing company in the trucking industry was liable to pay unemployment taxes on compensation earned by one of its drivers.
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Has Support For Fracking Really Decreased? Maybe Not
2014-11-14 20:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Scientific American: According to a new poll out by Pew of 1,353 Americans, support for the increased use of fracking has declined over the past year with 41% of Americans in favor of the practice and 47% opposed. But wait just one second... Is it really fair to assess support for fracking given over half of Americans still aren`t even familiar with what the terms 'fracking` or 'hydraulic fracturing` mean? According to the latest wave of the UT Energy Poll among 2,105 Americans, only 44% are familiar with these...
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Which item in your home is the most germ-infested? No, it's not the keyboard
2014-11-14 11:44:02| Paper - Topix.net
Now, a study says the most germ-infested item in your home is one that you use to wipe your hands and body - the towel. A May 2014 University of Arizona study funded by Kimberly-Clark Corporation found that 89 per cent of kitchen rags carried coliform bacteria, which is found in both animal and human digestive tracts.
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