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Will and Kate visit L.A.: Locals' top 10 southern California must-sees
Royal newlyweds William and Kate have a busy, business-first itinerary for their three-day visit to southern California, which begins Friday. If they had asked us, we’d have given them these 10 tips for how to savor the SoCal experience. For every obvious tourist gambit, we’ve thrown in some insider info about where to pan for the best Angeleno cultural gold.
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Stephen Colbert and laughable politics: Five comedians who ran for office
American politics have been the subject of satire since before the country's founding. These days the US benefits from a healthy dose of humorous political commentary, but when the jokers run for political office (jokingly of course, right?) some funny things can happen. Here are five memorable ones.
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Comcast stock: Earnings up. Price falls from peak.
Comcast stock falls after hitting 12-year high Tuesday. Quarterly earnings for Comcast stock rose 30 percent, exceeding expectations.
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Apple earnings will report this evening; stocks rise
Apple earnings for the first quarter will be reported after the close of the stock market Tuesday. In anticipation of he Apple earnings report, Apple stock has fallen sharply.
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If 'Battleship' succeeds, expect movies for 'Ouija,' 'Candy Land'
Before video games and cable television, there was 'Battleship.' This week, the iconic board game hits the big screen in Europe. Will it sink or swim?
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'Diddy' as TV mogul? Why new network could face steep challenges.
'Diddy,' a.k.a. Sean Combs, will head one of four new minority-owned networks on Comcast. But with the TV landscape changing, 'Diddy' will have to do something special to stand out.
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Magic Johnson, Sean Combs set to launch new cable TV channels
Magic Johnson and Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs are both preparing to air a new cable television channel on Comcast. Magic Johnson already has a hand in the entertainment field as a movie theater owner.
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Apple, Greece pull Dow to worst 2012 showing
The Dow slid 97 points to close at 12780 as Greece slogged though bailout negotiations and Apple stock zigzagged wildly.
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Documents reveal Koch-funded group's plot to undermine climate science
Documents leaked from the 'free-market' Heartland Institute reveal payments to prominent climate-change deniers, a plan to create a fossil-fuel-friendly curriculum for Kindergartners, and efforts to 'keep opposing voices' out of the media.
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'The Vow' leads strong pre-Valentine's weekend at box office
'The Vow,' starring Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum, took in $41.7 million at U.S. and Canadian theaters from Friday through Sunday in the biggest domestic opening so far this year, according to studio estimates compiled by Reuters on Sunday.
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Verizon, Redbox team up to take on Netflix
Verizon and Red Box will soon roll out a streaming video service, which will compete with Netflix.
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Horizons
SOPA vote delayed in House
Action on SOPA, the House bill aimed at stopping online piracy, has been delayed. The House Judiciary Committee could vote on SOPA as early as Wednesday.
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Donald Marron
How much are you really paying for cable sports?
Because of channel bundling, TV subscribers pay $100 a year, on average, for sports programming, no matter how much they watch. But emerging technologies may offer subscribers more options to avoid paying for programming they don't want.
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Verizon to challenge Netflix, Hulu. Winner take all?
Verizon and other telecom companies have traditionally found themselves at odds with services such as Netflix, which encourage people to "cut the cord." But now, Verizon may be getting into the streaming game.
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Horizons
Google TV set for major refresh
Google TV gets better apps, new interface, improved search.
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Vox News
'Occupy Wall Street': Why this revolution isn't made for TV
Supporters complain the mainstream media aren't keeping pace with 'Occupy Wall Street' protests. But the movement's complexity makes big-picture coverage difficult.
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Horizons
$10 Internet service: Do you qualify?
$10 Internet: Comcast is now offering Internet service for just under $10 a month. But not everyone qualifies.
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Movie industry hasn't stopped smoking, but it has cut back a lot
Top movies in 2010 depicited far fewer smoking scenes than in 2005, especially films for kids and teens, a new report finds. Movie companies with antismoking policies cut tobacco scenes the most.
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Will and Kate visit L.A.: Locals' top 10 southern California must-sees
Royal newlyweds William and Kate have a busy, business-first itinerary for their three-day visit to southern California, which begins Friday. If they had asked us, we’d have given them these 10 tips for how to savor the SoCal experience. For every obvious tourist gambit, we’ve thrown in some insider info about where to pan for the best Angeleno cultural gold.
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Page One: Inside The New York Times: movie review
The narrow focus of 'Page One: Inside The New York Times' fails to do justice to the Gray Lady, devoting almost all its energy to four guys on the relatively new media desk.
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The rising demand for overseas television: America's United Nations of cable TV
Satellite TV lets immigrants cocoon in their own culture. Does it also alienate?
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Chapter & Verse
'What should I read?' A new site called Bookish hopes to tell you
Publisher-supported Bookish hopes to become the Rotten Tomatoes of the book world.
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Stocks close lower ahead of jobs report
Dow falls 139 points and S&P drops 0.9 percent. Investors wait for direction from Friday's employment numbers.
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Stocks end lower in selloff as silver, oil slide
The Dow fell 83 points, and commodity prices fell due to concerns of an economic slowdown in the US, China, and India
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Stocks end mixed in choppy session
Dow is virtually unchanged, while S&P and Nasdaq fall. Silver falls more than 7 percent.
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Stocks power to multiyear highs for April
Stocks rise to highest levels since 2008. Dow gains 490 points for the month of April. S&P is up nearly 38 points.
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Consumers may be losers in an AT&T merger with T-Mobile
An AT&T takeover of T-Mobile could reduce competition and choice and raise prices.
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