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A Changing Profession: Journalism to Mass Media

A Changing Profession: Journalism to Mass Media

Angela Richart February 28, 2014

When you were younger you may remember your father reading the morning newspaper over breakfast. Today, however, news can be found on your phone, ipad or other mobile devices and many printed papers are...

Samsung Announces Galaxy S5 With Fingerprint Scanner

Samsung Announces Galaxy S5 With Fingerprint Scanner

February 24, 2014

By Salvador Rodriguez Los Angeles Times (MCT) Samsung has unveiled the Galaxy S5, the latest version of its flagship smartphone. The device includes a fingerprint scanner and will go on sale in...

Comcast Acquisition of Time Warner Cable Could Undermine CBS Deal

February 20, 2014

By Joe Flint Los Angeles Times (MCT) The new distribution contract CBS Corp. signed with Time Warner Cable Inc. last summer after a bitter fight could be a casualty of Comcast Corp.’s proposed...

It’s Never too Early to Plan for College Expenses

It’s Never too Early to Plan for College Expenses

February 20, 2014

By Gail MarksJarvis Chicago Tribune (MCT) Look at your cute baby, and imagine the little tyke wearing a high school cap and gown about 17 years from now. Picturing the child holding a diploma,...

Sony To Sell PC Division, Spin Off TV Business, Lay Off Thousands

Sony To Sell PC Division, Spin Off TV Business, Lay Off Thousands

February 11, 2014

By Andrea Chang and Daniel Miller Los Angeles Times (MCT) Sony Corp., a struggling electronics maker trying to regain its once stalwart status, is undertaking a major restructuring that includes...

A midwestern farmer tills and fertilizes his land near Omaha, Nebraska.

USDA To Set Up ‘Climate Hubs’ To Help Farmers Amid Climate Change

February 6, 2014

By Kathleen Hennessey Tribune Washington Bureau (MCT) WASHINGTON — The Obama administration will set up 10 centers around the country to help farmers and ranchers adjust to the increasing frequency...

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Bar Exam Falling Out Of Favor

February 6, 2014

By Kim Lyons Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (MCT) PITTSBURGH — Across the country, law school graduates are preparing to take next month’s bar examination in order to get their licenses to practice...

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Protecting our passwords, and our sanity

November 12, 2013

By Katie Humphrey Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (MCT) Start counting. How many passwords do you have? Rajean Moone of Minneapolis has so many — more than 75 — that he tracks most of them on a super-secret...

Hundreds of millions at stake in Apple-Samsung patent retrial

November 12, 2013

By Howard Mintz San Jose Mercury News (MCT) In what has become a ritual, U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh last week finished off a pretrial hearing in the patent showdown between Apple Inc. and Samsung...

Apple begins selling new iPad Mini with Retina display, but supply in doubt

Apple begins selling new iPad Mini with Retina display, but supply in doubt

November 12, 2013

By Jeremy C. Owens San Jose Mercury News (MCT) Amid reports of manufacturing issues that could limit the supply, Apple began selling its newest iPad Mini on Tuesday, less than two weeks after...

Dell shareholders approve buyout

Dell shareholders approve buyout

September 13, 2013

By Brian Gaar and Kirk Ladendorf Dell Inc. shareholders have approved the buyout of the company by founder Michael Dell and his financial ally Silver Lake Partners. The company reported Thursday...

Steve Jobs holding one of the many Apple products he helped create.

Remembering Steve Jobs

Caitlin Wilson, Web Editor October 11, 2011

Steve Jobs, co-founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Apple Inc., died October 5th of 2011. He died from respiratory arrest at his home in Palo Alto, Calif. He had been battling pancreatic cancer...

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