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Google Voice service blocks fewer than 100 numbers

Google Inc. said late Wednesday that its free messaging and calling service, Google Voice, blocks calls to fewer than 100 specific phone numbers likely to be adult chat lines and free conference call services.

Saints' O-line in synch both on and off the field

New Orleans lineman Zach Strief and Jon Stinchcomb stood side-by-side, feet shoulder-width apart.

Anti-porn online law dies quietly in Supreme Court

A federal law intended to restrict children's access to Internet pornography died quietly Wednesday at the Supreme Court, more than 10 years after Congress overwhelmingly approved it.

Court affirms online content law unconstitutional

A federal appeals court Tuesday agreed with a lower court ruling that struck down as unconstitutional a 1998 law intended to protect children from sexual material and other objectionable content on the Internet.

Gov't tries to revive Web porn law called outdated

Government lawyers tried Tuesday to revive a 1998 law designed to keep online pornography from children, amid questions that it is significantly outdated and blocks too much legal speech while having no effect on content posted from overseas.

AT&T Sues Over Chat-Lines in Iowa

AT&T Inc. has sued two rural telephone companies and a provider of group chat-line services, alleging it's being charged exorbitant fees for calls that are made to a small Iowa town.

U.S. Judge Blocks 1998 Online Porn Law

Software filters work much better than a 1998 federal law designed to keep pornography away from children on the Internet, a federal judge ruled Thursday in striking down the measure on free-speech grounds.

1 Percent of Web Deemed Pornographic

About 1 percent of Web sites indexed by Google and Microsoft are sexually explicit, according to a U.S. government-commissioned study.

Government Defends 1998 Anti-Porn Law

Eight years after Congress passed a law aimed at protecting children from online pornography, free speech advocates and Web site publishers argued in federal court Monday that the never-enforced measure is fatally flawed.

U.S. Demands Files From ISPs, Tech Firms

The Justice Department is demanding internal files from dozens of Internet service providers and other technology firms as it seeks to defend a controversial Internet child protection law.

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Madden NFL 09 Game Guide
Source: Gamespot

Become the ultimate field general with GameSpot's comprehensive Madden 09 game guide.

Ass't Sec'y of Energy Announces Resignation as Republcans Block Renewable Energy Tax Credits for Fourth Time
Source: redgreenandblue.org

In what comes as a surprising move, Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Andy Karsner announced his resignation from the Department of Energy on Wednesday.

Communist News Network
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Article discussing CNN's recent attempt to destroy smaller political blogs.

President Bush Calls for More Oil Exploration at Home - New York Times
Source: The New York Times

Please pump more oil, the Democrats won't let us be self sufficient. OK, here is 300,000 barrels a day. We could be self sufficient you know? Does congress have ulterior motives?

UK Net Censorship: Caught in the web
Source: Guardian Unlimited

Imposing invisible and opaque censorship of the internet, however benignly, is not a proper way for the state to behave

Comcast may face FCC fines over BitTorrent blocks
Source: Electronista

Comcast is under investigation and could be subject to fines over its tactics of throttling BitTorrent traffic on its cable Internet service, the Federal Communications Commission has revealed at the Consumer Electronics Show.

Comcast Is Pretending to be You
Source: Susan Crawford blog

This AP story makes clear that Comcast is pretending to be part of online conversations in order to frustrate users who want to use particular online applications.

Voter Purging: A Legal Way for Republicans to Swing Elections?
Source: AlterNet.org

Voting rights attorneys say the purges sought by the Justice Department -- in a total of 16 states since 2005 -- could accomplish the same goal as the illegal voter challenge efforts.

Should Schools Block Sites Like Wikipedia?
Source: Slashdot

"Recently, our school board made the decision to block Wikipedia from our school district's WAN system. This was a complete block — there aren't even provisions in place for teachers or administrators to input a password to bypass the restriction.

A sneakier kind of spam
Source: USA Today

Picture this: A sneakier kind of spam A new strain of spam popping up in e-mail boxes is confounding consumers and corporate security officials.

Computer rejects 'erection'
Source: The Times

E-mails objecting to a house extension failed to reach a council planning department because its computer system would not let through the word "erection".

A Way to Block Certain Regions/Users/Tags?

I think Newsvine should have an option to block certain region's news or certain users' posts/links.

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