As a Professor, a Pragmatist About the Supreme CourtSource: The New York Times
Many American presidents have been lawyers, but almost none have come to office with Barack Obama's knowledge of the Supreme Court. Before he was 30, he was editing articles by eminent legal scholars on the court's decisions.
FCC Chairman Kevin Martin to ResignSource: t r u t h o u t
Martin was appointed to the five-member panel by Bush in 2001, named chairman in March 2005 and reappointed to the commission in 2006.
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Obama plans to name his chief high-tech adviser, Julius Genachowski, to be FCC chairman, according to various US press reports.
Yahoo Limits Retention of Personal Data to 90 DaysSource: The New York Times
Yahoo's new data retention policy is the most restrictive among major search engines in the United States and will most likely put pressure on rivals like Google and Microsoft to shorten the time they keep information about their users.