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Federal court rules military policy on gays violates First Amendment

donal brown September 9, 2010

A federal district jude ruled that the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy preventing gays from serving openly in the military violates both the First and Fifth Amendments of the Constitution. The judge also concluded the policy hurts unit cohesion and military readiness. -db CNN September 9, 2010 By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) — A federal court in Riverside, California, ruled Thursday that the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy — which bars gay men

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Twitter becoming powerful, pervasive news platform

donal brown September 9, 2010

Twitter is not only allowing journalists to broadcast news instantaneously to thousands of people but it also puts the means of publishing in anyone’s hands. -db GigaOM Commentary September 8, 2010 By Mathew Ingram There’s been plenty of debate lately about whether Twitter has become “mainstream” or not, but examples continue to pile up of how the social network/microblogging platform has worked its way into our lives, to the point where it has become a form

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New York Times publisher says newspaper will cease to be printed at some point

donal brown September 9, 2010

For the first time, the New York Times admitted that they will be forced to suspend its printed edition sometime in the future. -db Business Insider Commentary September 8, 2010 By Henry Blodget At a conference in London, Arthur Sulzberger Jr conceded that someday the New York Times Company will be forced to stop publishing a printed paper.* This sounds obvious, but it’s a big deal. The economics of the online news business will not

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Craigslist founder asked to testify before congressional committee on sex trafficking

donal brown September 9, 2010

A CNET commentator says that in an election year Craigslist had better brace themselves for a political onslaught on the issue of sex trafficking beginning with congressional hearings. -db CNET News Commentary September 9, 2010 By Declan McCullagh A year ago, Craigslist founder Craig Newmark was busy touting e-government, promoting neighborhood social networks, and blogging about squirrel-proofing his bird feeder. But now the 57-year-old entrepreneur is spending his days in more nerve-wracking pursuits: responding to

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West Covina High School drops plan to replace newspaper adviser

donal brown September 9, 2010

After student journalism student protests and a board vote of 3-2 to ask the principal to reconsider his position, the principal reinstated the adviser of the school newspaper, the Newsbytes. Students felt the move to oust the adviser came after Newsbytes published controversial comments by the district superintendent. -db Student Press Law Center September 9, 2010 By Chelsea Keenan SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA — The newspaper adviser at West Covina High School will keep his job after

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