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Metrolink train engineer regularly used cell phone, lawyers say
Lawyers for more than a dozen victims in a deadly commuter rail crash alleged today the employer of the engineer of the passenger train knew he regularly used his cell phone while operating trains. Attorney Edward Pfiester said he had spoken to another...Tags: Chatsworth, Defendants, Union Pacific Corporation, Railway Accidents, Engineering
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Wait list created for digital TV converter box coupons
The Associated PressConsumers who apply for federal coupons to pay for converter boxes ahead of next month's transition to digital television broadcasts are being placed on a waiting list and may not receive their vouchers before the switch over, the Commerce Department said...Tags: Government, National Government, Satellite and Cable Service, Television Industry, Consumers
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Apple's Macworld finale includes end of copy protection on iTunes, bigger Macbook Pro
AP Technology WriterSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple Inc. is cutting the price of some songs in its market-leading iTunes online store to as little as 69 cents and plans to make every track available without copy protection. In Apple's final appearance at the Macworld trade...Tags: Apple Inc., Google Inc., Apple iPhone, Sting, Microsoft Corp.
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The job of finding a job
Tribune reporterYou're out of work. You're hardly alone. Through the first 11 months of 2008, the nation's economy lost 1.9 million jobs. That means that just like it's a buyer's market for houses, where home shoppers can be extra choosy, the recession makes it an...Tags: Employers, LinkedIn Corp., Chicago Jobs, Wilmette, Unemployment
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John Gilbert Lord, 1922-2008: Sound engineer who aided Naperville Municipal Band
Special to the TribuneFor nearly five decades, the sound of the Naperville Municipal Band was in the expert hands of John Gilbert Lord, who worked as a volunteer sound engineer for the group. "We certainly wouldn't be where we are today without his expertise," said Ron...Tags: CBS Corp., Defense, Armed Forces, Television, World War II
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Pound your computer keyboard instead of the pavement in search for job
Orlando Sentinel Staff WriterThis is not your father's job hunt. If you're looking for a job, prepare to spend a lot of time sitting at a computer, searching help-wanted postings, filling out online applications, e-mailing resumes and cover letters -- and networking. From the...Tags: Orlando, Employers, Tribune Co., Florida, Sociology
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Macrovision cancels deal, sells TV Guide Network, TVGuide.com to Lions Gate for $255M
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Macrovision Solutions Corp. has canceled its deal to sell the TV Guide Network and TVGuide.com for $255 million to Allen Shapiro and One Equity Partners, and will instead sell them to movie studio Lions Gate Entertainment Corp....Tags: Gemstar-TV Guide International Incorporated, Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation, Corporate Officers
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Apple's Jobs, trying to halt health rumors, says he has a hormone imbalance but can stay CEO
AP Business WriterNEW YORK (AP) — Apple Inc. founder Steve Jobs, a survivor of pancreatic cancer whose gaunt appearance in the past year has alarmed the Mac and iPod lovers who look to him as an oracle, said Monday he has an easily treated hormone imbalance and...Tags: Apple Inc., Apple iPhone, New York Times, Diseases, Corporations
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Lionsgate to acquire TV Guide Network and TVGuide.com
In a surprise move, Lionsgate Entertainment Corp. agreed Monday to buy TV Guide Network and TVGuide.com for $255 million, torpedoing a deal announced just over two weeks ago with media entrepreneur Allen Shapiro and a private equity unit of JPMorgan Chase...Tags: Weeds (tv program), Rupert Murdoch, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Incorporated, Santa Clara, Sony Corp.
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Cincinnati company chosen to help expand broadband coverage in Alabama
Associated Press WriterMONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama officials have selected a Cincinnati company for a $1.7 million two-year contract to make Internet broadband service available in all areas of the southern state. Currently, dial-up Internet access is available using...Tags: Executive Branch, Government, Alabama, Computing and Information Technology, Television Industry
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Are you ready for digital?
247-4744In just more than a month, television broadcasts will go all-digital, cutting off the analog signals that have been transmitted since most Americans have had televisions in their homes. More than 9 million U.S. households — including about 44,000...Tags: Best Buy Company Inc., Charter Communications Incorporated, Television Industry, Consumers, Electronics
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You'll wait longer for TV-converter coupon
Sentinel Staff WriterIf you've been waiting to apply for a converter-box coupon to help make sure your TV doesn't go dark next month, you might be out of luck. The government agency that administers the coupon program said Monday it has committed all of the $1.34 billion set...Tags: Orlando, Government, National Government, Florida, Consumers
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