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Wireless Carriers Resist Open-Internet Stance

Sep. 25, 2009
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski says different kinds of traffic should move across the Internet without discrimination. But cell phone companies say their services are very different from the regular Internet — and they warn of dire consequences if they're held to the same standards.
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler