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Pockets of Internet go dark to protest piracy bills (Reuters)
(Reuters) ? Some members of the U.S. Congress switched sides to oppose antipiracy legislation as protests blanketed the Internet on Wednesday, turning Wikipedia dark and putting black slashes on Google and other sites as if they had been censored. Content providers who favor the anti-piracy measures, such as Hollywood and the music industry, were scrambling [...]
Senate confirms McFaul as ambassador to Moscow (AP)
WASHINGTON ? The Senate on Saturday confirmed Michael McFaul, President Barack Obama’s top adviser on Russia, to be the next U.S. ambassador to Moscow. The voice vote to elevate McFaul to the ambassador’s post came on the last day the Senate is meeting this year after several months of delay. McFaul is regarded as one [...]
Obama seeks to leverage $1 trillion spending bill (AP)
WASHINGTON ? President Barack Obama’s Democratic allies in the Senate are using a critical year-end spending bill as political leverage to try to force Republicans to negotiate bipartisan legislation to extend payroll tax cuts and unemployment benefits due to expire at the end of the year. An administration official said the president called Senate Majority [...]