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House: Whose House? D-Haus. Lol. Concentration: Government (it’s where the $$ and babes are). Hometown: Sandersville, GA (damn right, that’s a red state). Ideal Date: My town has an annual Civil War reenactment that my father, mother and grand pappy participate in. I’ve always wanted to grab some soda pop from the apothecary and sit up on this big hill called Uncle Fielding’s Overlook and watch it with a girl. Best way for a girl to get your attention: Pop it and lock it, SON! Where to find...
...largest for long. Municipal wi-fi will be coming soon to a city near you, from tiny towns like Adel, Ga., to sprawling locales like Boston and San Francisco. Municipalities are promoting competition to drive down broadband prices and bring high-speed access to rural areas stuck with dial-up. Big telcos such as Verizon and AT&T, having first tried to fend off wi-fi in state legislatures, have also joined the battle to own and operate these systems. More than 300 communities nationwide plan to have wireless ventures in the next year, according to MuniWireless.com a portal...
Even free municipal wi-fi has one price that some find too steep: loss of privacy. Users aren't always comfortable knowing a government-run operation can track their searches for advertising or limit their access to websites. Culver City, Calif., and Adel, Ga., use software to prevent people from surfing porn and downloading copyrighted material. "I made a decision we shouldn't be spending taxpayer dollars on this," says John Richo, Culver City's information-technology director. Users must agree to "limited" Internet access and waive First Amendment claims arising from the city's decision to block sites. Civil...
DIED. Frank Tremaine, 92, Honolulu-based journalist for the United Press who filed the first account of the Pearl Harbor attack; in Savannah, Ga. On Dec. 7, 1941, the young reporter was awakened in his bungalow by the falling bombs. After confirming with sources over the phone, he filed this sentence, which the White House scooped by minutes in its official statement: "Flash--Pearl Harbor under aerial attack. Tremaine...
Competing against some of the top teams in the nation, the Harvard men’s swimming and diving team finished fourth in the Georgia Invitational in Athens, Ga., this weekend. Fifth-ranked Southern California won the three-day competition with 951 points, followed by the host Bulldogs (884 points), and Missouri (635 points). The Crimson finished with 610.5 points...