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Want an app? There could be a tax for that
That download of an Angry Birds app, Katy Perry song, or "Captain America" movie could end up costing consumers more, thanks to a "digital products" tax proposal that's being pushed in Annapolis this year by Gov. Martin O'Malley. The bill, part of a move...Tags: Consumers, Sales, Amazon.com Inc., Washington, DC, Business
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Should you buy a computer on Monday or Friday?
Timing is everything if you're trying to get the best deal on a computer, airfares, cars and even stocks. Surveys indicate that there are days and times of the month when you are more likely to get a bargain. Online retailers, for instance, lower...Tags: Consumers, Cyber Monday (shopping), Toyota, Passenger Cars, Electronics
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Key evidence in Harris killing might be excluded
DNA evidence that gave Baltimore police a key break in the investigation of the killing of former City Councilman Kenneth N. Harris Sr. was obtained under questionable circumstances and might never be heard at the trial, according to court documents and...Tags: Murder, Lawyers, Juvenile Delinquency, DNA, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut)
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Action near in Congress on combating identity theft
Associated PressWASHINGTON - Responding to outrage from consumers whose personal information has been stolen from companies, Congress is primed to pass new laws to try to prevent break-ins and to require businesses to confess to customers when private information is...Tags: Consumers, Lawyers, Finance, Gaming, Computing and Information Technology Industry
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Montana fans cry 'scalp'
Sun reportersFirst, Karen McVearry spent $30 to join the Hannah Montana fan club and buy presale concert tickets for her 9-year-old daughter Maddie. Too late - they had sold out. The 36-year-old Catonsville mom tried again the day the tickets went on sale to the...Tags: Barbra Streisand, San Francisco, Judges, Gaming, Catonsville
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Pitching the quick fix
Sun StaffEarlier this year, two salespeople drove deep into the coal country of southern West Virginia on an improbable mission: selling expensive education software in one of the poorest corners of America. Logan County does not look like promising sales...Tags: John Murray, Lawyers, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Prince George's County, Health and Safety at School
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Dixon probe begins
Sun reporterState prosecutors have opened an investigation into the Baltimore City Council's computer services contract, ordering city officials to turn over documents detailing how and why the city paid $600,000 to Council President Sheila Dixon's friend for six...Tags: Lawyers, Martin O'Malley, Regional Authority, Gaming, Contracts
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Law, software fuel new 'digital divide'
Sun StaffCAMDEN, N.J. -- When it comes to the teachers in their classrooms, the students in this impoverished city have to settle for less than the best. A lot less. Barely more than half of Camden's math and reading teachers are considered "highly qualified"...Tags: John Murray, Poverty, Harvard University, Gaming, Video Games
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Evidence of effectiveness proves elusive
Sun StaffSecond in a series TALLADEGA, Ala. -- Graham Elementary School has no shortage of problems, so it might seem surprising that when it was awarded a $100,000-per-year federal grant earlier this year for "comprehensive school reform," the school used most...Tags: Prince George's County, Mesa, Video Games, Software Industry, Academic Progress
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In-school trials of software can be easily influenced
Sun StaffLacking good research about education software, school districts often do their own evaluations. But their trials are easily influenced by software vendors -- or by administrators already inclined toward buying the product. A test of Plato Learning...Tags: U.S. Department of Education, Waterford, Trials, Prince George's County, Teaching and Learning
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Dixon steered work to ex-aide
Sun reporterFor the past six years Baltimore City Council President Sheila Dixon has steered government work worth at least $600,000 to her former campaign chairman, most of the time without a written contract. Since becoming council president in December 1999,...Tags: New Products, Prince George's County, Martin O'Malley, Wage Contract Issues, Regional Authority
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Partial list of victims
The Associated PressNames of those confirmed dead, reported dead or reported missing in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Persons confirmed dead include victims who have been confirmed dead by a coroner's office or the Defense Department. It also includes those for whom death...Tags: Consumers, Joseph Henry, Applied Materials Incorporated, Natural Resources, Kevin McCarthy
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