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The third-seeded Maryland women's basketball team will face No. 6 seed North Carolina on Friday night in the ACC women's basketball tournament quarterfinals

The proposed merger between Comcast and Time Warner highlights the vast gap between the imagined world the broadband industry's critics and the real world in which these companies must compete. The companies that use the broadband Internet are making six to eight times the margins of the allegedly monopolistic companies who provide it — the exact opposite of what you'd see if the price gouging accusation was real.

While many may think the term 'Digital Divide' is passe; in 2013, it's a term that remains very real to those 30 percent of American households without broadband access to the Internet. But it's more than just a divide; it's an inequality, as those with limited access will ultimately have less confidence mastering the various technologies and skills needed to thrive in the 21st century.

Some businesses in the Bel Air area had problems with AT&T service throughout the day Tuesday due to a cut cable, the communications company said.

However, those pale in comparison to the department's most recent project, the takeover of Laurel's Public Access channel, which was formerly known as Laurel Cable. The network, which has been run by non-profit Laurel Cable Network Foundation since the 1980's, was completely handed over to the city on Jan. 1.

New cell phone and social media rules in Howard County schools have been in place for almost five months now, but questions remain among parents as to how the changes are impacting their children's education. The PTA Council of Howard County Monday, Jan. 6, hosted a question-and-answer session at its general meeting, for parents to talk to several Howard County Public School System administrators.

There was lots of mail on the Fox telecast of the Baltimore Ravens' epic win Sunday over the Minnesota Vikings.

Channel, anchor had no other choice after such hateful speech

Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake recently spoke the plain truth: "You can't grow jobs with slow Internet." This simple statement is the best explanation for why Baltimore is examining how it can use existing city assets and smart investments in the near future to expand access to fast, affordable, and reliable Internet access. It is also a slap across Comcast's face.

Maryland's membership in the Big Ten Conference next season means that all of the Terps' home football games will be televised, according to the Big Ten Network. Home games will appear on the Big Ten Network, ABC or one of the ESPN networks. The conference's contract with its television rights holders calls for all home football games to be broadcast.

A limited liability venture that plans to construct a natural gas fired power generating system to serve Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air is seeking a tax reduction deal that all parties say is essential to the economic viability of the project..

Harford County Chamber of Commerce held its 21st annual Harford Award on Sept. 18 as the Water's Edge Events Center in Belcamp's inaugural event.

Network TV never knows when to stop shilling, selling, hyping and hustling its audience.

I have been writing a lot about Al Jazeera since the Qatar-based news operation bought Al Gore's wreck of a channel in January to gain access to some 50 million U.S. homes.

Baltimore startup Riskive's focus on social media security with FriendGuard landed the company with a host of tech industry honors and $2.2 million from prominent local and regional investors.

Sinclair Broadcast Group is promising TV viewers a first-of-its-kind format in a new cable channel the Hunt Valley broadcaster wants to roll out across the U.S

Enter Al Jazeera with deep pockets and an old-school, hard-news strategy

For all the hype and all the "next big things" that have flashed across the screen and died small, it really does feel like the revolution in TV viewing has arrived.

In March, Comcast began charging $1.99 a month per device to Baltimore area subscribers who'd been given digital adapters for free.

Five Howard County seniors won $1,000 scholarships from the Comcast Foundation last week.

Jamila Mitchell, a senior at Laurel High School, received a $1,000 one-time scholarship from the Comcast Foundation last week in Annapolis.

Comcast Corp. has launched a marketing blitz to sign up customers for its new "Xfinity Home" package, which features a residential alarm system, video monitoring, and temperature and lighting controls — all manipulated from a touchpad, mobile device or computer.

The University of Maryland athletics department is running deficits and cutting teams because it bet everything on its basketball program and ignored the big money sport: football.