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Privacy watchdogs urge new probe of Google

Last updated Tuesday, April 17, 2012 - 9:07am

SAN FRANCISCO -- Privacy watchdogs are urging the nation's top law enforcer to launch a new investigation into Google Inc. after the Federal Communications Commission did not find evidence that the Mountain View, Calif., company broke eavesdropping laws in collecting Internet data from millions of unknowing U.S. households.

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CHARLES DHARAPAK/The Associated Press Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, campaigns at Allstar Building Materials in Ormond Beach, Fla., on Sunday.

Buffett blames tax rate law

Last updated Tuesday, January 24, 2012 - 12:26am

WASHINGTON -- Billionaire investor Warren Buffett said he doesn't blame Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney for paying only about 15 percent of his income in taxes, saying it was misguided federal law that allowed very wealthy people who make a living "shoving around money" to pay a lower rate than average Americans.

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Economy grew at weak 1.3 percent pace in second quarter

Last updated Friday, July 29, 2011 - 9:19am

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. economy grew at a weak rate of 1.3 percent from April through June, another sign that the recovery has faltered dramatically.

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