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Privacy watchdogs urge new probe of Google

Jessica Guynn, Jim Puzzanghera Los Angeles Times

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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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, campaigns at Allstar Building Materials in Ormond Beach, Fla., on Sunday.

Buffett blames tax rate law

Jim Puzzanghera The Associated Press

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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