Screen Actors board backs negotiators on new media (Reuters)

July 27, 2008

Screen Actors Guild president Alan Rosenberg speaks at a news conference to announce the nominations for the 13th annual Screen Actors Guild awards in West Hollywood, California in this January 4, 2007 file photo. (Mario Anzuoni/Files/Reuters)Reuters - The board of the major union for U.S. film and television actors has backed its negotiators' demands to cover Internet-related work, signaling that contract talks with Hollywood's studios may remain stalled for weeks.


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Cancer warning adds wrinkle to parenting debate (AP)

July 27, 2008

This Jan. 25, 2008 file photo shows  Meghan Mulvany, 12, left, and her mother, Kate Mulvany, as they look at Meghan's cell phone at their home in Stamford, Conn.  Kate says that although Meghan wanted the phone for social and status reasons, ultimately Kate got her the phone for safety reasons.   (AP Photo/Bob Child, FILE)AP - When Amy Morris' twin boys, then 11, went on an academic trip to Washington last year, she agreed to give them cell phones at the program's request. But this summer she was dismayed to learn that girls at her 8-year-old daughter's day camp were using cell phones they'd taken along in their backpacks.


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Sirius-XM merger: No static at all (CNET)

July 27, 2008
CNET - The marriage of satellite radio providers Sirius and XM has finally received the blessing of the Federal Communications Commission on Friday and now we can all finally get the game we want.No tag for this post.