Facebook user posts threats on White House page

NBC reports that a Facebook user posted three threatening messages on the White House page warning of future 9/11-style terror attacks.

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http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2011/09/nbc-facebook-user-posts-911-threats-on-white-house-page/1

Privacy Suit Targets Net Giants Over Zombie Cookies

A wide swath of the nets top websites including MTV, ESPN, MySpace, Hulu, ABC, NBC and Scribd were sued in federal court on the grounds they violated federal computer intrusion law by secretly using storage in Adobes Flash player to recreate cookies deleted by users...

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http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/07/zombie-cookies-lawsuit/

Olbermann Slammed for Operating like Joe McCarthy

MSNBC suspended Deutsch on Wednesday, after he included Olbermann in a segment on angry cable hosts.

Zurawik didn't hold back as he derided, "...Here I come to write once again about what a reckless TV figure Keith Olbermann is -- and how irresponsible MSNBC and NBC News management are for giving him a national platform and the network's...

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http://newsbusters.org/blogs/scott-whitlock/2010/04/23/baltimore-sun-critic-slams-olbermann-operating-dirty-tradition-joe-m

Rachel Maddow Stuns GOP Rep By Calling Out His Spending

A heated exchange took place during NBC's 'Meet the Press" on Sunday when MSNBC host Rachel Maddow accused Rep.

Aaron Schock (R-Ill.) of hypocrisy for railing against a spending bill in public while touting its benefits in his home district.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/14/rachel-maddow-stuns-rep-a_n_461885.html

Justice Dept will review ComcastNBCUniversal takeover deal

The Department of Justice, in a major antitrust review for the Obama administration, will join the Federal Communications Commission in reviewing Comcast Corp.'s deal to take control of General Electric Co.'s NBC Universal.

The decision settles a tug of war between the department and the Federal Trade Commission.

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http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jan/07/business/la-fi-ct-nbc7-2010jan07

Palin Claims Vice President "In Charge Of The U.S. Senate"

Yesterday, Gov.

Sarah Palin (R-AK) sat for an interview with KUSA, an NBC affiliate in Colorado. In response to a question sent to the network by a third grader at a local elementary school "What does the Vice President do?", Palin erroneously argued that the Vice President is "in charge of the United States Senate". Reporter asked her...

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/21/palin-claims-vice-preside_n_136556.html