May 12, 2011, 12:05 AM
Palo Alto-based social networking giant Facebook is seeking an exemption to rules that would require political advertisements on the site to disclose the source of their funds, according to a letter submitted to federal regulators by company attorneys. The letter, first obtained by Talking...
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August 20, 2010, 12:05 AM
Gubernatorial candidates Jerry Brown and Meg Whitman have unrolled a string of campaign websites targeted at specific audiences since spring 2010. This timeline should help sort out when candidates first launched their specialized websites.
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August 20, 2010, 12:05 AM
Who are Meg Whitman and Jerry Brown? Depends who you ask. Jerryfails.com would have you believe Brown’s life amounts to nothing but “a career politician with a legacy of broken promises and failure.” Meg-a-Myths.com barely stops short of calling Whitman a pathological liar,...
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Daily Report:
August 5, 2010, 12:20 AM
The California Watch newsroom was buzzing Tuesday – even more than usual. News broke that Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Tom Coburn, R-Okla., had released an oversight report highlighting questionable stimulus projects – a $175 million award to BP chief among them. That BP had...
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