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NBC Universal Drops ITunes Downloads After Apple Refuses To Raise Prices

NBC Universal has decided not to renew its contract with Apple. Come December, popular NBC shows like Battlestar Galactica and The Office will no longer be available via the iTunes Store. NBC is currently the number one supplier of digital videos to the iTunes Store, accounting for more than 40 percent of downloads.

The NBC announcement follows an earlier decision by Universal music to also shun the iTunes Store when it made the move to DRM-free music sales. According to The New York Times, NBC is unhappy with the iTunes price structure and wants to offer bundled deals and increase prices, i.e. buy a movie you want and get a free TV show you don’t care about. For some reason, NBC believes bundles are what consumers really want.

The cost of implementing educational vouchers is staggering

cumulatively topping out at $384 million

separate budget, with the addition of voucher funding, Utah taxpayers will actually be taxed two times for education.

state housing officials yesterday pledged up to $10 million to support the development of more integrated communities

aims to prevent further loss of the state’s dwindling forests, and conserve land, energy, water and other natural resources

recast the negative associations with “density” by creating attractive yet more compact communities that offer easy access to shopping, jobs and public transportation

Sexual Orientation Revealed by Body Type and Motion, Study Suggests

An individual's body motion and body type can offer subtle cues about their sexual orientation, but casual observers seem better able to read those cues in gay men than in lesbians, according to a new study in the September issue of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.

we've found that casual observers can use gait and body shape to judge whether a stranger is gay or straight with a small but perceptible amount of accuracy."

Engineers perfecting hydrogen-generating technology

Researchers at Purdue University have further developed a technology that could represent a pollution-free energy source for a range of potential applications, from golf carts to submarines and cars to emergency portable generators.

produces hydrogen by adding water to an alloy of aluminum and gallium.

A federal judge struck down controversial portions of the USA Patriot Act Thursday, ordering the FBI to stop its wide use of a warrantless tactic

U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero

violates the First Amendment and constitutional provisions on the separation of powers

MP3 users 'risking hearing loss'

State of Play: Man versus machine

SHANGHAI residents are encouraged to take public transport or walk to their destinations on September 22

residents will be asked to avoid driving private cars within the Inner Ring Road

not mandatory, but in some areas, driving will be banned outright.

a development that brings space-based power generation systems a step closer to reality

researchers from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and the Osaka University Institute of Laser Engineering have developed groundbreaking new technology for converting sunlight into laser beams.

plates made from a special ceramic material containing chromium

On Warming, Bush Vows U.S. 'Will Do Its Part'

President Bush assured the rest of the world yesterday that he takes the threat of climate change seriously and vowed that the United States "will do its part" to reduce the greenhouse gases that are warming the planet, but he proposed no concrete new initiatives to reach that goal.

The president's speech at a conference of major economic powers represented a symbolic turn for a leader who once expressed doubt about global warming and angered foreign partners by renouncing the Kyoto treaty.

The United States said Thursday that a peace treaty formally ending the Korean war and the normalization of its relations with the DPRK will hinge on the Asian nation's abiding by the document agreed upon at the six-party

all conditioned on the DPRK's progress abiding by the joint document reached at the six-party talks

certain actions that we expect by the end of the year

peace treaty formally ending the Korean war and the normalization of US-North Korean ties would depend on the Stalinist regime abiding by an agreement that calls for dismantling its nuclear weapons program.

United States, Japan, China, North and South Korea, and Russia.

certain actions that we expect by the end of the year, such as the disablement of (the) Yongbyon (nuclear complex), and their actions will be met with actions on our end," said Johndroe.

Bush vetoed the children’s health insurance bill

sparking unusual dismay from some prominent Republicans.

“Because the Congress has chosen to send me a bill that moves our health care system in the wrong direction, I must veto it,” Mr. Bush

Secret U.S. Endorsement of Severe Interrogations

Alternative energy, says manager Jack Robinson, will become a huge part of the global economy

socially responsible funds earn their keep. Winslow Green Growth (888-314-9049, symbol WGGFX) is at the top of that list.

WFI Industries (WFI.TO) "is probably our favorite stock today,"

Cocaine supply down sharply, U.S. officials say

sharply reduce the availability of cocaine in 37 American cities

report released Tuesday by federal anti-narcotics officials.

$41 Billion a Year

extends the city's current smoking ban to include multi-unit, multi-story residences.

still be allowed in single-family homes and their yards

President Bush suggested Wednesday that he’d like to see his family’s White House legacy continue

Neither can seek re-election because of term limits.

“I would like to see Jeb run at some point in time, but I have no idea if that’s his intention or not,” Bush said