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Obama may push for rural broadband (Pioneer Press)
Lakewood Health Systems would like to use more telemedicine for its patients, but that would require far faster Internet connections than presently exist in the small town of Staples, Minn., where the clinic is based.

Fresno nerd sees a better way; student's startup promises fast Internet speeds even with dial-up connections (Boston Herald)
FRESNO, Calif. - A self-proclaimed teenage computer nerd hopes a new company he's launched will become an online powerhouse - and he's got the backing of Microsoft...

AT&T offers refurbished i-Phones (ABC 7 Chicago)
You can now get an Apple i-Phone for just $99 dollars.

Teen's startup promises fast internet speeds (Tacoma News Tribune)
FRESNO, Calif. – A self-proclaimed teenage computer nerd hopes a new company he’s launched will become an online powerhouse – and he’s got the backing of Microsoft to help him do it.

Gordon Brown’s ‘public works’ job plan doesn’t add up (Socialist Worker)
Gordon Brown pledged this week that up to 100,000 jobs could be created by planned public works in the coming years. The government insists that a £10 billion capital programme – including the acceleration of existing plans – will help alleviate rising unemployment.