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U.S. Jumps Into BlackBerry Patent Battle

RICHMOND, Va. – The U.S. government has inserted itself in a high-stakes patent fight over the popular BlackBerry device, saying it wants to make sure federal workers won’t be cut off from mobile access to their e-mail. The Justice Department filed a “statement of interest” earlier this week to explain …

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Paris Riots Hit One Week

CLICHY-SOUS-BOIS, France – Menacing youths smoked cigarettes in doorways Wednesday and hulks of burned cars littered the tough streets of Paris’ northeastern suburbs scarred by a week of riots that left residents on edge and sent the government into crisis mode. In a seventh consecutive night of skirmishes, young people …

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Armstrong Gets Control of Domain Names

GENEVA – Seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong (search) has won control of two Internet domain names containing the name of his fund-raising LiveStrong bracelets. Arbitrators for the World Intellectual Property Organization on Tuesday ordered the transfer of the domain names http://www.livestrongbracelets.net and http://www.talk-livestrong.com to the cycling great. He …

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