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By Mar Jo Pitzl, The Arizona Republic (Phoenix)
Arizona has lost an estimated $1.9 billion over the last decade because it doesn't tax online sales, a study commissioned by the Arizona Retailers Association said.
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By Michael Cooper, The New York Times
PALO ALTO, Calif. — Imagine looking for a house in San Francisco or one of the nicer parts of Silicon Valley, which are already among the most expensive parts of the country. Now imagine having to bid against a legion of newly minted Facebook millionaires.
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IA: Iowa moving to create an electronic medical records network
By Jason Clayworth, The Des Moines Register
Iowa would create a health information network used as a library of sorts that would allow medical officials to quickly obtain past records of patients advocates say is critical to providing proper and expedient care.
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IN: Illinois House committee OKs audio recording bill
By Shannon McFarland, The Associated Press, Northwest Indiana Times (Munster)
Legislation letting people record police activities without risking felony charges was approved Wednesday by an Illinois House committee, despite some lawmakers' concerns that the measure creates new complications.
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MA: Hacker group -- BPD will pay for Occupy eviction
By O'Ryan Johnson, Boston Herald
The Internet vigilante group Anonymous refuses to give up on its stranglehold of the Boston police website and is likely to strike again in revenge for cops evicting Occupy campers from Dewey Square, a man who claims to be the unofficial spokesman for the hacker collective told the Herald yesterday.
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MD: Henson robocall trial postponed
By Luke Broadwater, The Sun (Baltimore)
The election fraud trial of veteran political consultant Julius Henson was postponed Wednesday because of the illness of the state's primary investigator in the case.
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OH: Analaysts like green light for 'data highway' upgrade
By TIm Feran, The Columbus Dispatch
Gov. John Kasich's plan to "open the faucet" on the state's broadband access is drawing praise and a little caution — but most analysts agree that Ohio's economy will benefit from the move to higher network speeds for business and research institutions.
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OH: Kasich on Ohio -- 'We're alive again'
By Joe Vardon, The Columbus Dispatch
STEUBENVILLE, Ohio — A $10 million program to boost the state's broadband speeds tenfold and establish a $2.3 million broadband testing center at Ohio State University was the pre-eminent policy announcement Gov. John Kasich made in his State of the State address yesterday — historic for its circumstance but ripped by Democrats for being short on specifics.
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SD: SD panel gives green light to digital billboards
By The Associated Press, Rapid City Journal
South Dakota residents fighting to protect an unobstructed view of their Western Black Hills expressed worry Wednesday that towering electronic billboards considered crucial by local business will scar the landscape along a picturesque portion of Interstate 90.
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VA: Amazon in talks with Virginia about tax deal, lawmaker says
By Julian Walker, The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk)
As retailers from around the state lobbied lawmakers to end a sales tax loophole for online merchants, a state senator said one of the biggest beneficiaries, Amazon.com, is in talks with state officials about a tax deal.
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WV: Tomblin urges House to pass texting ban
By The Associated Press, Charleston Gazette
Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin is urging the House of Delegates to approve a bill that would ban drivers from texting and talking on a handheld cellphone.
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Ten states join effort to buy natural gas vehicles
By Daniel C. Vock, Stateline Staff Writer
TRANSPORTATION BEAT: Last fall, the governors of Oklahoma and Colorado announced a plan to get states to buy 5,000 vehicles powered by natural gas. So far, 10 states have joined the effort.
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