As officials continue to pursue suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings, the highest-profile act of terror in the U.S. since the Sept. 11 attacks on New York City and the Pentagon in 2001, individuals are taking to the Internet in efforts to identify potential...
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The area of Boylston Street after two explosions occurred along the final stretch of the Boston Marathon on April 15, 2013.
Boston Bombing Spurs Internet Tracking
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Internet’s Money on Democrats, Wireless-Tel Cash Went Republican
A clash over the allocation of new spectrum pits companies whose employees backed Democratic candidates in the last election against those who put their money on Republicans. At issue is how to divvy up airwaves among telephone companies with wireless...
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A supporter at a Barack Obama campaign event in Chicago on August 12, 2012.
Voters Tuning Out Traditional TV Ads
Nearly half of likely voters own a smartphone, a third skip commercials when watching television because they have digital video recorders and a third own a tablet computer. Those are some of the findings from a national survey conducted by...
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An Obama campaign worker at the campaign's headquarters in Chicago.
Obama’s `Bully Pulpit’ — Internet vs Republican National Convention
Say the president is looking for a “bully pulpit” on the World Wide Web. He starts in Columbus, Ohio. With a purchase of ads on Road Runner’s Web site. That run of Web ads, timed for the start of the...
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President Barack Obama walks to Marine One prior to departing to Florida and Virginia to attend campaign events.
No. 1 Political Web Video: Obama’s
In the YouTube campaign, the president has taken a wide lead. No. 1 in the top-trending English-language political videos last week: President Barack Obama’s Web-ad about “The Choice:” 1.958 million hits. “It’s a choice between two very different plans for...
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Mitt Romney after remarks on the Supreme Court ruling of the Obama health care plan on June 28, 2012.
Repealer-Romney: $4.3 M, Counting
Updated at 11:10 am EDT Republican Mitt Romney’s campaign is reporting a gold rush. Since the Supreme Court ruled nearly 24 hours ago to uphold President Barack Obama’s signature health-care law, the Romney campaign says, supporters have contributed $4.,3 million...
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