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Sunday, April 12, 2015

Poll shows vast majority of Cubans welcome closer ties with U.S. - By Joshua Partlow and Peyton M. Craighill April 8, 2015 Photographs by Sarah L. Voisin

Washington Post: Poll shows vast majority of Cubans welcome closer ties with U.S. - By Joshua Partlow and Peyton M. Craighill April 8, 2015 Photographs by Sarah L. Voisin

By Joshua Partlow and Peyton M. Craighill April 8, 2015

Photographs by Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post

Must see Sarah L. Voisin’s photography wonderful work on Cuba assignment – I am green with envy. Just saying: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/poll-shows-vast-majority-of-cubans-welcome-closer-ties-with-us/2015/04/08/6285bfe4-d8c3-11e4-bf0b-f648b95a6488_story.html?wpisrc=al_alert

MEXICO CITY — The vast majority of Cubans welcome warmer relations with the United States, holding high expectations that closer ties pledged by the two countries will shake up the island’s troubled economy, according to a new survey of Cuban citizens. But they are doubtful that the diplomatic detente will bring political reforms to their communist country.

The poll of residents on the island shows a people unhappy with the political system, eager to end the U.S. embargo and disenchanted with their state-run economy. More than half of Cubans say they would like to leave the country for good if they had the chance.

The survey, done through 1,200 in-person interviews, was conducted in March by the Miami-based research firm Bendixen & Amandi International on behalf of the networks Univision Noticias and Fusion. It is being reported in collaboration with The Washington Post.

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Tuesday, June 17, 2014

U.S. captures Benghazi suspect in secret raid

U.S. Special Operations forces have captured the alleged ringleader of the terrorist attacks in Benghazi in a secret raid in Libya, the first time one of the accused perpetrators of the 2012 assault has been apprehended, according to U.S. officials.

The officials said Ahmed Abu Khattala was captured over the weekend by American troops working alongside the FBI and is now in U.S. custody “in a secure location outside Libya.” Khattala was apprehended near Benghazi.

Read more at:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-captured-benghazi-suspect-in-secret-raid/2014/06/17/7ef8746e-f5cf-11e3-a3a5-42be35962a52_story.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-captured-benghazi-suspect-in-secret-raid/2014/06/17/7ef8746e-f5cf-11e3-a3a5-42be35962a52_story.html?wpisrc=al_national
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Wednesday, August 07, 2013

Reflections of a Newsosaur: Digital doctor Bezos takes on the ailing Post

Reflections of a Newsosaur: Digital doctor Bezos takes on the ailing Post:

http://newsosaur.blogspot.com/2013/08/digital-doctor-bezos-takes-on-ailing.html

"The purchase of the struggling Washington Post by Jeff Bezos may be the best news the news industry has had in a long time, because it finally puts a true digital native at the helm of a newspaper company.

Bezos, the billionaire founder of Amazon.Com, is uniquely equipped to bring unprecedented innovation and fresh energy to an industry whose managers run their businesses like the people of Cuba treat their 1953 Plymouths: tinkering with them just enough to keep them running. "

While the people in Cuba unfortunately have no other options, the newspaper industry has been sputtering toward irrelevance for the better part of a decade because editors and publishers either don’t like or don’t get digital publishing. Perhaps, it’s a bit of both.

Either way, Bezos, who is paying $250 million of his own money to buy the newspaper from the heirs of the man who purchased it out bankruptcy in 1933, now has the opportunity to show publishers how to do digital. And it’s a safe bet he will grab it.

With a personal fortune topping $25 billion, Bezos has the demonstrated means, insight and patience to re-envision the business model of an industry that has lost more than half of its primary revenue stream since advertising sales peaked at $49.4 billion in 2005.

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Tuesday, August 06, 2013

Washington Post to be sold to Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon

By Paul Farhi, Published: August 5, 2013

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/washington-post-to-be-sold-to-jeff-bezos/2013/08/05/ca537c9e-fe0c-11e2-9711-3708310f6f4d_print.html

The Washington Post Co. agreed Monday to sell its flagship newspaper to Amazon.com founder and chief executive Jeffrey P. Bezos, ending the Graham family’s stewardship of one of America’s leading news organizations after four generations.

Bezos, whose entrepreneurship has made him one of the world’s richest men, will pay $250 million in cash for The Post and affiliated publications to The Washington Post Co., which owns the newspaper and other businesses.

Seattle-based Amazon will have no role in the purchase; Bezos himself will buy the news organization and become its sole owner when the sale is completed, probably within 60 days. The Post Co. will get a new, still undecided name and continue as a publicly traded company without the newspaper.

The deal represents a sudden and stunning turn of events for The Post, Washington’s leading newspaper for decades and a powerful force in shaping the nation’s politics and policy. Few people were aware that a sale was in the works for the paper, an institution that has covered presidents and local communities and gained worldwide attention for its stories about the Watergate scandal and, in June, disclosures about National Security Agency surveillance programs…

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Monday, August 05, 2013

Amazon founder Bezos to buy Washington Post - herald-mail.com

Amazon founder Bezos to buy Washington Post - herald-mail.com: "By The Associated Press 5:06 p.m. EDT, August 5, 2013

http://www.herald-mail.com/news/hm-amazon-founder-bezos-to-buy-washington-post-20130805%2C0%2C229959.story

LOS ANGELES — Jeff Bezos, the Amazon.com founder who helped bring books into the digital age, is going after another pillar of “old media”: The Washington Post.

Bezos, 49, struck a deal announced Monday to buy the venerable Washington broadsheet and other newspapers for $250 million. It was a startling demonstration of how the Internet has created winners and losers and transformed the media landscape."

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Saturday, July 06, 2013

The Washington Post Saturday Morning Headlines for Saturday, July 6, 2013

NATION
Health insurance markets won’t have to verify consumer claims
A new rule says the online exchanges can accept statements about income and health insurance status.
( by Sarah Kliff and Sandhya Somashekhar , The Washington Post)

Search for Edward Snowden reveals tensions with Bolivia
Incident in which Bolivian President Evo Morales’s plane was apparently diverted is a source of controversy.
( by Max Ehrenfreund , The Washington Post)

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LOCAL
More smashing, grabbing in Va
A smash and grab theft reported at a Tysons jeweler on July 2
( by Martin Weil , The Washington Post)

Washington area religion events
Cathedral staff addition, labyrinth walks, choir from Switzerland, annual J. S. Bach festival in Georgetown.
(, The Washington Post)

Fledgling farmers welcome chanceto toil in their own field of dreams
Montgomery County program matches Agricultural Reserve land owners with novice farmers.
( by Steve Hendrix , The Washington Post)

Va. boy, 7, dies after being hit by stray bullet on Fourth of July
A Virginia boy, 7, died Friday, a day after being hit by a stray bullet while awaiting a July 4th fireworks display.
( by Martin Weil , The Washington Post)

Woman, 6-year-old daughter found dead in Prince William lake
Another child was found screaming but can’t tell police what happened because she has a disability.
( by Dana Hedgpeth and Nicole Chavez , The Washington Post)

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POLITICS
Transit service resumes in San Francisco as labor talks continue
A contract is extended for 30 days with the two sides saying they remain far apart on several issues.
( by Terry Collins , The Washington Post)

At Zimmerman trial, mothers of teen and defendant dispute 911 call
On witness stand, both parents assert that their sons, Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman, made screams.
( by Mike Schneider and Kyle Hightower , The Washington Post)

Southern Calif. fireworks blast injures dozens
Police are still trying to determine the cause of the explosion, which sent 20 to the hospital by ambulance.
( by Gillian Flaccus , The Washington Post)

Ariz. firefighters were near safe zone; N.Y. warns of blessing scam
A roundup of news from around the country.
(, The Washington Post)

Both parties rethink strategies on abortion
Republicans rally support at the state level to pass limits on the practice, even as Democrats see a chance to portray their GOP foes as more focused on extreme social issues than on bolstering economy.
( by Juliet Eilperin , The Washington Post)

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STYLE
Hints From Heloise: Furry photos
Do you have a pet with an unusual marking? Heloise is seeking hard-copy photos of the phenomenon.
(, The Washington Post)

Ask Amy: Important disclosure complicated by divorce
She has not yet told her 18-year-old that the man she thinks of as dad is not her biological father.
(, The Washington Post)

Carolyn Hax: Readers give advice
Readers weigh in on family rifts, boys and their girlfriends, and Mother’s Day baggage.
(, The Washington Post)

Graça Machel, a first lady twice over: The woman by Mandela’s side
She is a trained guerilla fighter, advocate for children and the only first lady of two African nations.
( by Krissah Thompson , The Washington Post)

Tease your brain with riddles
These jokes might make you think about words in a new way.
(, The Washington Post)

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BUSINESS
Chinese origins a blessing, curse for tech firm
Tencent’s instant messaging service expands globally, but WeChat may face trouble with U.S., other nations.
( by Jia Lynn Yang , The Washington Post)

Digest: Samsung and HTC fall short of expectations
Reports raise concerns that the smartphone firms aren’t able to sustain the kind of growth that has helped them prosper.
(, The Washington Post)

Stock market closes week at gain
A favorable June jobs report led to market growth, and the dollar also experienced appreciation.
( by Katerina Sokou , The Washington Post)

Google faces increased pressure from Europe on privacy
The action comes against a backdrop of questions over how American firms protect European data.
( by Hayley Tsukayama , The Washington Post)

FCC approves deals between Sprint, Softbank, Clearwire
The approval was the final hurdle for the Japanese carrier’s $21.6M bid for a 70 percent stake in Sprint-Nextel.
( by Hayley Tsukayama , The Washington Post)

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SPORTS
TV and radio listings for July 6

(, The Washington Post)

Johnson crumbles as Orioles fall in N.Y.
Orioles closer Jim Johnson suffers his sixth blown save of the season as Baltimore coughs up a game in the Bronx.
( by Dan Connolly , The Washington Post)

Nats showing promise, top Padres
Wilson Ramos drives in three runs as Washington improves to two games over the .500 mark in quest to get its season back on track.
( by Adam Kilgore , The Washington Post)

Djokovic, Murray raise roof in semis
Novak Djokovic ousts Juan Martin del Potro in the longest-ever Wimbledon semifinal and will face Andy Murray in Sunday’s final.
( by Liz Clarke , The Washington Post)

Capitals lose Ribeiro, Hendricks
It’s no secret Washington was going to do little during NHL free agency, but its depth has taken a hit and its division rivals have improved.
( by Katie Carrera , The Washington Post)

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TECHNOLOGY
Google faces increased pressure from Europe on privacy
The action comes against a backdrop of questions over how American firms protect European data.
( by Hayley Tsukayama , The Washington Post)

FCC approves deals between Sprint, Softbank, Clearwire
The approval was the final hurdle for the Japanese carrier’s $21.6M bid for a 70 percent stake in Sprint-Nextel.
( by Hayley Tsukayama , The Washington Post)

Questions for Google about Android security, Glass privacy
As European and U.S. officials scrutinize Google’s policies, researchers reported a security flaw.
( by Max Ehrenfreund , The Washington Post)

It’s not just Apple: HTC, Samsung suffer from high expectations
High expectations are coming up against a sales slowdown in the smartphone market.
( by Hayley Tsukayama , The Washington Post)

It’s official: handset “subsidies” are a bad deal
According to no less an authority than the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD), so-called “subsidized handsets” don’t generally work out to be cheaper.
( by David Meyer | GigaOM.com , gigaom.com)

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WORLD
Morsi backers clash with opponents, security forces as Egypt violence escalates
At least 30 people were killed in clashes across the country, news services report.
( by William Booth and Michael Birnbaum , The Washington Post)

Venezuela offers asylum to Edward Snowden
President Nicolas Maduro calls the NSA leaker a target of imperialist persecution by the United States.
( By Emilia Diaz, Juan Forero and Will Englund , The Washington Post)

Sarah Harrison, the WikiLeaks emissary traveling with Snowden
A mystery woman and confidante of Julian Assange is now in the spotlight of another leaks drama.
( by Anthony Faiola and Karla Adam , The Washington Post)

Syrian army launches heavy barrage on city of Homs
Trying to build on recent successes, the government launched a major offensive on the area last weekend.
( by Bassem Mroue and Zeina Karam , The Washington Post)

World Digest: July 5, 2013
South African officials reiterate that Mandela is stable; suicide bombers kill 14 in Afghanistan.
(, The Washington Post)

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EDITORIAL
A bullet through the heart
A surprise witness appears at the Zimmerman trial: maternal instinct.
(, The Washington Post)

Out of a rut in Egypt
Obama must act — and act quickly.
( by Robert Kagan , The Washington Post)

‘This Town’ is more than just good dish
A new book shows that Obama and his team ended up joining Washington’s culture
(, The Washington Post)

Equal-opportunity corruption
Accused public officials in the D.C. area and elsewhere transcend racial and party boundaries.
(, The Washington Post)

Sequester has caused much chaos

(, The Washington Post)

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Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Washington Post Tech News Daily: FTC says identity theft is top consumer complaint, By Hayley Tsukayama - and more

http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2013/02/washington-post-technews-daily-ftc-says.html

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

In the News

Post Tech by Cecilia Kang

The Circuit: FTC says identity theft is top consumer complaint

By Hayley Tsukayama

FTC says ID theft is top complaint: The Federal Trade Commission said Tuesday that consumer complaints aboutidentity theft accounted for 18 percent of the 2 million the agency received in 2012.
Of the identity theft complaints, the agency said, 43 percent were related to tax or wage fraud.
Debt collection complaints ranked second, with 10 percent, while complaints about banks and lenders came in third with 6 percent. Complaints about Internet services were the seventh most common complaint, with 4 percent or around just over 81,000 complaints.
Apple lawsuit: Apple has settled with parents who sued the company for making it too easy for kids to rack up charges by buying add-ons to games and other apps.
Under the terms of the settlement, the company is agreeing to give qualifying customers a $5 iTunes credit or, in certain cases, $5 in cash.
Apple spokesman Tom Neumayr declined to comment on the settlement.
The company has always required users to enter their passwords when they download an app, but the company used to also allow them to make additional in-app purchases for 15 minutes without reentering a password. As The Washington Post reported, parents complained that some children were able to accumulate hundreds of dollars in charges during that small window, drawing the scrutiny of state and federal regulators. Apple changed the policy in March 2011 to require a password for purchases, even on newly downloaded apps.
Internet Advocacy Day: Open Web advocates are preparing for Feb. 27, also known as Internet Advocacy Day, in which tech industry leaders and experts take to the Hill to educate Congress about Internet issues.
The day is the brainchild of the Internet Infrastructure Coalition, which is encouraging those interested in Internet issues to contact their members of Congress and promote the mission of Internet advocacy on social networks as part of the effort.
Google said to worry about Samsung: Google is reportedly worried about Samsung’s rising dominance as the main manufacturer of its Android mobile operating system, according to an article from the Wall Street Journal.
According to the report — which cites unnamed “people familiar with the matter” — Google executives are worried that Samsung’s rising dominance will give it too much power and allow the Korean company to eat into Google’s mobile advertising profits.
At a meeting of Google executives last year, the report said, Android head Andy Rubin reportedly said that the company’s acquisition of Motorola Mobility can act as insurance against Samsung’s strength.
Comcast makes new D.C. hires: Comcast announced two new hires for its D.C. offices Tuesday, saying that Ryan Wallach will now be the company’s senior deputy general counsel and Madura Wijewardena will be its new senior director of public policy.
Wallach has previously served as outside counsel for the company, and was special counsel at Willkie, Farr and Gallagher. Wijewardena had previously served as the director of research and policy at the national Urban League in Washington.
Copyright and piracy: After some delays, the Center for Copyright Information announced Monday that it will begin implementing new rules that directly notify users when their connections have been used for illegal downloading.
Also known as the “six strike” rule, the initiative gives users escalating warnings when Internet service providers detect copyrighted material is being shared over peer-to-peer networks. Early warnings are meant to educational while later warnings could result in the slowdown of Internet service for 48 hours.