• Poll: Most Voters Still Look to Traditional News Media
• Source: Los Angeles Times   |   Nation   |   August 24, 2012
• The bulk of voters who follow current events daily turn to traditional sources, especially local TV news, the USC Annenberg/Los Angeles Times Poll on Politics and the Press finds.
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• Election iPhone App Fact-checks Attack Ads
• Source: Politico   |   Nation   |   August 23, 2012
• The Super PAC App for the iPhone has already climbed to No. 4 on iTunes’ list of most-downloaded free news applications.
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• National Public Safety Wireless Network Starting to Take Shape
• BY: Government Technology   |   Nation   |   August 21, 2012
• Harris County, Texas, rolls out the first pieces of what could become a nationwide broadband wireless network for public safety.

• New Mexico Gov. Posts Public Workers' Names and Salaries Online, Again
• BY: McClatchy News   |   New Mexico   |   August 16, 2012
• Gov. Susana Martinez has decided to post the names and salaries of classified state employees in a new place after a judge ruled last month that Martinez must remove those workers' names from the New Mexico Sunshine Portal.
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• Michigan Crime Lab Chief Resigns
• Source: Detroit News   |   Michigan   |   August 16, 2012
• He's resigning less than a month after helping to win a coveted international accreditation for the department's seven crime labs.

• University of Colorado to Build Solar-powered Toilet
• Source: The Daily Camera   |   Colorado   |   August 15, 2012
• University of Colorado scientists have been awarded a $780,000 grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to build a waterless, solar-powered toilet.
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• Calif. Climate Change Website Challenges Skeptics
• BY: Stateline   |   California   |   August 15, 2012
• As conservative legislators in some states are fighting efforts to address climate change, California Gov. Jerry Brown has unveiled a new website that attacks skeptics head-on.
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• Facebook, Twitter Becoming More Popular Among Oregon Lawmakers
• Source: Oregonian   |   Oregon   |   August 13, 2012
• Four years after social media became a go-to for national politicians, Oregon legislators are harnessing its power.

• Maryland Becomes 10th State with Online Voter Registration
• BY: Government Technology   |   Maryland   |   August 13, 2012
• A few hundred residents have already used the system to register to vote.

• Will Geothermal Solve California's Energy Crisis?
• BY: Government Technology   |   California   |   August 10, 2012
• Energy producers and experts discuss geothermal and other renewable power sources at the National Geothermal Summit in Sacramento, Calif.
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• New Turbine to Generate Electricity from Underwater
• Source: New York Times   |   Maine   |   August 10, 2012
• When this project starts delivering electricity to the grid under a power-purchasing agreement, it will be the first tidal-power turbine to do so in the United States.

• New York City Unveils Crime-Tracking Data Software
• BY: Government Technology   |   New York City   |   August 9, 2012
• The software is New York City’s attempt to build a truly one-stop shop for crime and counterterrorism data that’s accessible in real time.
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• Wikipedia Locks Pages of VP Contenders After Edits Soar
• Source: The Hill   |   Nation   |   August 9, 2012
• With anticipation high for the expected announcement by Romney’s campaign, TechPresident’s Micah L. Sifry reported that monitoring the increased number of edits on the Wikipedia entries for various contenders might tip off interested observers.
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• New Cars Make First Responders' Job Harder
• Source: USA Today   |   Nation   |   August 9, 2012
• Cars have changed in ways that make rescues more complicated and dangerous for first responders.

• Twitter Must Give Police Needed Data, Rules New York Court
• Source: New York Times   |   New York   |   August 8, 2012
• Twitter officials have complied with a court order to turn over account information to help New York police investigators identify who threatened to carry out an attack like the Colorado movie theater shooting at a Broadway theater where Mike Tyson is appearing in a one-man show.

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