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Flash Flood Watch expires at 7:00 PM on 5/21, issued at 9:29 AM Kiamichi Christian Mission, OK The state medical examiner's office has revised the death toll from a tornado in an Oklahoma City suburb to 24 people, including nine children.

AT&T has announced a suite of home-security and home-automation services in the Twin Cities to complement its familiar wireless voice and data offerings.

Charter Communications increased 8 percent in the American Customer Satisfaction Index in the past year, finishing with an overall score of 64 out of 100, second behind Cox Communications.

Charlie Ergen, the chairman of U.S. satellite company Dish Network Corp , has offered to buy bankrupt broadband company LightSquared Inc's wireless airwaves, a source close to Ergen told Reuters.

The firm currently has a "buy" rating on the stock. Several other analysts have also recently commented on the stock.

The WGA West has called a noontime picket and rally in support of striking writers on Fashion Police , the union announced in an email to members.

The company also added 277,000 subscribers through its worldwide partnerships with multisystems operators, primarily Virgin Media.

AT&T is enhancing its South Carolina network staff with plans to hire 70 new employees as it looks to expand both its wireless LTE network and wireline U-verse services throughout the state.

Ruma Chopra talked about her book Unnatural Rebellion: Loyalists in New York City During the Revolution .

A new Apple HDTV concept video has surfaced online, imagining what Apple's long-rumoured television, dubbed iTV, could look like, and the features it could bring to our living rooms.

It's been high times for Sirius XM Radio . After posting another 5-year high and gaining over 3 percent for the week, the satellite radio company closed on Friday at the goalpost mark of $3.50. Meanwhile, Google showed it had a streaming radio service up its sleeve and unleashed its "All Access" package in advance of any iRadio service.

In the name of protecting us from hackers, computer viruses and cyber-terrorists, the House of Representatives has passed a bill that would make it easier for sites like Facebook and Twitter and Internet service providers like Comcast and Time-Warner to share users' private messages and files with government agencies.

Alaska Communications and General Communication, Inc. are working toward merging their infrastructure as the Alaska Wireless Network, a deal meant to better position both companies when Verizon Wireless enters the Alaska market.

By Friday, May 17th, cable TV customers of Comcast Cablevision of Mobile in Mobile and other cable TV systems in the United States began noticing that all of the programs normally broadcast by the Cartoon Network , a national cable TV and satellite TV programming, were being displayed in the 16:9 aspect ratio on their standard-definition feed, even ... (more)

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Things never get dull for the country's lone satellite-radio provider. Shares of Sirius XM Radio Inc moved nicely higher this week, gaining 3.2% to hit $3.50. It was a positive week for the markets in general, but Sirius XM's pop was double the Dow's 1.6% climb.

A software engineer for Comcast got his early version of Google Glass last weekend, grabbed his bike and shot video of his ride across the Golden Gate Bridge.

With search and recommendation becoming key assets for video service providers to reduce churn, AT&T has made it easier for its U-verse customers to find the content they're looking for.

Through its PoP, Rogers Business Solutions, which is the commercial services division of Rogers Communications, can now offer connectivity services on its network to enterprises and carrier organizations globally.

Tom Wheeler, nominated to become the new chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, pledged to divest stakes in AT&T Inc, Dish Network Corp, Divestments are common for nominees to avoid conflicts of interest.