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"Captain Underpants" beats "Fifty Shades" in U.S. library complaints

April 15, 2013 17:00
(Reuters) - Subversive toilet humour proved more offensive to Americans than bondage and eroticism last year, according to a list of most challenged books in U.S. libraries that saw complaints about "Captain Underpants" outweigh those for "Fifty Shades of Grey."

U.S. spectrum sale must spur wireless competition -Justice Dept

April 12, 2013 16:15
By Alina Selyukh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Smaller wireless carriers should be able to get a fair share of spectrum in the forthcoming U.S. auction to ensure the market is competitive, the Justice Department told the Federal Communications Commission in a filing made public on Friday. The filing underlines the high value of the low-frequency spectrum that will be auctioned off, and delivers a blow to the two largest U.S. providers, Verizon Communications Inc and AT&T Inc, in their efforts to acquire those airwaves.

FBI phone snooping tactic ruled unconstitutional

March 15, 2013 19:15
A US judge has ordered the FBI to stop its "pervasive" use of National Security letters to secretly snoop on phone and email records, ruling Friday that the heavily used tactic was unconstitutional. The order issued by US District Court Judge Susan Illston in San Francisco came as a surprising blow to a measure heavily used by the administration of President Barack Obama in the name of battling terrorism.

Keep breasts, buttocks under wraps, CBS tells Grammy performers

February 7, 2013 15:30
LOS ANGELES, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Grammy performers have been told to cover up at Sunday's big music awards show, and keep their buttocks, nipples and genitals under wraps. Their politics can't show either. In a "wardrobe advisory," broadcaster CBS also asked musicians and audience members likely to appear on camera at the Feb. 10 Grammy Awards ceremony to avoid wearing brand names on T-shirts as well as clothing with political or activist slogans.
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