Topic - Jay Rockefeller

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  Senate bill aims at cybersecurity standards

  A new Senate bill would allow the Department of Homeland Security to set and enforce computer security standards for companies that own or operate critical systems like mobile networks, power grids and telephone/cable systems deemed to be at risk of cyber-attack.

• Senate rejects GOP bid to overturn Internet rules

  Senate Democrats on Thursday turned back a Republican attempt to repeal federal rules designed to prevent Internet service providers from discriminating against those who send content and other services over their networks.

• SGT. SHAFT: Vet widows retain military benefits until they remarry

  Dear Sgt Shaft: I married my veteran husband after he had retired from the service. Would I retain my military ID and privileges following his death?

• Murdochs to be questioned in UK; FBI opens review

  Rupert Murdoch and his son James first refused, then agreed to appear before U.K. lawmakers investigating phone hacking and police bribery, while in the U.S., the FBI opened a review into allegations the Murdoch media empire sought to hack into the phones of Sept. 11 victims.

• Murdochs to be questioned in UK; FBI opens review

  Rupert Murdoch and his son James first refused, then agreed Thursday to appear before U.K. lawmakers investigating phone hacking and police bribery, while in the U.S., the FBI opened a review into allegations the Murdoch media empire sought to hack into the phones of Sept. 11 victims.

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  Murdoch drops bid for British Sky Broadcasting

  Rupert Murdoch's dream of controlling a British broadcasting behemoth evaporated Wednesday as he withdrew his bid for BSkyB — the latest, biggest casualty of what Prime Minister David Cameron called the hacking "firestorm" sweeping through British politics, media and police.

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  Congress ready to pass aviation safety measures

  The chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee said he is introducing a bill that would tighten measures for airlines after a deadly commuter plane crash in western New York in early 2009.

• And the government taketh away

  The phrase "Only in America" once was used only as an expression of pride.

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