> When it comes to the Comcast merger, Franken was even more vocal. “As you probably know, I hate this merger,” he told the group. Not only will it raise prices on TV subscriptions, it will give the combined entity incredible power to stifle competition from online sources like Netflix. > > “I’m hearing that Comcast is already preparing to pull NBC Universal’s programming from Netflix when it’s next up for review,” Franken said. The cable industry is worried about the threat from cheaper options like Netflix; “they aren’t…

> [Mark Twain](http://topics.sfgate.com/topics/Mark_Twain) wrote that “the difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter.” A new edition of “[Adventures of Huckleberry Finn](http://topics.sfgate.com/topics/Adventures_of_Huckleberry_Finn)” and “Tom Sawyer” will try to find out if that holds true by replacing the N-word with “slave” in an effort not to offend readers. > > Twain scholar Alan Gribben, who is working with [NewSouth Books](http://topics.sfgate.com/topics/NewSouth_Books) in [Alabama](http://topics.…

> At least 200 Wal-Mart stores will roll out security > announcements within 24 hours, Wal-Mart spokesman Dan Fogleman > said. By month’s end, 588 stores in 27 states will be participating > in the program. A short video featuring Napolitano will appear on > TV screens at select checkout lanes, asking Wal-Mart shoppers to > contact local law enforcement to report suspicious activity. > > “If you see something suspicious in the parking lot or in the > store, say something immediately,” Napolitano said in the video. > “Report suspicious activity to your local police or sheriff. If…

> I’m able to make a distinction between you and me without > feeling the least bit hypocritical. I don’t watch snuff films and > you make them. You weren’t killing that animal for food or shelter > or even fashion, you were killing it for fun. You enjoy killing > animals. I can make the distinction between the two of us but I’ve > tried and tried and for the life of me, I can’t make a distinction > between what you get paid to do and what Michael Vick went…

> Every line of pro-prosecution rationale cited by Feinstein applies equally to journalists — including especially the newspapers from around the world which are publishing all of the same diplomatic cables as WikiLeaks is, and which are publishing them **before WikiLeaks even does.**   How can it possibly be that WikiLeaks should be prosecuted for espionage, but not *The New York Times*, or *The Guardian*, or any other newspaper that publishes these cables?  > > In 2006, Alberto Gonzales [threatened to prosecute *The New York Times*](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/…