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by John Eggerton
Rep. Maxine Waters used the Fox/Cablevision retrans fight to renew her calls for conditions on the Comcast/NBCU deal. In a letter to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, she said that if Comcast were to use its ownership of NBCU TV stations, or online content, as leverage to negotiate higher rates from cable competitors, it could potentially harm consumers.
by Todd Shields
News Corp.'s programming conflict with Cablevision Systems Corp. raises questions about Comcast Corp.'s proposed merger with General Electric Co.'s NBC Universal, U.S. Representative Maxine Waters said today.
By Gautham Nagesh
House Judiciary Committee member Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) said Monday that the standoff between Cablevision and Fox raises additional concerns about the planned merger between NBC Universal and Comcast.
by Eric Bradley
South Bay state Sen. Jenny Oropeza, who seemed set to win a second and final term next month but had been battling a painful abdominal blood clot, died Wednesday. She was 53.
By DAMIAN PALETTA And DAVID WESSEL
A four-month-long Obama administration probe into five of the country's largest mortgage servicers has discovered "a significant variation" among their operations, with some servicers "significantly worse than others" in how they handle home loans, U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Shaun Donovan said in an interview.