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The Federal Communications Commission and the Obama administration will unveil a plan Tuesday to broaden high-speed Internet access in the United States and encourage telecom companies to provide faster download speeds.The plan comes from a directive in last year stimulus package to develop nationwide broadband. The stimulus also set aside funds to increase broadband availability and adoption, especially in rural areas.Ken Eisner of One Economy Corporation recently stopped by the Rundown to discuss the challenges of increasing broadband access across the country. High-speed Internet is increasingly seen as its own form of stimulus. In a report from the Brookings Institution, a study of 120 nations between 1980 and 2006 estimated that each 10 percentage point increase in broadband penetration adds 1.3 percent to a high-income country gross domestic product. In 2008, 50.8 percent of U.S households had broadband, according to the OECD, with a GDP-per-capita just above $46,000
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OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso AP 鈥?Burkina Faso ousted coup leader Lt. Col. Paul Henri Sandaogo Damiba left the country for Togo Sunday two days after he himself was overthrown in a coup, while the new junta urged citizens not to loot or vandalize.Damiba departure was confirmed by two diplomats who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the matter. It was not known whether Togo was his final destination.Earlier Sunday, religious leaders who had mediated between the factions said that Damiba had offered his resignation as long as his security and other conditions were met. A junta representative later announced on state television that their leader, Capt. Ibrahim Traore, officially has been named head of state following the Friday coup that ousted Damiba.Their power grab marked Burkina Faso second military coup this year, deepening fears that the political chaos could divert attention from an Islamic insurgency whose violence has killed thousands and forced 2 million to flee their homes. It followed unrest in Ouagadougou, the capital, in which mobs on Saturday attacked the French emb
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