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A Federal Commmunications Commission auction on prime public airwaves exceeded the $4.6 billion required to trigger an open-access provision to any device or software, based on anonymous bidding late last week. Analysts speculated that Google Inc. and Verizon Wireless were the likely bidders on the largest portion of the public wireless airwaves, a process that could take several more weeks.
Police continued their search Sunday for a man they said fled a Lane Bryant clothing store in Tinley Park, Ill., a Chicago suburb, where five women were shot to death during an apparent robbery on Saturday.
Washington State lawmakers are considering bills to make it easier for schools to serve students locally grown foods, the Seattle Times reports. To help schools cut their dependence on processed foods from industrial suppliers, legislation would provide as much as $5 million to buy fruits and vegetables grown in the state. There's also a provision to encourage food banks to do the same.
