They will not include trigger locks and other child-proofing devices as standard equipment.

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The tablet will debut in Italy, moving to other markets as Samsung locks in more carrier deals.

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The group of 8, 000 Linux developers has filed a complaint to the European Commission about a mechanism that locks out other operating systems.

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The key was not to try to dig a Suez-type of canal, a great sea-level trench from ocean to ocean, but to create a lock-and-lake canal, where the ships are lifted up by a series of locks to a man-made lake, and then they sail across that lake, and then they are set back down on the other side by another series of locks.

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The NTSB made several other proposals Tuesday, including increased use of technology that locks ignitions when a would-be driver is intoxicated.

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Many facilities have peepholes or no locks, so female officers stand guard for each other, HRW said.

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For example, Britain locks up more children in secure detention than any other western European country (though the total has recently fallen a bit), in part, say some, because of the Bulger furore.

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The Obama Administration would support a range of approaches to addressing this issue, including narrow legislative fixes in the telecommunications space that make it clear: neither criminal law nor technological locks should prevent consumers from switching carriers when they are no longer bound by a service agreement or other obligation.

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