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Ear relief: Congress acts to stifle loud TV ads


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Posted 03 December 2010 - 03:21 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Here's a message TV viewers may not want to mute: The days of getting blasted out of the easy chair by blaring TV commercials may soon be over. The House on Thursday gave final congressional approval to a bill that would prevent advertisers from abruptly raising the volume to catch the attention of viewers wandering off when regular programming is interrupted....

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