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The marriage of the nation's largest cable and broadband provider with a Hollywood entertainment powerhouse has sent shock waves through Washington, D.C., as lawmakers and consumer activists are calling for an intense regulatory review of the deal. Cable behemoth Comcast Corp., which this morning unveiled a deal to take majority control of General Electric Co.'s NBC Universal, is already gearing up for a long song and dance in Washington to get the acquisition approved

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Comcast, NBC deal sounds alarm bells in Washington