Nov. 21 (UPI) -- The Justice Department asked a judge to force tech giant Google to break off its Chrome web browser in what is seen as one of the harshest antitrust penalties ever leveled against a U.S.-based business since the tech boom.

The department said Wednesday that Google, the king of online search for decades, is running an illegal monopoly because of its tight integration with Chrome, now one of the country's premiere web browsers.

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