Whitewater on TV a Poor Civics Lesson
Deborah Mathis laments that children are absorbing the Whitewater hearings on TV as entertainment. She argues the spectacle and partisan clashes overshadow substantive civic education and calls for V-Chip safeguards while urging a return to disciplined, informative civic viewing.
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Atlanta faces rent gouging fears during Olympic buildup
Tenants in Atlanta fear price gouging as Intown Properties offers sublease plans to Olympic visitors and hints at steep rent hikes. Boling, paying 475 monthly, faces a 3000 monthly offer or eviction. City officials push for restraint while state law blocks local rent control.
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Oldest European humanlike fossils found in Spain
Spain's Burgos Atapuerca region yields 780000-year-old hominid fossils and primitive stone tools in Gran Dolina. Researchers say the find may prove prehumans spread across Europe a quarter of a million years earlier than thought, reshaping early human history.
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