Cable indecency rule clash in Ted Stevens hearing
Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska pushes to apply indecency rules to cable and satellite TV and radio, arguing airwaves carry more explicit content. Critics say private networks and viewers choose services, and government overregulates commerce while wasteful spending underscores his record.
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America
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Bush
Ted Stevens
Alaska
Senate Commerce Committee
Stevens
Howard Stern
Sirius Satellite Radio
Tony Soprano
Paulie
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Stern
Uncle Sam
Party of Private Enterprise
National Cable and Telecommunications Association
Cable TV
Mercury poisoning and EPA cap and trade debate
The piece argues mercury as a neurotoxin endangering fetuses and infants, citing Minamata images by W. Eugene Smith and a 1970s outbreak. It criticizes the EPA cap and trade rule, predicting limited emission cuts and widespread interstate increases, and accuses the agency of ignoring scientific opinion to favor industry. It highlights Har vard cost-benefit disputes and warns of health impacts from exposure.
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Minamata
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Natural Resources Defense Council
NRDC
California
Colorado
New Hampshire
New Jersey
William Becker
State and Territorial
Washington Post
Harvard University
Harvard
Capitol Pork Takes Center Stage In Nation's Capital
A year early look at the 2005 Congressional Pig Book from Citizens Against Government Waste accuses Congress of vast pork spending. It catalogs 13,999 projects across 13 bills totaling 27.3 billion dollars in fiscal 2005, with notable adds like 450 thousand for a Baseball Hall of Fame outreach and 11.6 million to West Virginia projects.
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Alaska
Congress
North Pole
Ted Stevens
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Ashington
Washington Nationals
Nationals
Redskins
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Harlem Globetrotters
Newt
Gingrich
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Cagw.org
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Syracuse
N.Y
Baseball Hall of Fame
Cooperstown
Hall of Fame
Department of Health and Human Services
Washington, D.C
Robert Byrd
D-W.va
Byrd
West Virginia University
Appalachian Fruit Laboratory
Kearneysville
Beaver
New policy split over China arms embargo and rights
The European Union faces criticism for its China arms embargo as calls rise to lift it led by Jacques Chirac. Straw argues grouping China with Burma and Zimbabwe is inappropriate, recalling Tiananmen and China’s pace on civil rights. Human rights groups warn progress is insufficient.
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London
European Union
China
Jacques Chirac
Germany
Jack Straw
Burma
Zimbabwe
Tiananmen Square
Beijing
Straw
Foreign Office
Khaleej Times
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United Nations
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