Behind the Curtain in Lip-Sync and Illusion
Ellen Goodman argues that technology amplifies and distorts reality from Milli Vanilli to political and Hollywood performances. Audiences prefer larger-than-life images, tolerating deception as formats shift from live to video, lip-syncing, and engineered fame.
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Oston
Toronto
Hollywood
Dorothy
Gene Kelly
Audrey Hepburn
Madonna
Janet Jackson
Milli Vanilli
Rob Pilatus
Fabrice Morgan
Johnny Davis
Charles Shaw
Brad Howell
Barbra Streisand
Julia Roberts
Kansas
New York Court Narrows Drug Dog Searches
The New York Court of Appeals ruled that police must have reasonable suspicion to use drug dogs outside a home, while recognizing the non intrusive nature of sniff searches. The ruling affects cases where canines detect cocaine or marijuana before a warrant is obtained.
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Albany
N.Y
New York
State Court of Appeals
Federal tax hike raises gasoline prices this weekend
The federal tax on gasoline will rise by five cents this Saturday, from 9 to 14 cents per gallon, with diesel up 5 cents and gasohol up 5.6 cents. Iowa taxes remain unchanged, but state funds from motor fuel excise taxes support highways and are distributed to state, counties, and cities, aided by vehicle fees.
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Kurt Rogahn
Tom Jackson
Iowa Department of Transportation
Ames
Iowa
Jackson
TV Tonight: Talk Shows and News Features Shift Across Stations
Local listings outline ABCs Good Morning America at seven with Stoll and Puck. NBC Today features the 102nd Congress and Garth Brooks. KCRG airs Geraldo and Donahue, plus Sally Jessy Raphael and 20/20 exploring crime and car repossessions. Amana Hawkeye Classic covers Colgate versus Iowa.
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Good Morning America
ABC
Clifford Stoll
Wolfgang Puck
NBC
Garth Brooks
Geraldo
Kcrgtv
Channel 9
Sally Jessy Raphael
Kcrg-Tv
Donahue
Kgan-Tv
Channel 2
Colgate
Iowa
Eastern Region Weekend Arts and Events Guide
Community listings preview including noon Lisbon City Council meeting at City Hall and a calendar of arts and entertainment events and regional meetings for the weekend in the Eastern region.
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Iowa
Lisbon
North Pole Alaska Postmark Offers Christmas Card Cheer
The North Pole Post Office will postmark thousands of cards with its special cancellation. Send holiday envelopes to Mark Lamoureaux at the North Pole Branch by Dec 10 for delivery before Christmas. Include return postage and labels if you want cards returned separate from mailstream.
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Washington
North Pole
Alaska
Mark Lamoureaux
U.S. Postal Service
Fifth St
Satellite porn network pleads guilty in first 1988 obscenity case
Home Dish Only Satellite Networks Inc pleaded guilty to transmitting obscene promotional films to 30 000 subscribers via a satellite system. The company and two operators face a 150000 dollar fine and vow to stop distributing explicit material. The case marks the first prosecution under the 1988 obscenity law for cable or subscription TV.
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Washington
Justice Department
Home Dish Only Satellite Networks Inc
Paul L. Klein
Jeffrey Younger
HDO
Buffalo
Salt Lake City
Utah
GHB Poisonings Reported Across Nine States
Federal health officials say gamma hydroxybutyrate GHB has sickened people in at least nine states since August with symptoms including vomiting drowsiness seizures and loss of consciousness. The Atlanta CDC reported 11 hospitalizations and no deaths with cases spanning California Georgia Florida South Carolina Minnesota Arizona Ohio Texas and Virginia.
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Atlanta
Centers For Disease Control
San Francisco
United States
Steven Auerbach
CDC
Cen
California
Georgia
Florida
South
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