Television curfews for Arizona inmates spark rights debate
In Scottsdale an Arizona corrections plan trims HBO and Showtime for prisoners and imposes TV viewing hours from 6 a.m. to midnight Sunday through Thursday and 6 a.m. to 2 a.m. Fridays and holidays. Director Terry Stewart frames the move as pro education and work, while critics warn of TV as an electronic babysitter and question access to knowledge and outside connections.
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Arizona
HBO
Showtime
Arizona Department of Corrections
Terry Stewart
Ohio
Ohio National Guard
Rise and fall of Key Largo as glamour site in Florida
Mike Harden notes Key Largo evolved from untamed coast to tourist strip named after the 1948 film Key Largo, though much of the movie shot elsewhere. The piece traces the town’s rename from Rock Harbor, the era of wreckers, railway plans by Henry Flagler, and the failed glamor push including the African Queen boat venture, ending with a critique of the place’s commodified image.
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Key Largo
Fla
Florida
Keys
Key West
Humphrey Bogart
Edward G. Robinson
Claire Trevor
Hollywood
John Huston
United States
Ohio
Henry Flagler
Flager
Cleveland
John D. Rockefeller
Flagler
Jacksonville
Lake Surprise
Rock Harbor
Prince
Joy Williams
Flat Tax Critique Echoes Vegas-Style Promises
Let us today examine the concept of a flat tax which rivals flat beer in popularity. A proponent is Steve Forbes Forbes Magazine's man of the year. They claim deductions vanish yet charities unchanged and homeless shelters will fill with accountants.
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Forbes Magazine
Steve Forbes
Jan 15 1996 highlights history and sports
On this day in 1996 readers note the 15th day of the year and winter with historical items. Notable facts include Thomas Nast’s 1870 Harper’s Weekly cartoon introducing the donkey for the Democratic Party and the Packers 35 Chiefs 10 in Super Bowl I in 1967.
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Thomas Nast
Harper's Weekly
Matthew Brady
Edward Teller
Osip Manceistam
Gene Krupa
Musachain
Lloyd Badges
John Joseph O'Connor
New
Green Bay Packers
Kansas City Chiefs
CBS
NBC
Los Angeles
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