Do Not Call List Debacle Dampens Early Rollout
Washington AP reports the national do not call list began amid legal fights and consumer confusion. The FCC receives complaints from registered users while the FTC remains blocked by court rulings, prompting redirects to the FCC and FTC suspension of signups as telemarketers scramble to comply.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Telemarketing Association
Adam Goldberg
Consumers Union
Consumer Reports
FCC
FTC
Michael Powell
Edward W. Nottingham
Denver
10Th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Nottingham
Appeals
Jen Schwartzman
Crade Commission
Powell
Direct Marketing Association
Industy Group
Protests in Baghdad and Mosul as police fire over jobs
Iraqi police opened fire in Baghdad and Mosul to disperse about 1,000 protesters angered by corruption in job distributions. A female U.S. soldier died in a roadside bombing near the main U.S. base in Saddam Hussein's hometown. Shiite protesters demanded a written apology from U.S. and Iraqi police within three days and warned of a backlash. Demonstrators claimed bribes were paid for police recruitment and many remained unemployed despite promises of July hires.
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Iraq
U.S
Saddam Hussein
Palestine Hotel
Witesses
Cpl
Hashim Habib Mohsen
Mothana Ali
Provocateurs
Khadum Abide
Ali Hamid
Ali Aboud
Aboud
Yassin Khadier
Mosul
Immigrant Freedom Ride Reaches Washington DC
Hundreds of immigrants and supporters from 50 countries arrive in Washington on 18 buses after a weeklong cross country tour. They seek legalization of undocumented workers, better conditions, and faster family reunification, amid broad public reaction and planned lobbying in Congress.
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Miami
Fla
Washington
Ride For Freedom
Halls of Congress
Seattle
San Francisco
Minneapolis
Dave Glaser
Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride
Justice For All
Freedom Riders
David Ray
The
Federation
Congress
New York
Cadet pleads guilty in porn site case at Air Force Academy
Air Force Academy cadet Sterling Barnes, 24, pleaded guilty to running a pornographic site from his dorm and using school computers to organize off campus orgies. He received nine months confinement, a dishonorable discharge, and forfeiture of pay and benefits totaling over 120000 dollars. The court was told he organized sex sessions with as many as two dozen participants in Colorado and beyond. Barnes faces potential appeal from his defense attorney but sentencing ends his case unless ruled otherwise.
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Air Force Academy
Colo
Sterling Barnes
Topeka
Kan
Academy
Annice Barber
Barnes
Air Force
Pating
Colorado Springs
Denver
Mourners pay respects to history-making tennis pro Gibson
Hundreds of mourners filed past the Newark Museum coffin of Althea Gibson, the first Black player to win Wimbledon and the U S Open. Gibson died of respiratory failure at East Orange hospital, leaving a legacy in tennis and golf. Gov James McGreevey and ex Gov Brendan Byrne attended, recalling her role as New Jersey’s first Black female athletics commissioner.
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Gibson
Newark
Althea Gibson
Newark Museum
Golf Gibson
East Orange
Wayne Edwards
James E. McGreevey
Brendan Byrne
U.S
Dorothy Boone
Elizabeth
Venus
Serena Wiliams
Mother of two identified among bones found at Marlboro school
Carmen Rudy, 29, reported missing in 2002 by her sister, was identified as one set of human remains found on the grounds of Hillside School, a private Marlboro middle school. Investigators pursue the other set’s identity. cause of death unknown but deemed highly suspicious.
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Marlboro
Mass
Carmen Rudy
Middlesex
Martha Coakley
Rudy
Worcester
Coakley
Hillside School
Jacksonville girl released after two weeks alone at home
A 22 year old Jacksonville girl left home alone for two weeks while her mother Dakeysha Telita Lee was jailed has been released from Wolfson Children's Hospital. The child survived by ketchup mustard and dried pasta and is now in the custody of Florida Department of Children and Families with temporary custody granted to her father Ogden Lee. The mother faces charges of aggravated assault petty theft and child abuse and remains jailed on a 170000 bond.
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Fla
Wolfson Chil
Dren’s Hospital
State Department of Children & Families
Ogden Lee
Lee
Navy
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