BartCop Entertainment Archives - Thursday, 10 March, 2005
Thursday
10 March, 2005
(Updated Daily)
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'TBH Politoons'
Thanks, again, Tim!
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Jazz From Hills
Trimmed Bush and Hedges
So Easy to Misconstrue for Politicians
I watch Don Imus on MSNBC since I'm a raving insomniac and there's no "Leave it To Beaver" or "The Andy Griffith Show" (the ones with Barney Fife) on the air at that time. One of his semi-regular call-in guests is a fellow named Rick Santorum, Republican senator from the state of Pennsylvania. During his conversations with Imus, Rick comes across as a middle of the road type of Republican who's not a raving right-wing loonie.
Well, that ended yesterday when he got his panties all tied up in a knot and threw a political tantrum regarding remarks made by Senator Robert Byrd, Democratic Senator from West Virginia. Santorum said Byrd's remarks "lessen the credibility of the senator and the decorum of the Senate." Gimme a break, Rick. The decorum of most senators is exemplified by a bunch of fat lazy globs of mass who like to hear themselves babble, then go out for cocktails where political groupies hang out, mainly in Georgetown. I've seen those guys in person. They're quite a pitiful sort. Those after-conference (Senate and House) watering holes are meat-markets that make Midnight Rodeo in Tulsa, Oklahoma look like a church gathering.
The problem between Byrd and Santorum and their respective parties lie in the push for an enactment by the Republicans that would deny the minority Democrats the ability to filibuster the appointment of some of George W.'s judge appointee nominations, they would slide on through without any sort of recourse.
But why all the uproar by Ricky? Senator Byrd said that Adolph Hitler's rise to power was in part by men shoving through legislation without recourse nor debate. He went on to say "..one can witness how men with motives can manipulate laws to cruel and unjust ends." He was talking about history, folks. Not at any time during the speech did Byrd compare the Republican Party to the Nazi Party (even though he wouldn't have been too far off base if he would have said that ).
Not only did Senator Santorum get his panties in a wad, Abraham Foxman, spokesperson for the Anti-Defamation League, he too got in a petulant frenzy (trying to get some press) by saying "he (Byrd) should be ashamed for implying his political opponents are using Nazi tactics." He called the comparison "hideous, outrageous and offensive." What in the fuck are these guys reading into a statement of fact from Senator Byrd that would offend anyone?
As previously stated, Byrd never once in his speech use "Republicans" and "Nazis" in the same sentence. His point was the Republicans were trying to take away a check-and-balance concept that has worked so well for this country for the past 225 years. He's right, too. Men with unchecked political motives and legislation can wind up out of hand before anyone knows what happened.
Political apathy was one of the causes of the rise of the Nazi regime. The Germans as a whole were not inherently evil. Hitler was such a dynamic fellow that his cult got into an unchecked/unbalanced political situation and next thing, people knew, Jews were being rounded up and the national policy suddenly was to invade Poland.
Bush and his ilk need to be checked at every move they make. The current administration sure as hell lied as to why we went to Iraq. Weapons of Mass Destruction, portable biological warfare laboratories, possible nuclear weapons, all that fucking shit that was erroneous. If Bush was fooled by his own people, shame on them. If Bush knew the covert intelligence that supposedly required bloodshed to resolve was false, he's a criminal. Byrd's remarks were on the money. No cause for uproar, Abe and Rick. I suggest you try and grasp his point that seems so obvious: THERE WILL BE MORE THAN ONE POLITICAL PARTY IN THIS NATION. There will be no one party for America.
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Posted by Phillip L. Vincent to Trimmed Bush.
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SUCH COLORFUL CUPS
HANGING EMPTY ON THE WALL
ANYONE FOR TEA?
Zen Man
(in the Tassajara coffe/tea Area)
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Recommended Reading
from Bruce
David Morris: Who Owns What? (AlterNet)
George Bush's "ownership society" leaves out the things we actually own - our bodies, our privacy, our dignity, our bedrooms.
Rory O'Connor: Manufacturing Martha (AlterNet)
Newsweek's latest cover features a fake photo of Martha Stewart - any wonder people are losing faith in the news?
Paul Krugman: The Debt-Peonage Society (NY Times)
(Click on "Columns," then on "The Debt-Peonage Society.")
A vast majority of personal bankruptcies in the United States are the result of severe misfortune.
CATHERINE O'SULLIVAN: The library book is a sacred object--and those who besmirch them deserve pain (Tucson Weekly)
When I was a kid, two places were sacred. The first was the church, which fell off my list in about 1996. The other was the public library.
CATHERINE O'SULLIVAN: Guest Commentary (Tucson Weekly)
When walking through the homeowners' association lands, beware the Suburban Commando
Norman Solomon: When Junk Interrupts Junk (AlterNet)
The content of TV commercials is routinely corrosive if not toxic. And the programs being interrupted are, themselves, commonly junk that rots people's minds.
Marc Savlov: Sky Blue (Austin Chronicle)
This gorgeously dystopian South Korean film (alternately known as Wonderful Days) rivals and, at times, surpasses the best of Japanese animé.
Cartoons
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Some Fresh-Baked Geopolitical Satire
Humor Gazette
Syrian bread prices climb as tension mounts
Political unrest in Lebanon threatens to throw the world Syrian bread market into a state of upheaval not seen since the olive oil embargo of the early 1970s.
Syrian bread prices climbed sharply for the third straight day amid heightening tension between Washington and Damascus and international calls for a boost in output from OPEC (the Organization of Pita Exporting Countries).
Hundreds of thousands of protesters poured into a downtown square in Beirut on Tuesday, denouncing American baked goods and shouting pro-Syrian bread slogans like "Tastes great with tabouleh!" and "Less filling than bagels!" The protest rally reportedly was organized by Hezbollah, a militant Shiite Islamic group with ties to the Hummus terrorist organization.
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Selected Readings
from that Mad Cat, JD
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In The Chaos Household
Last Night
Lots of fog this morning, burned off around noon.
Talked to dear old Dad in PA - he's convinced he'll still be in long johns for Easter.
Tonight, Thursday:
CBS opens the night with a FRESH 'Survivor: Palau', followed by a FRESH 'CSI: The Original One', then a FRESH 'Without A Trace'.
On a RERUN Dave (from 2/7/05) are Will Smith and Tom Brady.
On a RERUN Craig (from 1/19/05) are Minnie Driver and Candace Bushnell.
NBC begins the night with a RERUN 'Will & Grace', followed by a FRESH 'Committed', then a FRESH 'Apprentice', followed by a FRESH 'The Contender'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Leno are Ewan McGregor, Nicole Richie, and Jorge Drexler.
Scheduled on a FRESH Conan are Bruce Willis and Regina Spektor.
Scheduled on a FRESH Carson Daly are Keith Olbermann, Dave Attell, and the Frames.
ABC begins the night with a RERUN 'Extreme Makeover', followed by another RERUN 'Extreme Makeover', then 'PrimeTime Live'.
On a RERUN Jimmy Kimmel (from 2/25/05) are Diane Sawyer, Gavin Rossdale, and Xzibit.
The WB offers a RERUN 'The Starlet', followed by a FRESH 'The Starlet'.
Faux has a FRESH 'The O.C.' (FRESH 'Star Wars' promo airs sometime during 'The O.C.'), followed by a FRESH 'Point Pleasant'.
UPN fills the night with 'WWE SmackDown!'.
A&E has 'American Justice', 'Cold Case Files', and 'The First 48'.
AMC offers the movie 'Rocky IV', followed by the movie 'Rocky V', then the movie 'Rocky V', again.
BBC -
[2pm] 'As Time Goes By' - Episode 4;
[2:40pm] 'Are You Being Served?' - A Change Is As Good As A Rest;
[3:20pm] 'Keeping Up Appearances' - Episode 3;
[4pm] 'The Saint' - Flight Plan;
[5pm] 'The Weakest Link' - Episode 48;
[6pm] 'BBC World News';
[6:30pm] 'Cash in the Attic' - Hamilton;
[7pm] 'Blackadder' - Nob & Nobility;
[7:40pm] 'The Thin Blue Line' - Episode 5;
[8:20pm] 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' - Dennis Moore;
[9pm] 'Trailer Park Boys' - Episode 2;
[9:30pm] 'Black Books' - Manny's First Day;
[10pm] 'Manchild' - Episode 7;
[10:40pm] 'Look Around You' - Music;
[11pm] 'Blackadder' - Nob & Nobility;
[11:40pm] 'The Thin Blue Line' - Episode 5;
[12:20am] 'Monty Python's Flying Circus' - Dennis Moore;
[1am] 'Manchild' - Episode 7;
[1:40am] 'Look Around You' - Music;
[2am] 'Trailer Park Boys' - Episode 2;
[2:30am] 'Black Books' - Manny's First Day;
[3am] 'Manchild' - Episode 7;
[3:40am] 'Look Around You' - Music;
[4am] 'Trailer Park Boys' - Episode 2;
[4:30am] 'Black Books' - Manny's First Day;
[5am] 'Manchild' - Episode 7;
[5:40am] 'Look Around You' - Music;
[6am] 'BBC World News'. (ALL TIMES EST)
Bravo has 'The West Wing', 'Queer Eye - Girl', and 'Celebrity Poker Showdown'.
Comedy Central has 'MAD TV', 'Comedy Central Presents' (Greg Giraldo), 'South Park', another 'South Park', followed by the SERIES PREMIERE of 'Hollow Men'.
Scheduled on a FRESH Jon Stewart is Paul Krugman.
History has 'Modern Marvels', 'Alaska: Big America', and another 'Modern Marvels'.
IFC -
[6AM] 'Albino Alligator' (1996);
[7:45AM] 'At The Angelika #94' (2005);
[8:15AM] 'Gray's Anatomy' (1997);
[9:45AM] Short: 'Mocking The Cosmos' (1996);
[10:15AM] 'My Life As A Dog' (1985);
[12PM] 'Last Orders' (2001);
[2PM] 'Shadow Of China' (1990);
[3:45PM] 'At The Angelika #94' (2005);
[4:15PM] 'Running With The Bulls' (2003);
[5PM] 'My Life As A Dog' (1985);
[6:45PM] 'Shadow Of China' (1990);
[8:30PM] 'At The Angelika #94' (2005);
[9PM] 'The Glass Shield' (1994);
[11PM] 'Mr. & Mrs. Bridge' (1990);
[1:15AM] 'The End Of The Affair' (1999);
[3AM] 'Mr. & Mrs. Bridge' (1990);
[5:15AM] 'Running With The Bulls' (2003). (ALL TIMES EST)
SciFi fills the night with the movie 'Atomic Train'.
Sundance -
[6:30AM] 'Cunnamulla' (Documentary);
[8AM] 'Number 17' (Documentary);
[9:20AM] 'Father And Daughter' (Short);
[9:30AM] 'Sunrise Over Tiananmen Square' (Short);
[10AM] 'Black Box Germany' (Feature);
[11:40AM] 'The subconscious art of graffiti removal' (Short);
[12PM] 'Aftermath: The Remnants of War' (Feature);
[1:20PM] 'The Cathedral' (Feature);
[1:30PM] 'House of Fools' (Feature);
[3:20PM] 'Je T'aime John Wayne' (Feature);
[3:30PM] 'Number 17' (Documentary);
[4:55PM] 'Borstal Boy' (Feature);
[6:30PM] 'Cunnamulla' (Documentary);
[8PM] 'Washington Heights' (Feature);
[9:30PM] 'Foxy Brown' (Feature);
[11:05PM] 'Fulltime Killer' (World Cinema);
[1AM] 'Seeing Other People' (Feature);
[2:30AM] 'Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train' (Feature);
[4:35AM] 'Live Nude Girls Unite!' (Documentary);
[5:45AM] 'Black Box Germany' (Feature). (ALL TIMES EST)
TCM spends most of the morning and afternoon celebrating the career of director
Gregory La Cava.
[6am] 'Laugh And Get Rich' (1931) [ *Pre-Hayes Code*];
[7:15am] 'Smart Woman' (1931) [ *Pre-Hayes Code*];
[8:30am] 'The Age Of Consent' (1932) [ *Pre-Hayes Code*];
[9:45am] 'Symphony Of Six Million' (1932) [ *Pre-Hayes Code*];
[11:30am] 'Bed Of Roses' (1933) [ *Pre-Hayes Code*];
[12:45pm] 'The Half-Naked Truth' (1933) [ *Pre-Hayes Code*];
[2pm] 'What Every Woman Knows' (1934);
[3:30pm] 'Fifth Avenue Girl' (1939);
[5pm] 'Living In A Big Way' (1947);
[7pm] 'An Evening With Gene Kelly' (1977);
[8pm] 'American Graffiti' (1973);
[10pm] 'Around The World In 80 Days' (1956);
[1:15am] 'Peyton Place' (1957);
[4am] 'Somewhere I'll Find You' (1942). (ALL TIMES EST)
Friday - 03/11
TCM:
[6am] 'Ace Of Aces' (1933);
[7:30am] 'They Gave Him A Gun' (1937);
[9:15am] 'A Child Is Born' (1940);
[10:45am] 'Prairie Law' (1940);
[12pm] 'Men Against The Sky' (1941);
[1:30pm] 'The Navy Comes Through' (1942);
[3pm] 'The Omaha Trail' (1942);
[4:15pm] 'Bombardier' (1943);
[6pm] 'Government Girl' (1943);
[8pm] 'That Uncertain Feeling' (1941);
[9:30pm] 'Love Affair' (1939);
[11pm] 'Father Of The Bride' (1950);
[12:45am] 'Elizabeth Taylor: An Intimate Portrait' (1975);
[2am] 'Ivan the Terrible' (Part 2) (1946) [AKA: 'Ivan Groznyy II: Boyarsky zagovor'];
[3:30am] 'The Brothers Karamazov' (1958). (ALL TIMES EST)
Any opinions?
Or reviews?
(See below for addresses)
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In this photo released by the Uniformed Firefighters Association, singer Paul McCartney, second from right, and wife Heather Mills-McCartney, donate a painting, Feb. 8, 2005 in New York to UFA President Steve Cassidy, second from left, and firefighter Brendan Crawley, left. The 1974 painting by Ron Kleinman is of a Mack truck of the Fire Department's Engine Company 33 on Great Jones Street in Manhattan. McCartney, the son of a former Liverpool, England, firefighter, said in a statement, that the painting is given in heartfelt thanks, and he hopes that all of the firefighters will be able to enjoy its beauty.
Photo by Bill Bernstein
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Fighting Convention Charges
Rosario Dawson
Actress Rosario Dawson says she will fight disorderly conduct and obstruction charges stemming from her arrest during the Republican National Convention last year.
Dawson, 25, was arrested filming the movie "This Revolution" along with director Stephen Marshall. Authorities said she was wearing two handkerchiefs on her face with only her eyes showing.
A criminal complaint says she refused when ordered by police to move from the 35th Street and Eighth Avenue location, near the site of the GOP convention.
When Marshall tried to show the city film permit to police, he and Dawson were arrested.
Rosario Dawson
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Rejected By CNN
U.N. Landmine Commercial
A U.N. commercial depicts American girls playing in a soccer match. A girl steps on a landmine and there's a big explosion. Kids get blown apart. CNN and other networks don't want to air the ad.
It closes with a tag line reading: "If there were landmines here, would you stand for them anywhere? Help the U.N. eradicate landmines everywhere."
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Stop Landmines
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Strip Takes Note of Suicide
'Doonesbury'
"Doonesbury," with a longtime character modeled on "gonzo journalist" Hunter S. Thompson, took note of the writer's suicide with a comic strip this week that had the Thompson-like figure's head exploding.
In the installment that ran Tuesday, Uncle Duke, the Thompson-like character, is seen checking his e-mail. He reads that Thompson is dead, and his head explodes with a "Ka-Boom!" His head reappears in the next frame as he says, "That can't be right. Better Google it." That is followed by another "Ka-Boom!"
In an e-mail in Wednesday's Washington Post, Trudeau said regular readers of the strip should not find Duke's exploding head all that unfamiliar.
"I've been exploding Duke's head as far back as 1985," he said. "I also had a rocket burst out of his head, a flock of bats, and during Duke's run for president, Mini-D, a tiny self that conducted Duke's business, even gave speeches when the candidate was incapacitated."
'Doonesbury'
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Senate Minority Leader Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., left, greets Louise Tannheimer, 86, of Portola, Calif., center and her husband Francis, right, in front of a statue of Sarah Winnemucca, a Paiute Indian, during unveiling ceremony in the Capitol Rotunda in Washington, Wednesday, March 9, 2005. Louise is the great-grandniece of Winnemucca, who was an educator, author and activist, is the eighth woman and fourth American Indian to be enshrined in the National Statuary Hall. Winnemucca's birth date is unknown but is believed to be in 1844, around the same time white people began to enter Western Nevada.
Photo by Susan Walsh
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Fights Jackson Gag Order
Jay Leno
Michael Jackson's lawyers say a gag order in his child molestation case bars late-night TV host Jay Leno from telling jokes but that is not stopping Leno -- he's found another way to poke fun at the pop star.
Since last Friday, Leno has turned over a portion of his opening monologue each night to the likes of Brad Garrett, Dennis Miller and Roseanne Barr, who deliver their own one-liners about the self-styled King of Pop and his legal quandaries .
During her appearance on the show Tuesday night, Roseanne joked that Jackson's two ex-wives showed up at his trial when a video was shown of his house because "they always wanted to see what his bedroom looked like."
She went on: "Defense lawyers say they might have Michael testify. They don't really want him to, but doctors believe it's the only way they can get his nose to grow back."
Jay Leno
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Pays Tribute to Thompson
Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone pays tribute to Hunter S. Thompson, whose name was on the magazine's masthead for 35 years, in its new issue.
"Hunter was part of the DNA of Rolling Stone, one of those twisting strands of chemicals around which a new life is formed," says Jann S. Wenner, editor in chief of the magazine.
In 31 pages, Wenner, Johnny Depp, Jack Nicholson, Pat Buchanan and many others eulogize the 67-year-old "gonzo" journalist, who shot himself at his home in Aspen, Colo., on Feb. 20, after weeks of pain from a host of physical problems that included a broken leg and a hip replacement.
Writes Nicholson: "Hunter's probably the person who it is/was most easy to tell an entertaining anecdote about, but aside from that, when I think of him the word that often comes to me is genteel. Hunter was a Southern gentleman and a very fine American."
Rolling Stone
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'Galactic-Achievement Award'
George Lucas
Star Wars creator George Lucas is receiving a "galactic-achievement award" next week at ShoWest, an annual convention of theatre owners in Las Vegas. The honour being presented on March 17 comes two months before the debut of the final installment in Lucas' sci-fi saga, Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith, chronicling the transformation of young hero Anakin Skywalker (played by Hayden Christensen) into the dark lord Darth Vader.
"This unique award celebrates the enduring popularity of the Star Wars movies and the enormous impact and influence they have had on audiences and popular culture," Mitch Neuhauser, co-manager of ShoWest, said Tuesday.
Lucas, who turns 61 five days before Revenge of the Sith opens, has said that life after Star Wars for him will be heavy on the sort of smaller movies he started off making, such as his 1971 debut feature, THX 1138.
George Lucas
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Sues Wingnuts Over Use of Photo
Gay Couple
A gay couple featured without their permission in an Internet advertisement criticizing the AARP sued the ad's producer on Wednesday, alleging libel and invasion of privacy.
The ad was produced by USA Next, a conservative group that supports creating personal accounts within Social Security and has aggressively criticized the AARP, which disagrees about the accounts.
The ad showed a photo of a soldier with a red X over him and, next to it, a photo of two men in tuxedos kissing each other, with a green check mark over them.
A consultant hired by USA Next, Mark Montini, took the photo from the Portland Tribune's Web site. He said Wednesday that "it looks like we made a mistake" in not first getting permission from the Tribune.
Gay Couple
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Singer-songwriter Carole King, speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, March 9, 2005, in Washington. King together with Reps. Christopher Shays, R-Conn., and Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., announced the introduction of the bipartisan Rockies Prosperity Act, which seeks to save taxpayers money and create jobs while maintaining the integrity of uniquely valuable American lands.
Photo by Manuel Balce Ceneta
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Court Bars Broadcast of Sex Tape
Elizabeth Jagger
A British judge on Wednesday banned the broadcast of video footage showing model Elizabeth Jagger engaging in "sexual activities" with her boyfriend in a nightclub.
Jagger, daughter of Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger and Texan supermodel Jerry Hall, sought the injunction against John Darling, manager of Kabaret's Prophecy Nightclub in London.
High Court judge Rodger Bell ruled that Jagger, 20 and boyfriend Calum Best - son of former soccer star George Best - had a "legitimate expectation of privacy" when they engaged in sexual activities just inside the club's doors on Feb. 17. The couple were captured on a closed-circuit television camera that they had failed to notice.
Elizabeth Jagger
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Role Reduced
Tom Arnold
After an eight-week foray into a late-night talk show format, FSN's "Best Damn Sports Show Period" is returning to the tried and true, but mostly without Tom Arnold.
The 3-year-old primetime program will return to its roots as an ensemble show when it goes back on the air March 21. But the ensemble won't include Arnold, the original host of the show, who has signed a one-year contract that will keep him on the show in a reduced role, on the road for the show at special events.
Replacing him will be former host Chris Rose, along with John Salley. Plans call for hiring two former athletes, one baseball player and one football player, though they haven't been picked yet.
Tom Arnold
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I'm Pissed
(formerly 'The Vidiot')
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Settled
'Apprentice' Suit
A quadriplegic attorney settled his lawsuit against producers of NBC's "The Apprentice" after they agreed to make clear the program accepts applications from the disabled.
James Schottel Jr., whose federal lawsuit claimed the show's online application was discriminatory in requiring "excellent physical" health of would-be contestants, said Wednesday that producers agreed to insert a sentence into the show's rules encouraging people with disabilities to try out.
'Apprentice' Suit
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In this photo released by the Independent Film Channel, Actress Camilla Belle, left, director and writer Rebecca Miller, center, and actor Daniel Day-Lewis pose at the screening of their newtheir new movie 'The Ballad of Jack and Rose,' on Tuesday, March 8, 2005, in Los Angeles. Day-Lewis is married to Miller, who also wrote the movie.
Photo by Alberto Rodriguez
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Congress Moves
Family Filter Bill
A bill that would let parents and children filter the curse words, sex scenes and violence out of movie DVDs moved closer to approval by Congress on Wednesday.
The House Judiciary Committee on voice vote gave the legislation its endorsement, sending it to the full House.
The Senate passed the bill earlier this year. If representatives now pass it without changes, it would go to resident Bush for his signature.
Family Filter Bill
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This undated image from a public relations film on Florida State University provided by the school shows a young Jim Morrison years before his more recognized role as lead singer for The Doors. The state of Florida has found and restored what it believes to be the earliest film of Morrison, shot in the early 60s when he attended Florida State University, 34 years after his death.
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Deteriorating
U.S. Infrastructure
U.S. roads, bridges, sewers and dams are crumbling and need a $1.6 trillion overhaul but prospects for improvement are grim, the American Society of Civil Engineers said in a report issued on Wednesday.
The group's first report since 2001 looked at 15 categories of public infrastructure, assigning each a letter grade. Overall, the nation's infrastructure received a D, down from a D+ four years ago.
The report said that since 2001, the conditions of the country's roads, drinking water system, public transit, wastewater disposal, hazardous waste disposal, navigable waterways and energy system had worsened.
U.S. Infrastructure
Infrastructure Report Card
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Garden Fairies are placed in and on a pine tree stump at the Massachusetts Horticultural display Wednesday, March 9, 2005, in preparation for the New England Flower Show which opens at the Bayside Expo Center in Boston on Saturday.
Photo by Elise Amendola
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Nevada Lawmaker Quits TV Consulting Job
Barbara Cegavske
State Sen. Barbara Cegavske, criticized for working as a consultant on legislative and other issues for a Las Vegas television station while holding public office, gave up her $3,000-a-month arrangement with Sunbelt Communications on Wednesday.
Cegavske, a Las Vegas Republican, had been paid the monthly consulting fee since January 2004 by Jim Rogers, Sunbelt's owner, to consult with KVBC-TV on education and legislative matters. Rogers has since become interim chancellor of the University and Community College System of Nevada.
The Nevada Ethics Commission, responding to a request for an advisory opinion from Cegavske, found Wednesday that she did not violate any state ethics laws. However, the commission said it didn't have enough evidence to make a more definitive finding because it received testimony only from Cegavske herself.
Journalism experts, however, said it is inadvisable for a media outlet to pay a sitting lawmaker to consult on important issues and that such a relationship compromises fairness and balance.
Barbara Cegavske
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Part Of Huge Rock
Meteor Crater
Planetary scientists believe that a rock which smashed into Arizona around 49,000 years ago with the power of more than 150 Hiroshima bombs was just a fragment of a space goliath.
In a study published on Thursday, the pair believe they have resolved an enduring puzzle about Meteor Cring puzzle about Meteor Crater, located near Flagstaff in the Arizona desert and one of the most-studied impact sites in the world.
By some calculations, the rock -- an asteroid or a comet that crossed Earth's path -- should have hit the ground at 72,000 kilometers (45,000 miles) per hour, for it left a huge crater 1.2 kilometers (0.75 miles) across and 150 metres (500 feet) deep.
If so, the high-velocity collision should have released so much heat that the iron-rich impacting rock itself, or at least part of it, should have melted in a flash. But no substantial signs of melted mineral have ever been found there.
For the rest, Meteor Crater
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A red pheasant looks out of his cage at a park in Amman March 9, 2March 9, 2005. Dozens of students flocked to the park to see eccentric bird types that were brought from around the world to this venue.
Photo by Ali Jarekji
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