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News – After a patriotic intermission last week, WIR returns, with red-hot stories about the FISA bill, the war in Iraq, the departure of Jesse Helms--and a (fictional) apologia from Rod the Mod.
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Voted for on July 12, 2008 12:52pm
News – A 129-year era is set to end at AT&T, as the telecommunications giant will exit the pay phone field by the end of next year, the company said in a written statement Monday.
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Voted for on December 04, 2007 05:33am
Television – Some of your favorite TV shows are most likely going to be going into reruns. Early. Seasons will be canceled, etc. Why? Well, people with power (the TV studios) have decided that the people without power (TV writers) ought not to get a share of the money that they (the TV writers) are creating. It really is as simple as that.
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Voted for on November 11, 2007 10:18pm
Television – "We all know that the strike will be resolved. Eventually both sides will return to the bargaining table and make a deal. The only uncertainty is how many of our houses, livelihoods, college educations and retirement funds will pay for it."
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Voted for on November 11, 2007 10:18pm
Television – NBC informed the nonwriting staff of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno that it will be laid off at the end of next week in the wake of the show shutting down for the writers' strike.
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Voted for on November 11, 2007 10:18pm
Religion – Local atheist groups have announced that they are planning to protest Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue as he meets with local religious leaders to pray for rain.
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Voted for on November 11, 2007 10:18pm
Television – Fox is looking to expand its primetime prison population with a spinoff from "Prison Break."
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Voted for on October 24, 2007 11:54am
Humor – Supporting the move to make English the country's official language, Bush has stated through an interpreter that he'll learn the language himself.
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Voted for on October 01, 2007 12:53am
News – Two students were shot at Delaware State University early Friday and police were searching for a gunman, officials said. Classes were canceled for the day.
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Voted for on September 22, 2007 09:13pm
Gadgets & Tech – The Knight Foundation has given a $1.5 million grant to help NPR work with the Knight Digital Media Center as the non-commercial news organization increases its expansion into digital news. The investments intend to speed the news industry's digital transformation and accelerate NPR's transformation into a public media company.
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Voted for on September 19, 2007 11:22pm
Gadgets & Tech – We have just completed our planned changes to Netscape.com. As we originally reported, a new portal has been launched on Netscape.com, and the social news site previously located there has been moved to propeller.com.
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Voted for on September 19, 2007 11:17pm
Money – The Federal Reserve lowers the target on a key short-term interest rate for the first time in four years from 5.25% to 4.75%
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Voted for on September 19, 2007 12:23am
News – CNN is currently reporting, on its broadcasts, that Las Vegas police have arrested OJ Simpson in connection with the armed robbery of two memorabilia dealers, and that up to fourr additional suspects are still being sought. The first arrest, reported yesterday, was of a still-unnamed individual who is charged with two counts of robbery with a dead
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Voted for on September 18, 2007 12:44am
News – A notorious Mexican drug lord pleaded guilty Monday to federal crimes that carry a mandatory life sentence, reaching a deal that spares him execution.
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Voted for on September 18, 2007 12:17am
News – In the annals of perks enjoyed by American corporate executives, the founders of Google may have set a new standard: an un-crowded, federally-managed runway for their private jet that is as close as can be to being in the company's own backyard.
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Voted for on September 13, 2007 04:57am