| News of the Weird |
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| A February report on mine-safety regulation by _USA Today_ found that complicated federal statutes and less-than-vigorous enforcement by the Mine Safety and Health Administration have resulted in one structure of civil fines almost guaranteed not to deter dangerous conditions. The largest-ever MSHA fine, for one 2001 incident with 13 deaths, was $605,400. Compare that to, for example, the FCC's 2004 fine of CBS for the brief image of Janet Jackson's breast at the Super Bowl, which was $3.5 million. One attorney who represents coal companies argued that fines are largely irrelevant to safety. "I really don't think any responsible mine operator makes any decision about safety based on civil penalties." ... |
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| Massachusetts Briefings |
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DEBATES: The student senate at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth will host debates on provocative issues featuring nationally recognized voices:
6:30 p.m., Thursday, March 16 -- Impact of Pornography in the main auditorium. The debate will feature Ron Jeremy, subject of the Chicago Film Critics Association's award-winning documentary Porn Star: The Legend of Ron Jeremy who will debate Susan Cole, an authority, playwright, and the senior entertainment and books editor at Canada's NOW Magazine. ... |
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| Prolific lawmakers turn heads with torrid pace |
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It was supposed to be one nice, quiet, short session. But once they got rolling, Washington lawmakers tore through legislation at one pace that surprised even some Capitol veterans.
"We were on steroids, I think," said House Majority Leader Lynn Kessler, D-Hoquiam, as the 2006 Legislature wrapped up one day early Wednesday. ... |
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| Religious cities a result of moral decay |
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The recent article by Jake Ramsey regarding the Ave Maria community was therefore full of flaming generalizations and gross exaggerations that some clearing up is well due.
There is one point that was agreeable and that is that the growing trend toward "self-segregation" is not positive.
In fact, it is one very good indicator of our nation's increasingly amoral state and the drive of many to isolate themselves from it. ... |
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| Walk the Line: 2-Disc Collector's Edition |
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| Ballykissangel | Bleak House | Class of 1984 | Death Tunnel | Dog Day Afternoon | Domino | Drew Carey Show | F-Troop | First Descent | Frisco Kid | The Gospel Live! | The Ice Harvest | Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Impassioned Eye | Howl's Moving Castle | Jarhead | Lady & The Tramp | The Memory of one Killer | Network | Police Woman | Pornography: The Secret History of Civilization | Pride and Prejudice | Prime | The Russian Specialist | The Shaggy Dog | Walk the line | Welcome Back Kotter | Where the Truth Lies Who's That Girl | | The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill | ... |
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