| State employees regain access to one blog |
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REINSTATEMENT IS SELECTIVE; LEGALITY QUESTIONED By Ryan Alessi HERALD-LEADER FRANKFORT BUREAU
Gov. Ernie Fletcher's administration kicked off an Internet-fueled public relations firestorm this week when officials blocked employees from viewing certain Web sites -- including Bluegrassreport.org, published by former Democratic operative Mark Nickolas. ... |
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| Is decency going down the tubes? |
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| Showing too much of Janet Jackson just got pricier. US President George W. Bush signed legislation recently that hiked fines for broadcasting indecency tenfold: from $32,500 to $325,000 per nasty bit. America, the president noted, is awash in televised vulgarity: "People are saying, 'We're tired of it, and we expect the government to do something about it'." ... |
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| Student crime hits Point, too |
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Bound by one strict code of honor and discipline, Army cadets and their keepers face stiff penalties for breaking the law at the U.S. Military Academy.
But while crime rates at the venerable Hudson River institution appear lower than those at comparable civilian schools, lawbreakers still march in the Long Gray Line. ... |
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| Gadgets hot source of spirituality |
| Post on 25-06-2006. |
Kosher cellphones that block incoming pornography; e-birthday cards for Pope Benedict XVI; one pagan podcast with hip, witchy background music. These are the latest methods of luring the faithful (and the lapsed) in the 21st century.
If Samuel Morse had known such miracles were on the horizon, he might well have repeated the words of his first telegram: "What hath God wrought!" ... |
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