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WILMINGTON, DE (Talon News) -- A mother of a U.S. soldier serving in Iraq is unable to ship over 300 air conditioners to the troops serving in the arid, war-torn country because they are being held up by the United States Postal Service in Wilmington, Delaware. Mrs. Frankie Mayo, who came up with the idea to start Operation Air Conditioner, received word last Friday that the 302 brand new units she tried to send to the American soldiers could not be shipped because they contain Freon, a class 2 compressed gas. But the air conditioners that are waiting to be...

U.S. Questions Cuba About Jamming TV Signals to Iran Friday, July 18, 2003 WASHINGTON — The United States has confronted Cuban representatives in Washington about whether Cuba has been blocking U.S. satellite signals used to broadcast television to Iran. "We have indeed raised the jamming with the government of Cuba. I think I would say the interference with Loral Skynet's (search) commercial satellite transmissions appears to be emanating from the vicinity of Cuba. It does appear to be intentional. So, yesterday, we called in Cuban government representatives in Washington, and we formally requested the Cuban government to look into the...

<p>SACRAMENTO (AP) - Accusing Republicans of blocking a budget solution, Gov. Gray Davis said Wednesday that lawmakers should drop all other business and put off plans for summer recess until a spending plan is adopted.</p> <p>Davis, who has stepped up his criticism of the GOP in the last week, made his strongest comments to date even as he prepared to meet with party leaders on the budget crisis behind closed doors later today.</p>

WASHINGTON--The American Civil Liberties Union on Wednesday lost its first attempt to challenge a controversial 1998 copyright law. In a strongly worded decision, a federal judge in Boston dismissed a lawsuit aimed at defanging part of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. The ACLU's suit, filed against filtering-software company N2H2 last July, claims the law unconstitutionally interferes with researchers' ability to investigate and evaluate the effectiveness of Internet filtering software."There is no plausibly protected constitutional interest that...outweighs N2H2's right to protect its copyrighted property from an invasive and destructive trespass," U.S. District Judge Richard Sterns wrote. Sterns' ruling dealt a sore...

Wednesday! Before 2:15pm EST! Call your Senators and Support Miguel Estrada! February 5, 2003 ACU Members, Supporters, Friends, and Activists: The time has come once again to make your voice heard on Capitol Hill. Today, Wednesday, February 5, at 2:15 pm EST, the entire Senate will vote on the nomination of Miguel Estrada, President Bush's nominee to the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, and we need to let the Senate know how important it is to confirm this fair, and conservative nominee. The Ultra Liberal Democrat machine is geared-up for this fight. Remember those liberal Democrat Senators...