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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) -- An anti-war group accused the nation's biggest cable company on Tuesday of refusing to air TV ads opposing a U.S. war with Iraq. Peace Action Education Fund spent $5,000 for air time for six 30-second ads to be aired by Philadelphia-based Comcast Corp. beginning Tuesday night. The ads were to be broadcast over CNN in the Washington, D.C., area. They were bought to coincide with President Bush's State of the Union speech Tuesday night, in which Bush was expected to reiterate his case for war. But Comcast's legal department notified the group Tuesday morning that...

FL Gov Jeb Bush on campus, signing new legislation into law. Gov Bush Signs Centers of Excellence Bill to Increase High-Tech Research and Investment In State For Immediate Release Monday, May 20, 2002 Contact: Elizabeth Hirst (850) 488-5394 JACKSONVILLE--Governor Jeb Bush today signed legislation into law that will foster innovative, cutting-edge technology research at Florida's colleges and universities, develop commercially viable applications for that research, and recruit high-tech industries and thinkers to the state. The Florida Technology Development Initiative, proposed by Governor Bush in his State of the State speech this year, creates Centers of Excellence dedicated to conducting high-tech...