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I am disappointed...I have been watching WITHOUT A TRACE for many years. I cannot really remember any episode where there were jabs at GOP...Until this episode. In this episode, a female GOP senator is missing. (Reminded me of Olympia Snowe or Susan Collins.) Her body is eventually recovered from water...She went missing before she could cast vote against some oil project in Gulf of Mexico... She took contribution from the oil guy. However, the senator decided to vote "no" after talking to some scientist. (That scientist gave her info suggesting that the oil company was lying about the harm to...

CBS got hammered yesterday with a record $3.6 million in fines for airing a prime-time show that depicted a teen sex orgy. The episode featured scenes of partially dressed teenagers engaged in both couples and group sex. The FCC hit 111 CBS affiliates with a $32,500 fine each for violating decency standards when they aired the 12/31/2004, episode of "Without a Trace," which dealt with the disappearance and possible rape of a high school student. "While there is no nudity, the scene is highly sexually charged and explicit," the FCC said of the show. "Moreover, the material is particularly egregious...

A government crackdown on indecent programming resulted in a proposed fine of $3.6 million against dozens of CBS stations and affiliates on Wednesday - a record penalty from the Federal Communications Commission. The FCC said an episode of the CBS crime drama "Without a Trace" that aired in December 2004 was indecent. It cited the graphic depiction of "teenage boys and girls participating in a sexual orgy." CBS said it strongly disagrees with the FCC's finding. The program "featured an important and socially relevant storyline warning parents to exercise greater supervision of their teenage children. The program was not unduly...

Woman's concerns lead to sex abuse probe Wednesday, January 25, 2006 By CONNIE BAGGETT Staff Reporter EVERGREEN -- A 58-year-old man and a 40-year-old woman were being held without bond in the Conecuh County Jail Tuesday as investigators worked to unravel a disturbing case of alleged sexual abuse of a teen-aged boy and a 3-year-old girl, according to District Attorney Tommy Chapman. The two adults remained in custody due in part to the diligence of a woman who saw one of the children, believed something was wrong and pressed authorities for days to check on the child, Chapman said. Chapman...

The lawyer for one of the men last seen with a Connecticut newlywed before he vanished on a Mediterranean cruise last summer said federal agents had pressured his client for information about the man's disappearance and threatened to charge him with the rape of a female passenger if he declined to cooperate. In his first extensive comments on the case, the lawyer, Albert Y. Dayan, said that his client, Rustislav Kofman, denied any role in the disappearance of the Connecticut man, George Allen Smith IV, last July 5 on a Royal Caribbean cruise or in any rape. [snip] Mr. Dayan...

Tell the FCC to stop cutting deals with CBS In November 2004, the FCC cut a backroom deal with CBS and its parent company Viacom. In summary, Viacom agreed to donate a paltry $3.5 million to the FCC in exchange for dropping thousands of indecency complaints filed against it by taxpaying consumers. Basically, the FCC cut a deal with CBS. What was the result? CBS immediately went back to their standard fare of lewd and indecency programs. On December 31, 2004, CBS re-aired an episode of Without A Trace, complete with an extended teen-age orgy scene. The original broadcast of...