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GTE Reportedly Wooed Hollywood with FreebiesLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - GTE Corp. allegedly gave millions of dollars worth of fiber optic and other communications services to Hollywood notables in the hope of winning big contracts in the entertainment industry, the Los Angeles Times reported on Thursday. The paper, publishing the results of a 10-month-long investigation, said the Irving, Texas-based phone giant provided freebies to, among others, director Steven Spielberg and his Dream Works SKG movie studio; Creative Artists Agency, a leading Hollywood talent firm; and the University of California at Los Angeles. Several other companies related to the entertainment industry also ...

Today on the Neal Boortz show, a Dallas radio show (KLIF 570 AM), Alan Dershowitz says that he and other liberal constitutional lawyers would be willing to testify to the illegality of the Elian raid before congress. Dershowitz and fellow civil rights professor Tribe feel that the executive branch has set a dangerous precedent by raiding the Gonzales home without a proper warrant. He believes Clinton broke the law (said in direct response to a question by Boortz). The warrant claimed by the Justice department was only a sham meant to circumvent the 11 Circuit ruling which denied the INS ...