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TiVo Plans TV Package With Parental Controls By ELLEN SHENG March 2, 2006 10:49 a.m. TiVo Inc. is preparing to roll out a children's programming package this summer to help parents control what their kids watch. Called KidZone, the package will choose programs recommended by special interest groups Common Sense Media and Parents Television Council. The TV set will display recorded or live programming only within those boundaries unless parents key in a special password to leave the KidZone. Parents still will be able to record or watch shows they deem inappropriate for kids once they key in the password....

DETROIT (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co. on Wednesday said it will run advertisements in gay publications, reversing a decision last week to pull all advertising of its Jaguar and Land Rover luxury brands from that sector. In a letter to some gay, lesbian and human rights groups, Ford said it has decided to run corporate ads for all its eight brands, including its Jaguar and Land Rover luxury brands, in the targeted publications. "It is my hope that this will remove any ambiguity about Ford's desire to advertise to all important audiences and put this particular issue behind us," Joe...

OK - What do you think? Will Baseball strike? Do you care?

Just FYI: The opinion declaring the Pledge of Allegiance unconstitutional was written by an almost 80-year old, white male Army Veteran Nixon appointee, Alfred T. Goodwin. Goodwin, Alfred Theodore Born 1923 in Bellingham, WA Federal Judicial Service: U. S. District Court, District of Oregon Nominated by Richard M. Nixon on September 22, 1969, to a seat vacated by John Francis Kilkenny; Confirmed by the Senate on December 10, 1969, and received commission on December 11, 1969. Service terminated on December 17, 1971, due to appointment to another judicial position. U. S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Nominated by...

I got this link via e-mail today. I never watched the Lone Gunment (which was a spin-off of the X-files) but this appears to be an actual sequence from the show. The geeky guys stop an airliner from flying into the World Trade Center! This is really really weird. And it was on in February 2000! Here's the link: The Last American Warriors

<p>An Air Force officer has been relieved from duties at the Presidio of Monterey after publication of his letter to the editor accusing President George W. Bush of having advance knowledge of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.</p> <p>Lt. Col. Steve Butler was serving as vice chancellor for student affairs at the Defense Language Institute when he wrote the letter, which was published in The Herald on May 26.</p>

Tuesday June 4, 12:01 pm Eastern Time Reuters Business Report Hershey Restarts Plant with Temp Workers By Cris Foehlinger HERSHEY, Pa. (Reuters) - Hershey Foods Inc. (NYSE:HSY - News), unable to convince striking workers to accept a new contract calling for an increase in their health care costs, on Tuesday said it restarted production at one of its two shuttered candy plants with temporary workers. Negotiations aimed at ending a five-week strike at two plants, representing about a fifth of the largest U.S. chocolate maker's total production, broke off early Tuesday after a 21-hour session failed to yield a collective...

Mailboxes are exploding! Why, you ask? Attention people. You do things because you can and want (desire) to. ... If the government controls what you want to do, they control what you can do. If you are under the impression that death exists, and you fear it, you doanything to avoid it. (This is the same way pain operates. Naturally we strive to avoid negative emotion/pain.) You allow yourself to fear death! World authorities allowed, and still allow you to fear death! In avoiding death you are forced to conform, if you fail to conform, you suffer mentally and physically....

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The California Supreme Court ruled that Nike Inc. can be sued by a man who claims the company broke advertising laws with an ad campaign that defended the wages, treatment and safety conditions of workers at overseas factories. In a split decision Thursday, the court overturned a lower court ruling that said Nike's efforts to quell accusations of worker mistreatment did not constitute commercial speech. "Our holding, based on decisions of the United States Supreme Court, in no way prohibits any business enterprise from speaking out on issues of public importance or from vigorously defending its...

<p>WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Eleven high school-age pages in the House of Representatives were dismissed this week after they were caught with marijuana in their Capitol Hill dormitory, two congressional leadership aides said.</p> <p>The pages were dismissed under a "zero tolerance" policy by the House Page Board, which oversees the page program.</p>

Students try to burn gay-themed flag Mon Apr 15, 7:26 PM ET Gay.com / PlanetOut.com Network SUMMARY: Three students at the University of Idaho face a criminal investigation and a school penalty for stealing and attempting to burn a rainbow-colored flag owned by the school's gay-straight alliance. Three students at the University of Idaho face a criminal investigation and a school penalty for stealing and attempting to burn a rainbow-colored flag owned by the school's gay-straight alliance (GSA). The students, freshman Matt Henman and sophomores Kevin Smith and Joel Sturgill, admitted their actions to police, and they have since resigned...

Man Kills Three at Indiana Business Fri Mar 22,11:07 AM ETBy TOM COYNE, Associated Press Writer SOUTH BEND, Ind. - An employee shot and killed three people at an aircraft parts plant Friday morning, then led police on a high-speed chase that ended when he shot himself to death, authorities said. The man was firing from a stolen van throughout the chase, and the vehicle was still moving when he shot himself while approaching a roadblock just across the state line near Niles, Mich., said Capt. Richard Dragomer of the Michigan State Police. "It wasn't just police officers he was...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A dozen cots were delivered to Capitol Hill on Friday for possible all-night Senate sessions aimed at obtaining final congressional passage next week of legislation to reduce the influence of money in U.S. politics. ``We are serious about this,'' Ranit Schmelzer, a spokeswoman for Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, said as a delivery truck arrived with the cots. ``We are not going to leave for Easter break until this bill is done.'' The Senate plans to begin debate on Monday on the measure that would ban unregulated contributions to national political parties, restrict donations to state and...

For the Love of Money By Ben Stein Published 2/19/02 12:05:00 AM Now for a few words about Enron and Global Crossing, two formerly immense companies that collapsed in a welter of fraud and self-dealing within the last two months, costing stockholders and lenders tens of billions of dollars. First, it's serious. It is not just a matter of interest to the wolves of Wall Street. Millions and maybe tens of millions of Americans lost money because of losses to their mutual funds. Enron and Global Crossing were widely traded stocks beloved of investment managers and when they fell, hundreds ...

U.S. planes rain dollars on Afghanistan CHAMAN, Pakistan (Reuters) - U.S. aircraft over southern Afghanistan have scattered $100 bills tucked into envelopes bearing a picture of President George W. Bush, witnesses said on Thursday. Some of the envelopes were carried by the wind and fluttered to earth over the Pakistan border town of Chaman, sending people scrambling for the cash. "C-130 planes dropped white-coloured paper envelopes with a photo of President Bush and two bills of $100 each," said Abdul Hadi, a resident of Chaman on the border with southern Afghanistan. "They are actually dropping these over areas across the ...

<p>February 5, 2002 -- President Bush yesterday effectively slashed $5 billion from the $20 billion in rebuilding aid promised for Ground Zero - touching off outrage among New Yorkers in Congress.</p> <p>White House Budget Director Mitch Daniels stunned New York's supporters when he revealed that $5 billion from the victims' compensation fund would be counted toward the $20 billion in federal funding that the president pledged to the city after the terror attacks.</p>

Can I keep my Blackberry, Palm Pilot, laptop, and other Enron computer equipment? No. Those things are all Enron property. A drop box will be set up at the security desk at 1400 Smith Street. Please bring those items to that box at your convenience. A sign-in sheet will be provided to record receipt for those items.

The former Pennsylvania Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan narrowly escaped her home when it burst into flames yesterday. Kathryn Negley Hedrick, who directed state operations for the American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan under the name Kay Ryan, fled the house without shoes when it caught fire shortly before 9 a.m. yesterday, according to her brother, Fawn Township Police Chief Tim Christy. "Basically, it was an accidental fire," Christy said. "She woke up and there was fire in the home. She barely escaped." The home, along Rustic Lane, a narrow road on a wooded hillside, had been ...

I just read about this in the news. I dont know if it is happening here on the west coast or over in the east but I just thought I would tell you so you didnt get scammed by these guys: > > If a man comes to your front door and says he is conducting a survey and asks you to show him your boobs, DO NOT show him your boobs!! THIS IS A SCAM. > > He is just trying to see your boobs.

Soldiers & Sailors hall winning war on neglect Air conditioning key part of memorial's renovation Monday, August 13, 2001 By Jan Ackerman, Post-Gazette Staff Writer Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall in Oakland, known for decades as Oakland's White Elephant, is struggling to re-invent itself. "We are a 91-year-old infant, trying to overcome years of neglect," said Joseph Dugan Jr., executive director of a magnificent, underused structure that was built to honor Union Civil War veterans and eventually became a memorial for American veterans of all modern wars. With a $6 million infusion from the Regional Asset District board and the ...