Russia reverses course and votes to approve the Kyoto Protocol on climate change. The flip advances Europe's goal of forcing the U.S. to comply with the treaty.
Philadelphia Frisson
The Philadelphia City Council bans foreign outsourcing by any entity with a city service contract. Contractors bidding for work must certify that no work will be performed out of the country.
TiVo Trials
The TiVo nerfs its features in response to complaints from movie studios and other pay-per-view providers. TiVos will now automatically delete recordings of PPV material after an unspecified time, a change evidently needed to win approval for networkable TiVos.
Weed Killers
Some 755,000 persons were arrested for marijuana violations in 2003, according to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reports. That's 45 percent of all drug arrests in the U.S. and more than the total number of arrests for aggravated assault, murder, manslaughter, rape, and robbery.
Beer Corps
A Pentagon lawyer stops beerforsoldiers. com from soliciting donations from the public to, yes, help buy beer for soldiers in Iraq. The site's operator, Sgt. Dale Rogers, called the beer buys a simple "morale builder."
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