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Sex Games
At the behest of Congress, the Federal Trade Commission eyeballs the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. The game was reclassified as an adults-only title after hidden sex scenes involving animated characters surfaced.
Aloha Cars
The state of Hawaii attempts to repeal economics by putting caps on gasoline prices. Probable outcome: long lines and gas shortages.
Routing Error
Cisco Systems goes to court to suppress information about a flaw in its Net routers. Researcher Michael Lynn's presentation to a computer conference was nearly derailed, but Lynn quit his job so his employer could not grant Cisco's demands that the information remain secret.
Tough Turf
Federal prosecutors in Seattle claim their attempt to charge one of the London bomb-attack planners in 2002 was derailed by Justice Department politics. D.C. told Seattle to lay off Haroon Aswat, since the U.S. attorney in New York City was to lead all terrorist prosecutions.
Phantom Hits
The lone bright spot in New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer's battle against the "crime" of payola is proof that many hit records aren't so popular after all. Radio execs spun vapid tunes not because they thought the songs were decent but because they were paid to do so.
Naked Power
Teresa Hamaty takes a picture of her naked infant son getting a kiss on the belly from Dad, and the couple is charged with child abuse. Charbel spends six months in prison, and the children are removed from Teresa's care. Prosecutors dropped all charges in July.
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