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The Federal Communications Commission decides that Voice-Over-Internet Protocol services must comply with the wiretap provisions of the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act. No one knows exactly what this means, but we've been assured that "the surveillance needs of law enforcement agencies continue to be met as Internet-based communications technologies proliferate."
Walloon Punctured
In Belgium a Flemish woman is arrested for calling her Walloon husband names. Specifically, "a lazy Walloon, a slave, and an inferior creature." This violates the nation's law against racism.
Education Overload
In Massachusetts at least 20 school districts mull extending their school days by up to two hours. The claim is that, in an age of standardized testing, 180 six-hour days cannot impart an adequate education to students.
Why-Fi
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom discovers "a fundamental right to have access universally to information," which in turn mandates publicly funded Wi-Fi nets.
Subsidized Crap
The U.K. calls it "Own Art," but the government program to pay people to buy modern art is surreal by any name. Already some 4,000 interest-free loans of up to $3,545 have been doled out to buy pieces that, by definition, could not sell themselves on their merits.
Drug Benefit Abuse
At the same time a Gallup poll finds that most senior citizens plan to stay out of the Medicare drug benefit plan, the Bush administration tells states the program will cost them $124 billion by 2015. Some states are trying to back out of a deal that may cost them more than no federal plan at all.
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