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Last Updated: March 19, 2010 06:16 am
English Town Plans To Commemorate Luddites
March 19, 2010 06:16 am
Nearly 200 years ago, workers in England took up arms against technology. Weavers protested the advent of mechanized looms with violence. Named for weaver Ned Lud, the Luddites feared machines would make hand weaving extinct. The people of Huddersfield are rising up again, but this time to commemorate the city's 19th century weavers.
Jaguar Once Driven By Queen Is Up For Sale
March 19, 2010 05:43 am
A Jaguar driven by Britain's Queen Elizabeth between 2001 and 2004 is up for sale. A memorabilia dealer bought it after the Queen owned it, and now he's selling it. The car comes with some regal extras — including an armrest designed to hold the Queen's famous handbag.
FDA Restricts Marketing Tobacco To Youth
March 19, 2010 04:00 am
The FDA has issued the first regulations since Congress gave the agency power to regulate tobacco. The regulations clamp down on the marketing of cigarettes to children and teenagers. The new rules prohibit a number of ad strategies like giving way hats and T-shirts with tobacco logos. Plus, no more selling of cigarettes in certain vending machines where kids can get at them.
Parents Fight For The Right To Sell Treats At School
March 19, 2010 04:00 am
New York City parents want the right to bake their cake and sell it, too, after officials began enforcing a once-a-month limit on PTA bake sales during the school day. Schools say they're trying to balance health with the need to find ways to fund programs. But parents say their treats are more wholesome than the prepackaged foods that schools do allow.
Undecided Lawmakers Targeted For Their Health Vote
March 19, 2010 04:00 am
On Capitol Hill, a few dozen House members are trying to decide how to vote on health care — while hundreds of advocates and thousands of e-mails are trying to sway them one way or the other. The House is expected to vote on its health care overhaul legislation on Sunday.
'Repo Men:' Metaphor For Health Care Overhaul?
March 19, 2010 04:00 am
Film critic Mia Mask says the new movie Repo Men is a science fiction flick that comments on two prominent policy issues: health care overhaul and the regulation of the financial industry. Mia Mask teaches film at Vassar College, and is the author of Divas on Screen.
Thousands To Rally For Immigration Overhaul
March 19, 2010 04:00 am
Activists are arriving in Washington D.C. for this weekend's rally to push for an overhaul of immigration laws. Arizona has some of the toughest laws in the nation targeting illegal immigrants. Churches and advocacy groups from the state are sending delegates to Washington to march for changes at the federal level.
Universal Music To Test Lower Price Of CDs
March 19, 2010 04:00 am
The world's largest music company is lowering the price of CDs. Universal Music is rolling out a test to see whether a $10 price ceiling will encourage consumers to buy more compact discs. Over the last decade, CD sales have dropped by more than half.
Will The Real 'Music City' USA Please Stand Up
March 19, 2010 04:00 am
While the music festival South by Southwest attracts thousands of industry types to Austin, Texas, other locales are trying to make sure the host city doesn't get too much credit as being the "music city." Places like Nashville, Seattle and even the state of Louisiana have sent contingents to Austin to promote their own ties to music.
Billionaire Investor Wannabe Rock Star?
March 19, 2010 04:00 am
Warren Buffett can be seen in a video dressed and singing like Axel Rose of Guns and Roses. The video was made by employees of Buffett's car insurance company Geico. Every year Geico workers put together a music video for their annual meeting. They told Time magazine that this year they wanted to come up with the most "ridiculous" outfit they could think up for their billionaire owner.
CBO Figures Show Health Care Bill Would Cut Deficit
March 19, 2010 04:00 am
The tension is high and the stakes are even higher, as Republicans and Democrats near the decisive moment of the health care battle. The language of the final bill was released Thursday. Along with Congressional Budget Office numbers that show it would cost $940 billion over 10 years, it would also reduce the deficit in the long run.
ABC Hires CNN's Amanpour For 'This Week'
March 19, 2010 04:00 am
Correspondent Christiane Amanpour will be moving to ABC in August to take over the anchor chair at This Week. Amanpour is best known for racing across the globe from hotspot to hotspot, covering conflicts for CNN. She replaces George Stephanopoulos, who moved to Good Morning America.
Stakes High For Obama Presidency In Health Care Bill
March 19, 2010 12:01 am
President Obama is making a final frenzied push before the health care bill comes up for a vote in the House on Sunday. If the bill fails, he will be severely weakened. He will have failed to deliver his signature initiative, and his Democratic Party will look incapable of governing.
Runaway Cars: Driver Error Or Car Malfunction?
March 19, 2010 12:00 am
The problems with Toyota's gas pedals have been front page news for weeks now, but what about the people in front of the pedals? Earlier studies have found that the majority of car-surging incidents were actually the fault of the driver. But the recent problems with cars continuing to accelerate haven't been studied yet.
Exploring The Taliban's Complex, Shadowy Finances
March 19, 2010 12:00 am
Western nations have long criticized Afghanistan's failure to curtail opium production, a main source of income for the Taliban. But counterterrorism officials say the problem is far more complex than just drug money, including diverted charity payments and "protection money" from convoys seeking to resupply U.S. forces in Afghanistan.
