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...says Dan Jenkins, a legendary golf writer who will be covering his 60th - that's not a misprint - Masters in April, regarding the access Augusta grants to media outlets that don't cover golf regularly. "You've got to start going there awhile before you get taken into the club." Masters organizers say the number of media passes distributed this year is on par with the number given out in years past, and they have already turned down requests from numerous outlets that don't cover golf. (See Tiger Woods' best victory moments...
...after spending a couple of weeks tuning up his game, Woods will return to the course at the event that, more than any other tournament on the pro tour, has cemented his status as a golf legend: the Masters, which tees off April 8 at the Augusta National Golf Club...
...larger media machine was in 2003, when news organizations of every stripe descended upon Augusta to cover the protests of Martha Burk, chairwoman of the National Council of Women's Organizations, who crusaded against Augusta National's men-only membership policy. But Burk set up shop outside the club, where the media had access to her. Tiger does his work inside the ropes of Augusta, so the club can cut off the larger circus. Expect many television stations to send trucks and reporters to camp outside Augusta to gather fan reactions and other sidebar stories - and don't be surprised...
...halt the burying of streams with coal debris, which would block further contamination. The EPA does not have the authority to regulate mountaintop mining, but it is responsible for preventing the practice from affecting water quality, said EPA administrator Lisa Jackson at the National Press Club in Washington. The EPA will "try to minimize, if not end, any environmental degradation to the water" caused by mining, she said. "We fight for clean water under the Clean Water Act. So our role is limited to ensuring that these [mining] projects, if they're approved, do not have a detrimental impact...
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