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...gems I picked up while browsing: Peter Sellers' The Mouse That Roared, Prince's Sign O' The Times concert and Emma, starring the lovely Gwyneth Paltrow. The diversity of titles was impressive, and the catalog is constantly refreshed and updated - each title has an expiration date corresponding to Starz' contract with the movie studio. (There is, I should add, a healthy selection of very new pay-per-view releases - which cost $4 each on top of the $10 subscription - but Vongo isn't the first online service to offer those...
...Creative and Samsung. The folks at Starz assure me that they are working on adding more compatible devices to their list, but they also admit it's beyond their control. Until Microsoft can widely distribute a DRM solution that corresponds to each and every requirement of the movie studio contract, Starz must wait...
...organize and protest. This claim is absolutely absurd. The only people who will be affected by this wall are illegal immigrants, not the ones who have legally come to this country. Illegal immigrants are not part of the U.S., do not participate in the country’s social contract, and are therefore not entitled to the same rights and privileges as U.S. citizens. These immigrant advocacy groups are advocating breaking the law when they support the rights of illegal immigrants; although it is a shame that these people are mistreated, they are breaking our laws and should...
...council outlined a plan to evaluate the performance of its city manager, Robert W. Healy, whose contract is set to expire this summer. It is likely to negotiate another term with him, according to a council member...
...including the creation of a $50 million police headquarters to be named after Healy himself. One of those critics, Craig Kelley—who became the only non-incumbent to win a council seat last November—said yesterday that he would not block Healy’s contract renewal...