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...DHS’s proposal levies a fee for most non-immigrant students—a step international officials have been expecting, according to Senior Director of Federal and State Relations Kevin Casey...
...high-minded public broadcaster, 81 years old and going strong with award-winning news, documentaries, dramas and comedies. It has long snubbed crass commerce and does not run ads on its two flagship channels. Its revenue model: every household with a telly must pay the British government a "license fee" of nearly $200 a year to fund the BBC, which adds up to a $4.5 billion annual subsidy. Americans would probably dump their sets in the Boston harbor if Washington forced them to spend that kind of money for PBS. But by and large, Brits love their Beeb; 93% tune...
...media behemoth compete fairly? And even if it can, should it? By tradition, the Beeb is supposed to produce programs in the "public interest," although exactly what that means has never been unequivocally defined. At the same time, it tries to be popular in order to justify the license fee. It's a difficult juggling act, and competitors complain that it is using public money to duplicate the cooking, gardening and home-makeover shows that other broadcasters...
...Napster has expanded on the iTunes design. For a $9.95 monthly membership fee, you can preview whole songs instead of just snippets, and compile endless playlists of songs without paying for individual tracks. (You will be charged if you want to burn songs onto a CD or move them to the YP-910.) Also for members: Napster's 40 interactive Net radio channels, which let you skip or repeat songs and even save memorable radio playlists for later...
Abigail L. Fee ’05, president of Harvard Students for Choice, said she made it explicit to her group that members should respect the right of freedom of expression. She said she had done everything she could to ensure that her organization is not responsible for the vandalism of posters...