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...judge from the media coverage--the instant prime-time TV specials; the nonstop frenzy on CNN and in the newspapers; the rapid, rabid airing of the most lurid speculation--you would think Michael Jackson's arrest on charges of molesting a 12-year-old boy was the surprise ending of a story rather than the next and perhaps last act in a tale that threatens to carry with it a tragic inevitability...
...petition against the FCC's relaxing rules on media ownership; the next, a fund drive that brought in $1 million in 48 hours to support the Texas state senators who had fled the state to stop a G.O.P. redistricting plan. There are no membership dues, and gratification is as instant as a mouse click. "MoveOn is easily the largest political-action committee in the country," says Professor Michael Cornfield of George Washington University. "It's the Christian Coalition of the left...
...GWBush.com caused candidate Bush to declare, "There ought to be some limits to freedom"; and Eli Pariser, 22, a New Yorker whose post-9/11 e-mail petition for peace was signed by 500,000 people worldwide. All four still work out of their homes, communicating by e-mail, instant messaging and a regular Tuesday conference call...
...shown at left, the Samsung SCH-i600 ($400 after rebate from Verizon). The phones come with a Windows media player for listening to music and playing back songs, and they accept Secure Digital memory cards with up to 256 MB of data. You can even send instant messages. Microsoft claims you can do full Web browsing on the phones, but that's hardly practical on these small screens. Still, these pocket-size gizmos hold an amazing number of features...
reuters It was the stuff of instant legend. Just seconds of extra time remained in Saturday?s Rugby World Cup final in Sydney, when England?s star kicker Jonny Wilkinson spotted a chance for a drop goal against holders Australia. He had fluffed three earlier attempts and, riskily, chose to swing his right foot over his favored left. Up and over the ball went: England...