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David Letterman's show has been knocked off the air in seven southern and midwestern cities -- including Wichita, Mobile and Mason City -- this week because the stations' owner, Nick Evans (of Spartan Communications in Spartanburg, S.C.), had trouble getting tickets for people who wanted to see the "Late Show" taped in New York. Instead, viewers of Evans' stations are being treated to a mixture of infomercials, sitcoms such as "Mama's Family" and "Married With Children," and "Judge Judy." Evans concedes that a ticket dispute was behind his decision, but also says he's unhappy with Dave's low ratings...
...unsettled telecom industry, highly acquisitive SBC Communications announced it would buy Ameritech in a $62 billion stock swap. The combined entity would comprise three of the original seven Baby Bells with more than $40 billion in annual revenues, controlling some 57 million lines in 13 Western and Midwestern states. Only U.S. West now stands between SBC control of nearly three quarters of the U.S. Throw in telecom deregulation that should eventually allow local phone companies to enter the long distance market even as households are adding second and third lines for Internet access, and suddenly San Antonio-based...
...across town and was catered by Food Not Bombs, a group that collects unused groceries from supermarkets and restaurants to be served to the homeless. Workshops on legal defenses against FCC equipment seizures and on how to send programs over the Internet drew guerrilla broadcasters from eight Western and Midwestern states--mirroring a similar East Coast conference held in Philadelphia a week earlier...
...breaking away from the modern-day Midwestern world with A Thousand Acres and Moo, Jane Smiley has gambled--and won. The title character of The All-True Travels and Adventures of Lidie Newton is much more than Laura Ingalls Wilder all grown up. Lidie confidently balances wonder and practicality to make herself, if not the most memorable literary heroine in recent times, than definitely an enjoyable one. "No one could describe what was true in Kansas or Missouri," she contemplates as she concludes her story. But with good old-fashioned honesty and a surprisingly plucky star, Jane Smiley manages...
...Midwestern Champ, ESPN...