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...Hollywood, the liberalization of the screen had begun; American movies, long stuck in a bland adolescence, were suddenly and controversially open to "adult themes": nudity, four-letter words, explicit violence. Valenti headed off the puritan backlash. He persuaded Congress to eliminate the regulatory middle man and let Hollywood monitor its own content...
...plan to build walls around at least 10 violent regions in Baghdad has drawn widespread criticism in Iraq--especially from Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, who thinks walls will aggravate sectarian violence. But the military insists that these "communities," in which U.S. troops will use fingerprint scanning to monitor residents, reinforce safety...
Sources: New York Times (3); Associated Press; USA Today; Christian Science Monitor; Washington Post...
...Harvard teaching fellow has found a way to translate DNA into music, and hopes these sounds will eventually be used to monitor sick patients...
Alterovitz, who led the research at HMS and MIT, believes that once practical methods of real-time genetic monitoring are available, doctors will be able to improve treatment by using this technology to monitor patients and interpret symptoms of disease...