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...retailers dread such laws. Costco CFO Richard Galanti says his company already meets the Chicago minimum and that the $10 wage helps the company retain employees. "It doesn't make us any less competitive," he says...
...them as a safety measure, others fear them as an Orwellian intrusion. Nearly one-third of vehicles on the road today--and 64% of this year's models--contain the little-noticed chips and sensors. Unlike flight recorders on airplanes, these microcomputers don't capture voices, but they can retain up to 20 seconds of data on speed, braking and acceleration in the lead-up to a crash. For virtually all Ford and General Motors cars, and for a few models from other automakers, accident investigators can buy a modem-like device to plug laptops into EDRs and download...
...Congress, Representatives Mary Bono, a Republican from California, and Massachusetts Democrat Michael Capuano are sponsoring a House bill that would allow people to turn off their recorders--a provision that would require a complex redesign of air-bag systems. If EDRs are eventually installed in cars that can retain more than several seconds of data, says Bono, "information could be collected about our driving habits, and we might not even know it is happening...
...directed by Khoa Do, reflect that layering. On the surface, this feel-good tale is about a group of mates from the down-at-heel western suburbs of Sydney trying to win a football tournament; beyond this, it's a story about Vietnamese refugee Luc Vu's battle to retain custody of his little sister Anne after the death of their mother. In one sense, it's formulaic film-making (the triumph over adversity), but Footy Legends has heart and depth. As Do, the 2005 Young Australian of the Year, has said, the film draws on his experiences of growing...
...youth cable channel, Current TV, when he criticized the new station's hiring practices along with its video submission policies on his blog. In protest, he started the Rise Up! Network, a non-profit alternative media site, where anyone can feature his or her own video work and retain exclusive rights...