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...deals struck between the cable industry and Fox, ABC and NBC. Traditionally, cable systems have been able to retransmit local broadcast stations for free. The four broadcast networks, which own local stations in big markets, have always been frustrated by this situation, and in 1992 they were allowed to seek retransmission payments from the cable operators. The cable companies refused to pay, however, so a compromise was reached. The networks dropped their demand for money, and in return the cable systems agreed to carry and pay for new cable channels that the networks would devise. (CBS bungled this battle...
...necrotizing fasciitis. After a deadly run through the population, the bacterium subsided; most victims had either died or developed immunity. The big difference this time is better treatment. While some strains of strep are showing resistance to some antibiotics, the drugs are still effective in most cases. If people seek prompt treatment for sore throats and unusually high fevers -- especially when they've recently suffered cuts -- those deadly flesh-eating bacteria need not be deadly...
Colorful populist Edwin Edwards, Louisiana's gambling-loving and scandal- hounded but never convicted Governor, unexpectedly and without explanation announced that he would not seek a fifth term...
That the fast-talking Governor did it without ever making a public act of contrition was one more reason that Louisiana was stunned last week when, midway through his present term, he made a tearful announcement before the state legislature that he would not seek re-election. For once, the Governor had just a few cryptic words of explanation: "I feel it's time to move on to something else. When you learn -- and you will -- what I have in mind, you'll understand...
Senate Republican leader Bob Dole is taking the first real steps toward the 1996 race for the presidency, telling advisers to seek commitments from political strategists and fund raisers nationwide, the New York Times has reported. But this time around, Dole -- who was burned six years ago in New Hampshire when he failed to echo George Bush's "no new taxes" challenge -- appears to be taking no chances. "He's haunted by his '88 experience, when he finally made up his mind and then was out-organized by Bush," says TIME Washington correspondent Laurence I. Barrett. The fortunes of rivals...