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...changed its "guidelines" to "regulations" on what is allowed. Among the rules: "Receptions, lunches, dinners or other events to which Academy members are invited that are specifically designed to promote a film or achievement for Academy Awards consideration are expressly forbidden." To get around that rule, studios sponsor parties disguised as events; academic-like "symposiums" with the cast and crew and "lectures" from stars and directors. Thus, Tuesday night's event was intended to honor Stone for the Hollywood Film Festival. Wink, wink...
...measure passes, oil drilled in California, the world's sixth largest economy and the fourth largest oil-producing state in the U.S., would be taxed at a rate from 1.5% to 6%, depending on global crude prices. The proceeds, capped at $4 billion, would fund a state agency to sponsor research and projects in wind, solar, ethanol and other energy alternatives. The idea of putting a tax on oil extraction is not new - both Texas and Alaska have one - but California's idea to use the money for alternative energy projects...
...Ahmadinejad off and running trying to develop nuclear weapons. The only thing that would be more volatile is if you also had Saddam Hussein trying to develop nuclear weapons in Baghdad. Establishing a democratic government, getting rid of the old regime, closing down a major state sponsor of terror, shutting off Saddam Hussein's practice of making payments to the families of suicide bombers--we've done good work to get this far. We've got more to do. It's going to be tough to finish the task, but I think it's very important that we complete...
...immediately." This year six states--Arizona, Florida, Iowa, Michigan, Ohio and Kentucky--have considered new or additional nighttime restrictions, but only Kentucky's bill passed, propelled, in part, by the death of the 17-year-old granddaughter of state representative Tom Burch of Louisville, who was the sponsor...
...gathered in Sanders Theater as genuine Nobel Laureates, Ig Nobel recipients, and other “ignitaries” participated in this year’s ceremony honoring achievements that “make people laugh, and then make them think.” The night’s sponsor, the science humor magazine “Annals of Improbable Research,” distributed awards for everything from research which proved that dung beetles are “finicky eaters” to an exploration of why woodpeckers do not get headaches...