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...than "Seinfeld," "E/R" and "The X-Files." A great many students--quite possibly a majority--don't have the time to watch or the money to pay for cable. Moreover, chances are that if all the dorms are wired for cable, those installation costs will magically appear on our term-bills--meaning you will end up paying for cable even if you'd rather surf the Web than surf 100 channels. You call that something all students want? I call it a marginal quality-of-life concern. (Not to mention the fact that cable TV is not apolitical. For example...
...Stands Still Reserve chiefs met today to determine the direction of short-term interest rates. Their decision? Do nothing...
Just in from the Fed: There will be no change in short-term interest rates. Which was exactly what Wall Street was expecting; trading on both the Dow and NASDAQ was robust all day, and was expected to continue unflinching in the wake of the announcement. Faced with weighing the high-octane U.S. economy against the tenuous financial markets overseas, the Fed has not changed rates since late March; they will remain at 5.5 percent. In Money Daily...
...Colbert incident would topple him, and when he was approached by the FBI directly, Blondie caved too. "I miscalculated," he says ruefully. "The other stuff was just our word against druggies', but I hoped to win points by cooperating. I thought maybe I could get away with a light term or maybe even probation--13 years never seemed possible...
...DeBartolo's way with his money clip has come under federal scrutiny. Louisiana newspapers disclosed last week that prosecutors in New Orleans have indicated they plan to indict DeBartolo in connection with a long-term investigation of gambling fraud that had focused primarily on the state's flamboyant former Governor Edwin Edwards. Upon hearing the news, DeBartolo abruptly handed over stewardship of the 49ers to his sister...