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AP: CBS apologizes for Jackson's breast-baring at Super Bowl halftime show; FCC launches probe. (FCC Chairman Michael) Powell said, ``I am outraged at what I saw during the halftime show of the Super Bowl. Like millions of Americans, my family and I gathered around the television for a celebration. Instead, that celebration was tainted by a classless, crass and deplorable stunt. Our nation's children, parents and citizens deserve better.''
Classless, crass? You bet.
But more classless and more crass than Super Bowl commercials containing: A farting horse?
Multiple ads for drugs to stimulate (human) male erections?
Hints of beastiality (the chimp hitting on the young woman)?
A dog that grabs a man's crotch and won't let go?
Just asking... [Dan Gillmor's eJournal]
11:31:28 PM 
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The North Carolina Parole Commission has rejected Junior Allen for the twenty sixth time. Mr. Allen was convicted of stealing a $140 black and white TV set thirty four years ago. He's been in maximum security prison ever since. The official reason given for the denial: "Your release at this time would unduly depreciate the seriousness of the crime." [Kuro5hin.org]
4:29:24 AM
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So we have to trust the Diebolds of the world -- companies that again and again prove they can't be trusted. Even if they mean well, they are obviously not competent to handle this job properly. [Dan Gillmor's eJournal]
4:27:34 AM
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