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From The New York Times:

A bouncer at a bar on Manhattan's Lower East Side was fatally stabbed early yesterday during a fight that broke out after he asked two patrons to put out their cigarettes, the police said.

The bouncer's brother blamed a ban on smoking in restaurants and bars that went into effect two weeks ago for the death, calling his brother, Dana Blake, "the first casualty" of New York City's new law.

'Nuff said! Here's the link.
11:34:31 AM     comment []

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An interesting bit by a musician who's convinced that the RIAA engineered the decline in sales to stomp out digital file swapping. And I must admit, after following the links in which he analyzes the sales stats provided by the RIAA, he does have a point ...

RIAA, This Is Earth, Please Come In! [Slashdot]
1:37:53 AM     comment []