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Press release: “The Federal Trade Commission today approved a complaint challenging Whole Foods Market, Inc.s approximately $670 million acquisition of its chief rival, Wild Oats Markets, Inc., and authorized the staff to seek a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction in federal district court to halt the deal pending an administrative trial on the merits. …
Follow-up to previous postings on Libby trial and the Plame CIA investigation, today U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton (District of Columbia) sentenced Vice President Cheney’s former chief of staff I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby to 30 months in prison annd fined him $250,000. AP: Letters to the court defending and opposing Libby Commentary from The …
Press release: “Ask.com®…today unveiled Ask3D, a completely re-engineered and redesigned version of Ask.com. Ask3D includes powerful new search technology, an innovative three-panel design, and unique new features that give people what they need, faster. With the new version of Ask.com, people get the most relevant and customized information they need from the best range of …
Why do the archives of so many great writers end up in Texas? by D. T. Max: “The Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, the literary archive of the University of Texas at Austin, contains thirty-six million manuscript pages, five million photographs, a million books, and ten thousand objects, including a lock of Byrons curly brown …
The State of Search Engine Safety, June 4, 2007 – Ben Edelman, Advisor to McAfee SiteAdvisor and Hannah Rosenbaum – Research Analyst, McAfee SiteAdvisor “In this study, we compare the safety of leading search engines, using McAfee SiteAdvisors automated Web site ratings…Since May 2006, search engine results have become safer, primarily due to improved safety …
Cost Estimate for Senate Amendment 1150 to S. 1348, the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007, June 4, 2007 (44 pages, PDF)
The Nation’s Long-Term Fiscal Outlook April 2007 Update: The Bottom Line: Federal Fiscal Policy Remains Unsustainable GAO-07-983R, June 4, 2007 “As in previous updates, GAO’s current long-term simulations show ever-larger deficits resulting in a federal debt burden that ultimately spirals out of control. For this update we modified the alternative simulation to reflect a return …
CDT: “…a federal appeals court today limited the Federal Communications Commission’s ongoing effort to expand its authority to regulate speech over broadcast media. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held that the FCC did not adequately explain its decision to reverse thirty years of policy of allowing “fleeting expletives ” on broadcast …
Report issued by Robert S. Mueller III, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, June 4, 2007: “Preliminary figures indicate that, as a whole, law enforcement agencies throughout the Nation reported an increase of 1.3 percent in the number of violent crimes brought to their attention in 2006 when compared to figures reported for 2005. The violent …
Press release: “The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today announced a new advisory committee designed to counsel the agency on how to strengthen the communication of risks and benefits of FDA-regulated products to the public.” “Two related Federal Register notices are being published, one announcing the establishment of the new advisory committee and the …
“The Federal Trade Commission has informed GPO that they will cease the print publication of FTC Decisions. These will be available in electronic format only beginning with Volume 129. Access to the Decisions is available at: http://www.ftc.gov/os/decisions/index.shtm or via http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS81899. The last volume distributed in print to the FDL’s was Volume 128 (FT 1.11:128, item …
Press release: “The Justice Department today announced that on June 5, 2007, it will monitor local elections in Bergen County, Edison, and Penns Grove, N.J., and in Hollywood, S.C., to ensure compliance with the Voting Rights Act. Justice Department personnel will watch and record activities during voting hours at polling places in these locations, and …