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...Celebs aren't always helpful. Actor and Parkinson's sufferer Michael J. Fox stumped for pro-stem-cell-research initiatives and candidates--and endured Rush Limbaugh's taunts. To what end? Missouri voters backed a ballot measure for research, but postelection polls showed that Fox's ads hurt his candidate Claire McCaskill more than they helped...
...more will the folks in the camera group not know what the TV-set guys are doing, he vows. He named a new boss of the consumer-electronics unit, Katsumi Ihara, to see to that. Software design is getting an overhaul too, so movies, MP3 players, TVs and cameras aren't strangers. The shining example is PlayStation 3, the fully loaded game machine that debuts in the North American market Nov. 17. "We've put a young guy in charge of the technology group to develop core software and media technologies, which we have not been good at," Stringer told...
...judges aren't inclined to relinquish their role. In a speech last week, Chief Justice Y.K. Sabharwal made no apologies for the activist approach, arguing that the Supreme Court should not only interpret legislation but should also make sure that other branches of government implement laws to ensure justice to the poor...
...coming to Los Angeles, I prepaid my $50 (via PayPal) and started salivating. The night before the event, the location was e-mailed: the courtyard of a Koreatown apartment building. I was told to bring my own wine and a pillow to sit on. Since Ghetto Gourmet events aren't advertised or listed anywhere, you have to hear about them from friends. All this is partly to make it seem more exciting and partly because running a restaurant out of a house isn't particularly legal...
...walk-back occurred in Georgia, where voters can now produce one of 17 different forms of ID or swear an affidavit of identity - far easier than producing a photo ID. Other states haven't backed down on their new rules. Check your Secretary of State's website if you aren't sure what to bring. But be prepared for challenges...