| SPORTS |
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NASCAR Season Cancelled
Lack of any living drivers is to blame. |
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NBA Refs Sued For Racial
Profiling
Most fouls called on African-American
players, suit alleges. |
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| MEDIA |
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News-to-Advertising Ratios
Adjusted Slightly at U.S. Newspapers
Just in time for spectacular spring sale
at your nearest Sears. |
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| PICTURE OF THE
WEEK |
 WEST
HOLLYWOOD'S NATIONAL GUARD
UNIT STRUTS ITS STUFF
Annual “Don't Ask, Don't Tell”
parade draws thousands of onlookers. |
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| CORRECTION |
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Last week, in our listing of films
for the whole family, we erroneously gave
a G rating to the movie, “Snow White
Does the Seven Dwarfs.” It should
have been rated XXX. We apologize for any
confusion this may have caused. |
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 A
Conversation
With ...
Gale Norton, Secretary
of the Interior |
| IronicTimes: You've put
photographs of offshore oil platforms on
the walls of the Interior Department
alongside the old photos of National
Parks. Any other innovations? |
| Norton: Well, there's the
Mining for Millions program, where we
invite the CEO's of the top mining
companies to compete for extraction
rights in our National Parks by answering
really easy questions. |
| IronicTimes: What are you
doing in the area of wildlife protection? |
| Norton: We have an exciting
new initiative, the Animal Early Warning
Alert, where we go into a National Park
weeks before an oil drilling operation is
scheduled to begin and give the li'l
critters plenty of advance notice. |
| IronicTimes: You've been an
advocate of "multiple use" for
our public lands. Is there anything
besides mining and oil drilling you'd
like to add to the mix? |
| Norton: Yes. Weapons
testing. |
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