Ill. Gov. Seeks Ban on Violent Video Games
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Gov. Rod Blagojevich is proposing to make it a misdemeanor for businesses to sell violent and sexually explicit video games to minors, a step that other states have tried with little success.
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Governor Rod Blagojevich wants Illinois to be the first state to make it illegal to sell violent video games to minors. Currently the law does not prohibit selling or renting violent and sexually explicit games to children younger than 18.
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Many of the ultraviolent and sexually explicit video &quot;games&quot; on the market today deserve the revulsion and ridicule they have received.
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By Dorsey Griffith, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Jun. 22--Everyone knows someone like this: The guy who sits for hours, playing video games, his heart racing as he pummels animated bad guys with controller-driven automatic weapons.
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Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Monday asked Illinois hospitals that burn waste on-site to stop voluntarily or face either a ban through legislation or tighter state regulations.
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Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Thursday proposed the state ban the sale and rental of violent and sexually explicit video games for children under 18, a restriction that has failed so far elsewhere in the country.
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Governor Rod Blagojevich is taking a stand on violent and sexually explicit video games. He wants to keep them out of children&#39;s reach.
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A federal Internet gambling ban poses threats to lawful gaming online and must be amended right away, players argue in a Capitol Hill lobbying blitz.
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A video game banned in Britain  and Ireland and facing restricted sales in the United States  due to its violent content was a fine piece of art, the game&#39;s  publisher said on Wednesday.
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Trade and Industry Secretary Patricia Hewitt calls for clearer labelling of violent video games.
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If the 11 Illinois hospitals that still burn medical waste don&#39;t voluntarily shut down their incinerators, Gov. Blagojevich said Monday, he will introduce legislation to force them to do it.
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As the clock keeps ticking on the fate of thousands of flu vaccine doses the state ordered from companies overseas, Gov. Rod Blagojevich&#39;s administration Wednesday urged more Illinoisans
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Likely Republican presidential candidate Sen. Sam Brownback of Kansas plans to reignite the Congressional movement to ban violent video games by reintroducing the Truth in Video Game Rating Act.
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Brazil this week imposed a ban on popular role-playing computer games "Counter-Strike" and "EverQuest," claiming they incited violence and were "harmful to consumers' health."
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Warnings on computer games are not big enough, and more needs to be done to help parents understand age limts, a government minister has said.
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California Gov. Arnold  Schwarzenegger appealed on Wednesday a federal judge&#39;s decision  striking down a state law barring the sale of violent video  games to minors.
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Governor Rod Blagojevich plans to ignore a federal ban on prescription drug imports. He announced yesterday that Illinois would start an online clearinghouse within a month to help Illinoisans purchase drugs from Canada, Ireland and the United ...