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Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin on Monday ordered a formal investigation into why two agency reports on media ownership were never made public.
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An investigative arm of Congress said the news segments about the effects of drug use among young people "constitute covert propaganda."
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A congressional Democratic leader says he's being ignored in requests for more information about the reported disappearance of messages exchanged by the likes of Karl Rove.
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Two senators are urging the Pentagon to investigate a Marine Corps report that bureaucrats refused an urgent request from battlefield commanders in 2005 for blast-resistant vehicles. "We need an official investigation to figure out why this happened and to make sure it never happens again," said Sen. Joseph Biden Jr., D-Del.
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As political debate churned over a newly declassified intelligence report on terrorists, a top Democrat called for the release of another National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq that she says "paints a grim picture." The White House denied a charge by Rep. Jane Harman that the second report is being kept in draft form so that its contents won't be made public until after the elections.
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Senators promise to reintroduce a bill that would force scientific publishers to post publicly funded research for free. The publishers fight back with a PR campaign. By Randy Dotinga.
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The chairman of the Senate committee addressing climate change criticized the White House on Wednesday for editing testimony from a government expert about the health effects of global warming.
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A Senate panel on Thursday voted to   release two newly declassified reports on prewar Iraq   intelligence, including one examining the role of an Iraqi   exile group that spread allegations, later proved false, about   Iraqi weapons of mass destruction.
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I admire Deseret Morning News Editor Joe Cannon for his policy of protecting confidential sources, which when used appropriately can be an important journalistic tool. Cannon cited the First Amendment as the centerpiece of his argument against the subpoena of one reporter, Ben Winslow.
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By DIRK LAMMERS  SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - A sex scandal that led to the censure of a South Dakota state senator could prompt stricter computer policies for all lawmakers here.   State Sen.
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A Food and Drug Administration official who sought to estimate the harm done to patients by side effects of the painkiller Vioxx said yesterday that his supervisors tried to suppress his conclusions, according to Sen.
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By DIRK LAMMERS  SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - A sex scandal that led to the censure of a South Dakota state senator could prompt stricter computer policies for all lawmakers here.  State Sen.
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The U.S. Congress denied the Bush administration funds to study a new generation of nuclear weapons, omitting the money from a huge mop-up spending bill it passed over the weekend, lawmakers said on Monday.
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A powerful New Jersey politician accused of being paid for a job that required no work at a scandal-ridden state university denied the report from a federal monitor who had investigated the school's finances.
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The government had tried to block news coverage of a scandal, arguing that it jeopardized the investigation.
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A radio station Sunday denied a talk show host's claim that was fired because he criticized CBS newsman Dan Rather's handling of challenges to the authenticity of memos about President Bush's National Guard service.
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A rumor that Sen. Ted Stevens wants to block the online encyclopedia from schools and libraries is as wrong as thinking the net's tubes are clogged. In 27B Stroke 6.