After years of industry speculation, Amazon.com is getting into the digital music business.

Amazon, the Internet’s most successful seller of physical CDs, today announced plans to introduce a music download store later this year, selling songs and albums in the MP3 format without the anti-copying protection used by most online music retailers.

Amazon to Sell Music Without Copy Protection - New York Times

President Bush intervened in March 2004 to avert a crisis over the National Security Agency’s domestic eavesdropping program after Attorney General John Ashcroft, Director Robert S. Mueller III of the F.B.I. and other senior Justice Department aides all threatened to resign, a former deputy attorney general testified Tuesday.

President Intervened in Dispute Over Eavesdropping - New York Times

As prenatal tests make it possible to identify fetuses that will have mental retardation, deafness, early-onset Alzheimer�s disease and a range of other conditions, such personal deliberations are adding a new layer to the fraught political debate over abortion.

Abortion - Genetic Testing - Women's Health - New York Times

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has begun fighting back this week against one DMCA takedown abuser. The organization has filed a lawsuit against "paranormalist" Uri Geller for sending a takedown notice to YouTube over a video that heavily criticizes his psychic and magical abilities. The suit alleges that Geller and his company Explorologist Ltd. "knowingly and materially" misrepresented their claim under the DMCA when demanding that the video be taken down, and therefore violated the DMCA itself.

EFF to psychic: There will be a DMCA abuse suit in the near future

Sarah’s appearance at Henry Ford Hospital here is part of an unusual campaign being undertaken by parents of children with Down syndrome who worry about their future in the face of broader prenatal testing that could sharply reduce the number of those born with the genetic condition.

Prenatal Test Puts Down Syndrome in Hard Focus - New York Times

An American intelligence boss has hinted at curbs on commercial satellite imagery to prevent its use by enemies of the USA.

US spy chief wants 'some control' over satellite imagery | The Register

Sometimes a particular piece of plastic is just what you need. You have lost the battery cover to your cellphone, perhaps. Or your daughter needs to have the golden princess doll she saw on television. Now.

Beam It Down From the Web, Scotty - New York Times

WHEN �Mystery Science Theater 3000� was canceled after 11 seasons in 1999, 146 distraught fans bought a full-page advertisement in Daily Variety urging another network to continue the show. But the series was not revived, and today devotees cannot even tune in to reruns because its premise � a host and his two robot pals mock B movies � required securing those movies� broadcast rights, which expired after the show�s demise.

RiffTrax - Mystery Science Theater 3000 - TV - New York Times

Senior Bush administration officials told Congress on Tuesday that they could not pledge that the administration would continue to seek warrants from a secret court for a domestic wiretapping program, as it agreed to do in January.

Administration Pulls Back on Surveillance Agreement - New York Times

Don't call them bill collectors. Today, the industry has a softer term, "debt counselors," for the swelling ranks of people who are pounding the pavement trying to stem the tide of mortgage foreclosures. Says Steve Bailey, senior managing director at mortgage giant Countrywide Financial Corp. (CFC ), who oversees the company's $1.4 trillion portfolio: "You need to keep the revenue stream flowing and keep hope alive."

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