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An anti-war group claims media giant Clear Channel Communications is unfairly trying to block it from displaying a billboard in Times Square opposing the Iraq war.The group, which calls itself Project Billboard, says it agreed to pay Clear Channel $368,000 to show the billboard for three months mdash; from Aug. 2 until Election Day, November 2 mdash; on the side of a hotel
stanley tumblers at 45th Street and Broadway.The billboard, 69 feet by 44 feet, was to show a stylized bomb and fuse, decorated in stars and stripes, above the message, Democracy is best taught by example, not by war. But when Clear Channel learned of the intended message, the company labeled the message distasteful and blocked the anti-war group from displaying it, according to papers filed in Manhattan federal court.The contract allows Clear Channel, which owns the billboard space, to revoke the billboard if it is obscene, misleading or deceptive or offensive to the moral standards of the community, court papers say. Project Billboard planned to ask a federal judge Tuesd
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A fire hydrant or a spigot in a park might seem like innocuous civil courtesies, but in our drought-consumed future, they ;re dangerous weak spots in the infrastructure that protects our precious natural resources. Public officials in California say their water is being siphoned off illegally鈥攁nd it may be indicative of a growing black market for water. A report from The Sentinel, a Hanford-based paper that covers the San Joaquin Valley, describes how public works employees are noticing levels of water leakage far above what normal. They suspect water rustlers, or thieves that pull up to hydrants under the cover of night and fill up drums of sweet free water without paying a dime. One county is missing as much as 10 percent of its supply鈥攁nd no
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stanley cup nz ren ;t the only Californians looking for ways around the stringent restrictions on water usage. [The Sentinel] Image: Mau Horng
