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New Federal Law Provides Justice Department with Broad Access to Business Financial Records

On Saturday, December 13th, while the world watched the day long, widespread coverage of the capture of Saddam Hussein, President Bush signed a new law providing broad and sweeping powers to the Justice Department and the FBI. The new law, entitled the "Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004," primarily is focused on authorizing appropriations for various security initiatives and intelligence activities of the federal government...read more

Super Sunday: Panthers... Patriots... Poker

Are you trying to host the coolest Super Bowl party this year? Maybe you should consider showing your guests some of the programming a pair of poker companies has lined up. Invite your guests over early for some wings and beer, and maybe think about skipping CBS's pre-game show...read more

Horoscope for the Week of January 18, 2004

Tip of the Week: The New Moon in Aquarius on January 22 marks the Chinese New Year. This year the Monkey reigns supreme with the element of Wood prominent. Wood is associated with any plant or stem that shoots upward from roots and soil...read more

UK Bookmakers, Jockey Club Consider MOU

Traditional bookmakers in the United Kingdom are negotiating with the U.K. Jockey Club to establish a memorandum of understanding that would allow the Jockey Club's security department to access bettor records when a breach of racing rules is suspected. Individual bookmakers and spokespersons for the Association of British Bookmakers have declined to comment on the exact terms of the agreement, but it is likely that a memorandum similar to an existing agreement between the Jockey Club and betting exchanges will be in place within a few weeks. The Jockey Club entered into a memorandum of understanding in June with betting exchanges Betfair and Sporting Options, due to concerns over betting exchanges threatening the integrity of racing...read more

Horoscope for the Week of January 11, 2004

Tip of the Week: As the year begins the highlights include Mercury, now Direct, Jupiter is now Retrograde, Uranus is officially in Pisces, and will be until March of 2011 and, Mars is in Aries. This entry platform will bring much action and excitement along with many surprises and awakening to a humanity that is still largely sleeping to our spiritual nature...read more

Horoscope for the Week of January 4, 2004

Tip of the Week In keeping with tradition, this first weekly Horoscope of the year will briefly outline some of the major themes during 2004 for each sign. While reading your own sign along with your "Ascendant" or rising sign, determined by your time and place of birth, as well as the sign or two that follows your own sign, due to the "Progression" of the chart, you could also read the themes for all of the signs. The reason is, basically, twofold...read more

Horoscope for the Week of December 28, 2003

Tip of the Week The year 2003 has indeed been eventful. The following is a brief listing of some of the major events: the war on terrorism increased; Mars made its closest approach to Earth in what some Astronomers claim to be 60,000 years; forest fires blazed uncontrollably in many countries of the world coinciding with the close approach of the fiery red planet; people all over the world recognized and celebrated the Harmonic Concordance; Arnold Schwartzenagger, the actor famous for his roles as "The Terminator", was elected governor of California; and Saddam Hussein, the feared tyrannical ruler of Iraq, was finally captured as a defeated man, in most respects...read more

Horoscope for the Week of December 21, 2003

Tip of the Week: In addition to the excitement of Christmas and the celebrated birthday of Jesus of Nazareth (credible sources say he was born in March as a Pisces - the sign of the fish), it is also the time to pay tribute to the Winter Solstice...read more

Ninemsn Moves Aussie Cricket Site Overseas

Baggy Green, the official Web site for Australian cricket, has moved its Internet server from Australia to the United Kingdom. Spokespersons for the group claim they made the move to give users faster downloads and better performance, but The Australian revealed Monday that the Australian Federal Police (AFP) had received orders to investigate the site for allegedly placing online gambling advertisements. Baggy Green, which can be accessed at www.cricket.org/link_to_database/NATIONAL/AUS, is operated by Ninemsn, a 50/50 venture between the Microsoft Corporation and Publishing and Broadcasting Limited (PBL), one of Australia's leading media companies...read more

Horoscope for the Week of December 14, 2003

Tip of the Week: Astrology is an art and a science. The science part finds its basis in Astronomy the reality of planets in relationship to one another, in their respective orbits around the Sun, from the perspective of the Earth...read more