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Colleges Try To Curtail Flu Risk For Students

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Dr. Tom Nary is the director of health services at Boston College.

By Tovia Smith

Originally published on Tue January 15, 2013 6:54 pm

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As college students return to class from winter break this week, campuses around the nation are bracing for the possibility of a flu outbreak.

4:30 pm

Tue January 15, 2013

Porn Industry Turned Off By L.A. Mandate For Condoms On Set

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The Los Angeles-based AIDS Healthcare Foundation says a county law requiring condom use at porn shoots is necessary to protect actors from sexually transmitted diseases.

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Adult film production company Vivid Entertainment Group has sued Los Angeles County over the condom measure.

By Mandalit del Barco

Originally published on Tue January 15, 2013 6:54 pm

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In November, more than 1.5 million Los Angeles County voters passed the Safer Sex in the Adult Film Industry Act. The new law orders porn actors to wear condoms during sex scenes.

"The porn industry has been sending a very bad message by saying the only kind of sex that's hot is unsafe," says Michael Weinstein, CEO of the Los Angeles-based AIDS Healthcare Foundation, which sponsored the measure.

Sitting in his office, just over the hills from the nation's porn film capital, Weinstein says the new law was meant to protect both performers and those who watch the movies.

4:08 pm

Tue January 15, 2013

Did Prosecutors Go Too Far In Swartz Case?

By Carrie Johnson

Originally published on Tue January 15, 2013 6:54 pm

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Criticism is raining down on prosecutors in Massachusetts after the suicide of computer genius Aaron Swartz, who helped to develop innovations like RSS.

Swartz, 26, had been facing trial on 13 felony charges for allegedly breaking into the Massachusetts Institute of Technology network and accessing millions of documents. Friends and family argue Swartz was the victim of Justice Department overreach. But legal experts say the case is more complicated than that.

4:05 pm

Tue January 15, 2013

Another George Bush Plans To Try His Hand At Politics

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George P. Bush speaks during the 2011 Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans.

By Wade Goodwyn

Originally published on Tue January 15, 2013 6:54 pm

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Another member of the Bush family is throwing his hat into the political ring: George Prescott Bush, 36, the son of former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, has announced he is running for office in Texas.

The Bush name is still strong in the Lone Star State: George P. has already raised nearly $1.4 million, though he still hasn't said which statewide office he will run for.

2:03 pm

Tue January 15, 2013

Home Video Review: 'Slings And Arrows'

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Richard (Mark McKinney) and Sanjay (Colm Feore) get up close and personal in the zany backstage comedy Slings and Arrows.

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The troubled theatrical genius Geoffrey Tennant (Paul Gross) assumes control of an acclaimed Shakespeare festival, where he scrambles to make up for the failures of his past. Ellen (Martha Burns), an actress, is part of that troubled history.

By Bob Mondello

Originally published on Fri January 18, 2013 6:16 am

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Time now for a home-viewing recommendation from movie critic Bob Mondello. He recently caught an online episode of the Shakespeare-centric comedy Slings and Arrows and says it reminded him how much he liked the whole series.

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