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This was called-in to UPI immediately after the hearing. It ran in the Washington Times, World Peace Herald, Linux Insider and various online outlets.

WASHINGTON, March 29 (UPI) — File-sharing services, such as music and video swap
Internet sites, should be liable for billions of dollars on copyright infringements, music
and film industry representatives told the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday.

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This story came from a House briefing on widespread nitrate contamination in drinking water. It ran in the Washington Times, Eccowire, WaterWorld and other outlets.

WASHINGTON, March 21 (UPI) — A federal government report on nitrate contamination of the nation’s ground-water supplies shows about 7 percent of U.S. wells contain potentially hazardous levels of the substance — although the data used to compile
the report are far from comprehensive.

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