Article: Clearing the air

There wasn't much positive in the news last week. The Station Fire continued to eat up homes and acreage in the Angeles National Forest, while the state used up more than half of its emergency firefighting funds in just two months. Details of the horrible 18- year abduction and assault of Jaycee Dugard continued to emerge. And doctors warned of drug-resistant bacteria and the growing threat of swine flu as the school year begins.

That is why we'd like to point out one bright spot in a largely cloudy week - a ban on robocalls.

A new federal rule took effect Tuesday that prohibits most of the annoying recorded telemarketing calls that companies use to sell carpet cleaning services and ...

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