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* The Federal Aviation Administration lifted long-running restrictions on Venezuelan airlines flying to U.S. airports as it raised that country’s safety rating.
* The Screen Actors Guild’s national board unanimously approved the recently negotiated deal with producers that gives actors who voice animated cable shows a 20% pay raise when episodes are rerun. The contract is retroactive to Jan. 1, 2006, and runs through June 30, 2008.
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