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Sens. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) and Edward Kennedy (D-MA) are calling for an investigation of Education Department spending. They want to know if taxpayer money was used to produce what they consider "propaganda" for the Bush administration. It stems from $700,000 the Education Depatment spent for a private contractor to produce 11 VNRs -- or Video News Releases -- designed to look like TV news stories. The VNRs touted successes with the No Child Left Behind Law and were sent out to TV stations. They could be run uncut and appear to be news stories. (Houston Chronicle)