Will the debate continue?
PINELLAS PARK, Florida (CNN)—The death of Terri Schindler Schiavo came 15 years after she suffered severe brain damage that left her fate up to others, eventually leading to a legal battle and a national discussion on issues of life and death.
Schiavo, 41, died 13 days after doctors removed the feeding tube that [...]
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God bless the family and friends left to remember her legacy. Our prayers are with you
WASHINGTON (CNN)—Terri Schiavo, the 41-year-old brain-damaged woman who became the centerpiece of a national right-to-die battle, died Thursday morning, nearly two weeks after doctors removed the feeding tube that had sustained her for more than a decade.
Brother Paul O’Donnell, [...]
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Rev Jerry Falwell’s heath is showing signs of slight improvement.
Doctors upgraded the Rev. Jerry Falwells condition from critical to serious but stable Wednesday after they removed a ventilator from his esophagus.
The mechanical ventilator has been removed and he is breathing spontaneously without any difficulty, said Dr. Joseph Khoury, a pulmonary critical care specialist attending to [...]
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CBSNews.com prepared obituary viewable via search engines, erroneously. Glenn Beck as the copies to prove it.
With worldwide attention focused on Terri Schiavo, the brain-injured Florida woman whose feeding tube was removed March 18, CBS News reportedly published news of her death on Monday of this week, even though she had not died.
The online obituary [...]
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Teens’ Risky Behavior Down Since 1993
WASHINGTON Mar 30, 2005 In many ways, children today are doing better than their parents did. They take fewer drugs, commit fewer crimes and have fewer babies. If they would just lay off the chips and soda.
A huge increase in obesity and increases in young people living in poverty [...]
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Michael Schiavo’s role has ties to civil, biblical law. Schiavo insists that his wife would not have wanted to live in her current condition
PINELLAS PARK, Florida (AP)—Marianne Clark cannot understand why Mary Schindler—the woman who gave birth to Terri Schiavo, dried her tears, and nursed her cuts and bruises—counts less to the courts than [...]
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Second bout of pneumonia in five weeks
LYNCHBURG, Virginia (AP)—The Rev. Jerry Falwell was hospitalized in critical condition Tuesday, battling his second case of viral pneumonia in just five weeks, hospital and church officials said.
Falwell, 71, was admitted to Lynchburg General Hospital shortly before midnight Monday suffering from “respiratory arrest,” the hospital said in a statement.
He [...]
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Our thoughts and prayers go to the Cochran family and friends in the wake of this tragic loss.
LOS ANGELES (CNN)—Famed attorney Johnnie Cochran, 67, perhaps best known for his defense of O.J. Simpson, died Tuesday at his home in Los Angeles.
“I loved him as a good Christian man; I look at Johnny as a great [...]
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Regardless of race or gender, a college graduate on average earned over $51,000, compared with $28,000 for someone with only a high school diploma or an equivalent degree. College-educated men typically made $63,000, compared with $33,000 for men with just a high school education
WASHINGTON (AP)—Black and Asian women with bachelor’s degrees earn slightly more than [...]
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According to US Supreme Court, law allowing abortions without parental consent or notification for minors in cases of extreme medical emergency is valid.
The Supreme Court yesterday without comment declined to reinstate an Idaho law that required girls under age 18 to have permission from their parents to get an abortion legally.
The rejection marked the second [...]
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In terms of student satisifaction, Harvard ranks near the bottom of 31 elite private schools.
Student satisfaction at Harvard College ranks near the bottom of a group of 31 elite private colleges, according to an analysis of survey results that finds that Harvard students are disenchanted with the faculty and social life on campus.
An internal Harvard [...]
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Because Colorado jurors refered by Bible passages during their deliberation, a death penalty decision has been lessed to a life sentence. Governor Bill Owens said the ruling was “demeaning to people of faith and prevents justice from being served.”
DENVER (AP) – The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday threw out the death penalty in [...]
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Teenager is son of tribal chairman, source tells AP
(CNN)—A juvenile has been arrested in connection with last week’s school shootings in Red Lake, Minnesota, authorities said Monday.
The office of the U.S. attorney for Minnesota, Tom Heffelfinger, gave no further details about the arrest.
It did not say what charge the juvenile was arrested on or if [...]
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Fight over brain-damaged woman moves to Washington
PINELLAS PARK, Florida (CNN)—Terri Schiavo’s husband has asked that an autopsy be performed on his wife after she dies so that a full report can be done on the extent of her brain damage, an attorney for Michael Schiavo said Monday.
Attorney George Felos said the autopsy will be performed [...]
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Raw food is not my thing, but this unique culinary lifestyle appears to be working for some vegans.
WASHINGTON (Reuters)—People on strict raw food vegetarian diets are thin but healthy, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.
Although nutritionists and the food industry have warned that a diet without dairy foods can lead to the bone-thinning disease osteoporosis, the [...]
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Jury slaps tobacco giant Philip Morris USA
(CNN)—A New York jury Monday awarded punitive damages of $17.1 million against Philip Morris USA in a case in which a 72-year-old woman said her lung cancer and neurological disorder were caused by smoking.
The punitive damage award is one of the largest such awards against the embattled tobacco industry.
The [...]
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“One of the things she admired most were people who came from absolutely nothing and made something of themselves”—Vern Kembitskey, Neva Roger’s son
BEMIDJI, Minn. (AP) – While some Red Lake High School students crouched under their desks in a corner, English teacher Neva Rogers stood out in the open and began to pray.
``God be with [...]
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Churches with Thousands of Members and a One-Stop Mentality Becoming More Popular
March 27, 2005 Americans are known for their love of “super-sizing” from French fries to cars to houses and on this Easter Sunday, many Americans are celebrating on a much larger scale, in huge congregations known as “mega-churches,” where people can [...]
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It’s quick, easy and free! Just the click of a button will send a bible to a persecuted Christian.
Right now, 200 million Christians are living under restriction for their faith in Jesus Christ. Most do not even have their own copy of the Bible, the one weapon they must have in order to be [...]
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“Derrick’s bravery cost him his life, and all Americans honor him.”—President Bush
WACO, Texas (AP)—President Bush on Saturday praised Minnesota high school security guard Derrick Brun for saving countless students by bravely confronting the teenage gunman who shot and killed him.
“Derrick’s bravery cost him his life, and all Americans honor him,” Bush said in his first [...]
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