Posted on March 26th, 2005 by Anthony K. Valley
Jessica Lunsford remembered by family in a private memorial. CRYSTAL RIVER, Florida (AP) — Jessica Lunsford liked to ride her bike. She liked to practice cheerleading, too. The slain third-grader was remembered by her family at a private gathering Friday. A public memorial service was scheduled for Saturday. “We’re going to make it,” Jessica’s grandfather, [...]
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Posted on March 26th, 2005 by Anthony K. Valley
The report concluded that women suffered disproportionately because they had a more difficult time outrunning the surging waters or the bad luck of being at home while the men were out at sea fishing or in the fields working. LAMSENIA, Indonesia (AP) — Three times more women were killed on average in some tsunami-devastated countries [...]
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Filed under: Society and Culture
Posted on March 26th, 2005 by Anthony K. Valley
Schindlers to Governor Bush: ‘Please do something’ PINELLAS PARK, Florida (CNN) — A three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday night against the parents of Terri Schiavo, who are in a desperate race to prolong the life of their brain-damaged daughter. The judges ruled against reinserting the tube that supplies [...]
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Filed under: Ethics
Posted on March 26th, 2005 by Anthony K. Valley
In the near future, Seniors may have to pay more for Medicare benefits. WASHINGTON (AP) — Senior citizens can expect at least a 12 percent increase in their Medicare premiums for doctor visits next year, and that could rise even higher, if physician reimbursements aren’t reduced. Richard Foster, the chief actuary at the Centers for [...]
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Posted on March 26th, 2005 by Anthony K. Valley
Massachusetts governor removed references to the Roe v. Wade decision from a the “Right to Privacy” proclamation that has used this reference since 1996. Abortion rights advocates question the governor’s motives. Governor Mitt Romney removed a reference to Roe v. Wade in a proclamation he signed this week, raising eyebrows among abortion rights advocates who [...]
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Posted on March 26th, 2005 by Anthony K. Valley
Falls from 52% rating in a poll taken last week WASHINGTON — President Bush’s approval rating has fallen to 45%, the lowest point of his presidency, according to a new USA TODAY/CNN/Gallup Poll. The finding, in a poll of 1,001 adults Monday through Wednesday, is a dip from 52% in a poll taken last week. [...]
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Filed under: Politics
Posted on March 26th, 2005 by Anthony K. Valley
Florida man attempts to steal a gun to rescue Terri Schiavo. SEMINOLE, Fla. — A man was arrested after trying to steal a weapon from a gun shop so he could “take some action and rescue Terri Schiavo,” authorities said. Michael W. Mitchell, of Rockford, Ill., entered Randall’s Firearms Inc. in Seminole just before 6 [...]
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Posted on March 26th, 2005 by Anthony K. Valley
“Terri is weakening. She’s down to her last hours. Something has to be done and has to be done quick.” — Bob Schindler, Terri’s faither. PINELLAS PARK, Fla. (AP) – Losing still more legal appeals, Terri Schiavo’s father said Friday his severely brain-damaged daughter was “down to her last hours” as she entered her second [...]
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Posted on March 25th, 2005 by Anthony K. Valley
15-year saga of brain-injured woman no clear-cut, right-to-die case The life and death tug-of-war over Terri Schiavo is a 12-year-old court battle that remained under the radar of most major news outlets until recently. WorldNetDaily was among the first national news organizations to cover the story back when it primarily occupied the headlines of the [...]
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Filed under: Ethics
Posted on March 25th, 2005 by Anthony K. Valley
Review categorizes such institutions as models ‘diversity’ In its critique of the best U.S. colleges, the Princeton Review suggested schools where students “ignore God on a regular basis” uphold the implied virtue of “diversity” better than institutions where they “pray on a regular basis.” The publication’s online promo for its book for prospective students, “The [...]
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Filed under: Education
Posted on March 25th, 2005 by Anthony K. Valley
Former Justice Roy Moore’s monument crisscrossed nation A tour of former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore’s famous Ten Commandments monument has concluded after 164 showings in 21 states. The group American Veterans in Domestic Defense said the tour included rallies at state capitols, churches and courthouses. Moore gave possession of the monument to AVIDD under [...]
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Posted on March 25th, 2005 by Anthony K. Valley
While the role of conservative ministers and black Republicans has risen sharply in the past five years under President Bush pushing his agenda for a social and moral values movement, black Democrats are showing signs that the heat is on them. Black Democratic leaders are openly talking about the importance of faith, opening the door [...]
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Posted on March 25th, 2005 by Anthony K. Valley
The Alta Vista Shopping Center in Jounieh, Lebanon was destroyed by a bomb that killed three people Wednesday. JOUNIEH, Lebanon – Just hours after a bomb killed three people and heavily damaged a shopping mall in Lebanon’s Christian heartland, defiant residents unfurled a giant Lebanese flag on the wrecked building, and shop owners began working [...]
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Posted on March 25th, 2005 by Anthony K. Valley
Using the Bible to justify rape? An Alabama man has been accused of doing just that. MADISON, Ala. An investigator said a Limestone County man allegedly used the Bible to justify raping a young woman since her childhood.Sheriff’s investigator Mike Boyles said 45-year-old Joseph Thomas Kriz was arrested yesterday near the Swancott community. Kriz is [...]
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Filed under: Law
Posted on March 24th, 2005 by Anthony K. Valley
After guilty plea in North Carolina marijuana case, Curry makes the most of a fresh start with Oklahoma State ROSEMONT, Ill. — A drawing. A name. Initials. A cross. Those are ordinary tattoos. Oklahoma State freshman JamesOn Curry has what looks like a paragraph on his left arm. Though you have made me see troubles, [...]
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Posted on March 24th, 2005 by Anthony K. Valley
The University of Cincinnati has purchased a $10,000 Bible. A sumptuous edition of the best-selling book of all time now is in the collection of the Archives and Rare Books Library at the University of Cincinnati. It is The Pennyroyal Caxton Bible, a complete King James version illustrated with 232 black-and-white engravings by American artist [...]
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Filed under: Education
Posted on March 24th, 2005 by Anthony K. Valley
Response to School Shooting Is Contrasted With President’s Intervention in Schiavo Case MINNEAPOLIS, March 24 — Native Americans across the country — including tribal leaders, academics and rank-and-file tribe members — voiced anger and frustration Thursday that President Bush has responded to the second-deadliest school shooting in U.S. history with silence. Three days after 16-year-old [...]
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Filed under: Society and Culture
Posted on March 23rd, 2005 by Anthony K. Valley
Working to prevent a possible outbreak in violence, the Jerusalem police ban liberal activists. Jerusalem police on Thursday refused to allow three far-right activists to enter the Temple Mount, saying they feared their presence could lead to riots, Israel Radio reported.Attorney Baruch Ben-Yosef, who has been active in attempts to restore the Third Temple on [...]
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Posted on March 23rd, 2005 by Anthony K. Valley
Blogs highlight the Terri Schiavo debate SAN FRANCISCO — Popular as the uncensored bastions of ideological chest-thumping, Web logs have emerged in the debate over Terri Schiavo’s fate as something more mature: a place where people struggle to make sense of their complex and contradictory feelings. Rantings and ravings still rule the day in the [...]
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Filed under: Perspectives
Posted on March 20th, 2005 by Anthony K. Valley
Reduced sugar cereals offer no real benefits, experts say. Experts who reviewed the lower-sugar versions of six major brands of sweetened cereals at the request of The Associated Press found they have no significant nutritional advantages over their full-sugar counterparts. Nutrition scientists at five universities found that while the new cereals do have less sugar, [...]
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