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No Comment Biological Warfare Efforts to include Christian "intelligent design" theory in high school biology classes have caused controversy in Dover, Pennsylvania. Intelligent design supporter...
...Overexposure Officials in Bartholomew County, Indiana, are cracking down on the public display of classical statues, including Venus de Milo and Michelangelo's David...
...North Carolina cities and other government agencies are pursuing the authority to sue citizens who ask to see public records," reports the Associated Press...
...A New Taste Sensation From the BBC: "Peru's ex-President Alberto Fujimori-exiled after a corruption scandal-has pinned his hopes for a political comeback on a cola drink...
...He has given his backing to Fuji-Cola, a new drink he claims will 'quench the thirst of popular discontent.' " Readers are invited to submit No Comment items...
...Intelligent design supporter and parent Ray Mummert said, "We've been attacked by the intelligent, educated segment of the culture...
...Agency for International Development is busy with its branding efforts, reports The Washington Post...
...The sheriff's department and zoning officials told businesses selling cement copies of the statues they must move them out of public view, as Indiana's obscenity law prohibits the display of nudity where children might see it...
...But the lapel pins and baseball caps emblazoned with "USAID" and "From the American People" have little tags that say "Made in China...
...Roll Over, Socrates Republicans in Florida's legislature are pushing a bill that would give students who think their beliefs are not being respected legal standing to sue professors and universities...
...Lawyers for local governments and the University of North Carolina are talking about pushing for a new state law allowing preemptive lawsuits against citizens, news organizations, and private companies . . . when there is a dispute about providing records or open meetings...
...Two countries that have F-16s have never fought a war," industry analyst Richard Aboulafia told The Washington Post...
...Standing near a pile of debris, Frist told a photographer, "Get some devastation in the back...
...Untapped Market The rural town of Mink, Louisiana, did not get phone service extended to the area until this year...
...Sunshine State...
...Submissions cannot be acknowledged or returned...
...The Fine Print The U.S...
...Please send original clippings or photocopies and give name and date of publication...
...It wasn't fifteen minutes after that phone was in before a telemarketer called me," said resident Elaine Edwards...
...Anthrax Alarm Pennsylvania State Representative Jeffrey E. Habay was charged with lying about an anthrax scare...
...Peace activists are alarmed about the arms race but at least one commentator sees it as a positive development...
...They can't drink a Coke or coffee or anything else...
...Peace Keepers The Bush Administration's decision to sell Pakistan F-16 fighter planes is prompting its neighbor India to ask for the same...
...Photo Op Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist stopped for snapshots when he visited tsunamistricken Sri Lanka...
...After a while, it just seemed to make business sense," said Bill Fels, who quit his job to run the pet-water company full time...
...Students who believe their professor is singling them out for 'public ridicule'-for instance, when professors use the Socratic method to force students to explain their theories in class-would also be given the right to sue," reports The Independent Florida Alligator...
...Doggy Perrier Bill and Rhonda Fels are the owners of PetRefresh, a bottled water for dogs and other pets...
...The Republican legislator asserted that a suspicious white substance was sent by a critical constituent who had asked for an audit of Habay's political action committee...
Vol. 69 • May 2005 • No. 5
