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...past 40 years. He is pushing 60 now, and still pushes himself to the limit in every workout. How can I convince him to back off? -Laura Arneson, Salt Lake City, Utah Right now, I'm taking it easy so even elite swimmers do take small breaks and allow their muscles to recover from everything. I will say swimming is a great form of exercise, and you do get a lot out of it. Good for him that he's still going strong, and able to hop in the water, able to do what he loves...
...Constitutional revision would allow greater military cooperation between the two countries. The result would be a safer Japan, and one with a stronger voice in regional affairs. But it won't mark a return to the imperial ideology of World War II. To the rest of the world, a post-Article 9 Japan should be about as scary as Prince Pickles in arms...
...Supreme Court upheld a federal law banning so-called partial-birth abortion in a 5-to-4 decision, which is a big win for abortion opponents: the law need not allow the procedure even when necessary to protect a woman's health. But the decision could have been worse for supporters of abortion rights. The court said a woman could still challenge the law by showing that she would get sick without the procedure. And while Justice Clarence Thomas, with Antonin Scalia, wrote separately that the right to abortion shouldn't exist, the court's two new Bush-appointed members...
...Earlier this week school officials at Virginia Tech announced that they were cancelling classes for the rest of the week. Today they went a step further. Though classes are scheduled to resume on Monday, the university is looking for ways to allow students to end their academic year now without penalty, perhaps by accepting whatever grade they have at this point in the term. And one more thing - Virginia Tech decided it would award degrees posthumously to all 32 victims...
...rights lobby, which has so far refused to comment on the Virginia Tech massacre or its fallout, has been particularly successful in pressing for so-called "castle doctrine" laws, which allow homeowners to shoot intruders, in many cases as long as they simply believe they are in danger of being attacked. Sixteen states have adopted the "castle doctrine," and eight more have it under consideration. The Texas Legislature overwhelmingly adopted the new law last month, which not only allows a homeowner to defend his or her home, but also their vehicle and their workplace...