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...fertilization (IVF). That limit was chosen, says Sean Tipton, director of public affairs for the society, in order to avoid multiple births through IVF that would expose both mother and offspring to significant health risks. This is merely one of several ethical, financial, psychological and medical issues that have arisen from the stunning news of the Suleman octuplets, who join the single mom's existing brood of six children living with her parents in Whittier, about 18 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles. Did Suleman know she was having so many kids? Did anyone counsel her? How did she afford...
...appoint a new senator who does not belong to the same party as the senator leaving office. But an unexpected vacancy should not be an opportunity for a governor to change the Senate’s balance of power through a partisan political ploy. Though this situation has not arisen in recent years, it nearly occurred in 2006, when Sen. Tim Johnson (D-S.D.) suffered a major stroke. Had Sen. Johnson died, Mike Rounds, the Republican governor of South Dakota, would have appointed a Republican to the vacant seat, thereby delivering the majority in the Senate back...
...Cambridge Police Department did not respond to interview requests regarding the surveillance program. McGough said that the network “can and will be used for [the] sharing of information beyond just video,” and includes data and voice communication capabilities as well. But confusion has arisen among the councillors about whether the cameras have been installed, and, if so, what they are being currently used for. McGough said that while he was aware of plans to install cameras in Cambridge, he was unsure if the cameras had already been installed or if they were operational. Councillor...
Already, demonstrations of solidarity for the Greek protesters have arisen across European capitals. "We are mobilizing. Solidarity manifestation with Greek insurgents," declared the alternative-media website Indymedia, announcing a Friday rally at Greece's embassy in London. Eleven protesters were arrested Wednesday during clashes in Madrid and Barcelona, while Danish police took 32 people into custody during violent protests in Copenhagen. The Greek consulate in New York City was also attacked...
...expanded the extent of wrongful conviction and of unwarranted racial disparity.” Western attributed the acceleration of incarceration rates to a “historic collision” of two forces: the shift of the criminal justice system from rehabilitative to punitive and unemployment problems that have arisen in the inner city since the 1960s. But Western placed much of the onus on politicians.“It’s been more of a political process than an economic process in which elected officials began competing with each other on who could be harder on crime...