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...London bombings, New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority instituted a policy of random bag searches based on the MBTA program. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) challenged New York’s policy in court on the basis that it violated the Fourth Amendment. In August, a federal appeals court upheld a lower court’s ruling that the searches were constitutional—a decision Romney cited in his announcement of the MBTA policy. John Reinstein, legal director at the ACLU of Massachusetts, said that it is unclear whether the ACLU will challenge Romney?...
...fact, this is the lesson of a conference held every August for parents of murdered children. This year it was held in Phoenix. The parents are divided 50-50 between those who want vengeance and those who have offered mercy. So they wander between seminars, and for every parent seeking legal help to ensure their child?s murderer gets the maximum sentence, there was another parent who had forgiven the murderer, in person, and even embraced him. A main reason this conference has lasted for 28 years is because both kinds of parents are welcome...
...site’s users include “loads of college students.” McLean-Foreman, along with schoolmates Jennifer Y. Lee ’04, James J. Albertine ’04, Devin Lyons-Quirk ’05 created the site, which launched in August. Unlike other weight-loss websites, McLean-Foreman said Traineo tries to get a community behind user’s efforts to shed pounds. Traineo sends weekly e-mail updates to chosen family members or close friends, keeping these “monitors” posted on the user?...
...handling of the war, while 54% believe he "deliberately misled" Americans in making his case for war - a figure that has increased by 6 points over the past year. President Bush's overall approval rating, according to TIME's poll, now stands at just 36%, down from 38% in August...
...years on the Cambodian police force, Keo Thea has seen a lot. But nothing quite prepared the deputy chief of Phnom Penh's anti-human trafficking police for the raid on the home of German national Karl Heinz Henning in August...