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Cycling Scandals New doping investigation begins As Floyd Landis seeks dismissal of his case, the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency is looking into another cyclist--Tyler Hamilton, right, whose two-year ban on a doping charge ends this week...
...Banned: Fine Food And Fun" [Sept. 4], which referred to Chicago's foie-gras ban as a "loopy law," was disturbingly glib. Foie-gras production is excruciating for geese and ducks, which are force-fed through a tube inserted into their throats. Those that do not prematurely die in the process of being overfed become grossly overweight, and they struggle to walk, stand up, even breathe. It is not Chicago's new law that is outrageous but the inhumane luxury it prohibits...
...country's so-called secularists, including those in the military. Under Turkish law, for example, it is still prohibited to wear a headscarf in universities, hospitals and other public buildings, and the Prime Minister has been forced to send his daughters to study in the U.S. to avoid the ban. The staunchly secular military has on three occasions ousted Islamic leaders on the grounds that they were mixing politics and faith. But even Turkey's secularists joined in the condemnation of Benedict's remarks: "The Pope has thrown gasoline onto the fire in a world where the risk...
...bill, which would create a public referendum on a constitutional ban of the marriages, is scheduled to go before the state legislature on November 9, two days after the general gubernatorial election...
...implications are sufficiently alarming that NACAC will vote at its national conference in early October to ban extreme early admissions at its over 2,000 member colleges...