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...That ban doesn't affect ACT, which is privately funded, but stem cells from aborted fetuses are problematic in any case. Like any foreign tissue, they can trigger rejection; ideally, doctors would prefer to get stem cells from a patient's own body. The most direct way to do that is through cloning, and ACT scientists took the first steps in that direction by two different techniques. In one, they stimulated an unfertilized egg to begin dividing on its own. In the other, they removed the nucleus from a donated egg and inserted that of an adult--the same method...
...Uniform Code of Military Justice, which calls for military officers as judges and in many cases allows a conviction based on a two-thirds vote. But military tribunals would have even fewer legal niceties than those already stripped-down procedures. Among the protections likely to be missing: the ban on hearsay and the exclusionary rule, which keeps out evidence collected improperly...
...sufficient, then the gaily decorated tree is “exclusive” of all non-Pagans, as it comes from a pre-Christian Roman tradition (the Romans used green trees lit with candles in their winter Saturnalia festival). The simple fact that many of the stricter Christian sects ban Christmas trees (and Halloween and any other non-Christian assimilation) should be enough to prove this point. Most of the other things associated with Christmas can be traced to 4,000 years ago in Mesopotamia—the yule log, carolers, the 12 days of Christmas...
Dwarf tossing should be legal once more, Dave the Dwarf believes. He’s suing to overturn Florida’s ban, which has been in place since...
However, some College policies unnecessarily limit students’ exercise of religion. The College should immediately reconsider its ban against lighting candles in student rooms. When the holiday of Hanukkah begins on the evening of Dec. 9, many Jewish students will have to choose between lighting the Hanukkiah and sticking to the College’s policy. There should be specific allowances for personal religious observances as long as proper safety measures are used when lighting candles...