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...easily and didn't provide evidence about pornography's "secondary negative effects" such as lower property values, increased drug trafficking and general blight. "The porn industry has deep, deep, deep pockets," says state senator Tim Huelskamp, who believes there is a link between pornography and fantasy-driven criminal behavior. "Justice shouldn't have a price. What is the cost of one additional rape of a child, the cost of another young woman being a victim? Kansas families deserve an opportunity to drive freely down the highway without this kind of advertising...
...Washington strengthened economic sanctions against the Burmese regime, which has maintained an iron grip over the country since 1962, and ruled out any talk of engagement. But earlier this year Secretary of State Hillary Clinton acknowledged that such trade barriers weren't having an effect on the junta's behavior. (Shortly after the Suu Kyi verdict, the European Union announced the tightening of its own sanctions against the regime.) In the same way that it has re-engaged with North Korea in recent weeks, so, too, may the Obama Administration pursue a less isolationist stance toward Burma...
...become excessively pessimistic about the condition of the U.S. consumer. People have forgotten the effect that rising equity prices as well as the stabilization of real estate - maybe even a few upticks in residential real estate - will have on the consumer's net worth and his spending-saving behavior...
...school year was 223,190. ... Nationwide, students with disabilities receive corporal punishment at disproportionately high rates. In Tennessee, for example, students with disabilities are paddled at more than twice the rate of the general student population. ... Students with autism are particularly likely to be punished for behaviors common to their condition, stemming from difficulties with appropriate social behavior. ... Anna M., whose son with autism was physically punished repeatedly when he was seven years old, noted, "The teacher felt he was doing some stuff on purpose. If you met him, you wouldn't know he was autistic straight away. People thought...
...This new test would judge applicants on how they conduct themselves while living in the U.K. Choose to move to Scotland, where the population is declining? Win points. Exhibit antisocial behavior? Lose points. Return to your Third World native country to aid development? Win points. Display "active disregard" for U.K. values - which could include protesting the wars in Iraq or Afghanistan? Lose points. Prospective citizens may also be able to fast-track their candidacy by volunteering or canvassing for political parties. (See pictures of Iraq's revival...