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That's the kind of statement that probably irks folks most at companies like No Lie MRI in California and Cephos in Massachusetts, both of which claim to offer some kind of lie-detection ability based on fMRI technology. No Lie MRI says it uses "unbiased methods for the detection of deception and other information stored in the brain," according to a statement on its website, although the site does not point to any specific scientific evidence to support the claims. (Read a story about how science solves crime...
...Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, like many other churches, did not have a moral beginning. It spoke out against gay marriage in Hawaii in 1998 and the Equal Rights Amendment in the 1970s and '80s. Just recently it marshaled its forces to vote against gay marriage in California. Gays are furious about this as they should be. The Mormons contributed half of the $40 million war chest to defeat gay rights. The U.S. Constitution, a great improvement on holy books, not only provides for separation of church and state but also provides for evolving morality. It finally gave blacks...
...describing attacks and plots by "terrorist" Uighur separatists, have deepened Han Chinese suspicion to the point where many hotels in coastal cities will refuse Uighur custom. "The Uighurs are the very bottom of the heap economically in China," says Dru Gladney, a professor of anthropology at Pomona College in California and an author of numerous articles and books on Xinjiang. "There's a very deep sense of frustration, especially among the young, unemployed...
...Sacramento, Schwarzenegger and Republican legislators have blocked all attempts by Democrats to cover any portion of the $26 billion shortfall with a tax increase. Tuition has more than doubled at the University of California in the past decade, rising to more than $8,700 for in-state students in fall 2009. Many of the budget cuts being negotiated behind closed doors will primarily affect the poor and the working class - including health coverage for the poor and the CalWORKs welfare-to-work program. But the severe funding reductions to public schools and to the university system - affecting not only...
...last three years, due to increases in student enrollment not covered by state support," Block explained. At UC San Diego, Chancellor Marye Anne Fox said, "our student-faculty ratio is so high that students may not be able to graduate on time." (Read about the struggle to resolve California's budget crisis...