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Some may argue that parents sign a waiver that describes the services rendered by the clinic before their child can access it. But by pairing the distribution of contraception with access to quality medical care, the school board is forcing parents to make a cruel all-or-nothing choice...
...Just as young emperor Romulus Augustus met a sudden and abrupt deposal at the hands of Odoacer to mark the beginning of Ancient Rome’s epic collapse, so too did the Crimson meet a cruel fate, falling to the curiously acrobatic Brown Bears 3-2 in overtime...
Nature can be cruel, but sometimes it gets some help. The Mara River was especially high this year, after the heavy rains that flooded parts of Africa, killing hundreds of people and uprooting thousands more. Climatologists are pointing to the downpours as proof that predictions that Africa will suffer the most from global warming and climate change are already coming true. The human toll is what makes all the headlines, but the consequences for Africa's wildlife is just as drastic...
...Cruel and Unusual Punishment...
...Sept. 27, the U.S. Supreme Court stopped a Texas execution two days after agreeing to hear arguments about whether lethal injection falls under the Constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punishment. The toxic serum is meant to be pain-free, but there is some doubt about the drug's numbing anesthetic. While the court hears the case, 12 of the 37 states that use lethal injection have halted executions so far. [This article contains a complex diagram. Please see hardcopy of magazine...