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John Hart Ely, an innovative legal theorist and former Harvard professor whose ideas about constitutional interpretation widely influenced the discourse on democracy and the law over the past quarter century, died of cancer on Oct. 25 at his home in Coconut Grove, Fla...
...patch of grass outside Hospice House Woodside in Pinellas Park, Fla., where Schiavo lies abed, about 30 people stood vigil last Thursday. They were protesting the removal of Schiavo's feeding tube the day before, an action sought by her husband Michael and approved by a Florida Circuit Court judge but bitterly opposed by Terri's parents Mary and Bob Schindler. Striding among them like a pep-rally leader was the nattily dressed Randall Terry, the prominent right-to-life advocate. "I'm here because the Schindlers asked me to be here," he declared. "This woman is being murdered...
While most kids seem to take the code as merely an inside joke, some schools like Fort McCoy in Marion County, Fla., have banned the bracelets. "It's a hot-button topic here," says school-board member Sue Mosley, who has heard complaints from parents at middle schools. Some kids defend the bracelets as just kitschy accessories. "I've been wearing my bracelet since eighth grade," says 15-year-old Roby Behrens of Los Angeles. "It's a fashion thing. You don't need them to have sex, but people do use them to kiss or get to third base...
Naming rights to sports facilities usually go to local companies: there's Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Fla.; Pacific Bell Park in San Francisco; and America West Arena in Phoenix, Ariz., among others. So why is Toyota, a Japanese company with U.S. offices in Torrance, Calif., the nameplate for the new Toyota Center arena in Houston? For one 7-ft. 5-in. reason: Yao Ming, the Houston Rockets star from Shanghai. Toyota opened a new plant in Tianjin, China, and hopes millions of Yao fans will soon be Corolla fans...
...further calls were reported after police in Boca Raton, Fla., contacted the suspect at HUPD’s request...