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...Oregon-style exemptions (he prefers "accommodations") are "a door to religious freedom." Steven McFarland, head of the Center for Law and Religious Freedom, a conservative Christian group, demurs. "The First Amendment protects religious belief absolutely, but not religious practice. Child welfare is a classic example," he says. "If irreparable harm to a child is about to occur, the state's duty to protect the child trumps. Those folks in Oregon should know that the cost of their belief can be criminal prosecution if they allow a child...
...Beta blockers, those pills long used to reduce the heart's work load, should be used by virtually every heart attack survivor, according to a study to be published in tomorrow's New England Journal of Medicine. Doctors have long worried that the pills could actually cause harm in people who have other conditions such as diabetes or asthma. But a new survey of 201,752 Medicare patients finds that the benefits far outweigh the hazards...
...hours long? The answer isn't so simple. Many people view the whole Powerball experience as a good use of their entertainment dollars, and as long as a person doesn't get fixated on how he or she will one day become more like Ivana Trump, what's the harm? For the Lucky 13, the decision to play was wise. The dozen and one machinists from Automation Tooling Systems in Westerville, Ohio, have been pooling money for lottery tickets for six years and hit the jackpot last week with the winning numbers 8, 39, 43, 45, 49 and the Powerball...
Though his character acting is solid, Cullen's greatest skill is spewing inanities. "I just say whatever will come out and justify it later," he says. A slow-talking, lovable, heavyset Canadian, he gets away with continually threatening his audience with physical harm. In a song called With the Food of Your Choice, I Will End Your Life Tonight, he gets the audience to suggest foods to be used in disturbingly intricate murder scenarios. As a member of Corky and the Juice Pigs, he performs rock parodies on Fox's Mad TV. His mumbling Michael Stipe is perfect...
...useless against violently estranged boyfriends, lovers and husbands. The fact that Mary's stalkers are just a bunch of idiots, each more pathetic than the other, ends the movie with a sigh of relief and burst of laughter. But what if Mary's crazed ex-boyfriend had chosen to harm her or kill her instead of just acting like a moron? That is a serious question that we should all think about. The movie ends well, but sadly, in reality, so many other stalker cases...