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...than 2,000 scouts and leaders. They can be found in big cities like Chicago and Atlanta, centers of the Arab-American community such as Dearborn, Mich., and smaller towns like Pottsville, Pa., and Rochester, Minn. Khadija Fuad started a troop last fall at the Islamic School of Louisville, Ky., even though her son Hussein also belongs to what she describes as a "very inclusive" troop at a Baptist church. "I wanted to get more people involved," she says of the new all-Muslim troop. "I thought we could concentrate on Islamic issues and do things...
...everyone is waiting for the law to change. More and more hospitals are following the lead of pioneers like the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Lexington, Ky., and Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, Md., in establishing formal policies requiring medical staff to promptly admit and apologize for mistakes. Having adopted that approach, the University of Michigan Health System in Ann Arbor, which encompasses the university medical school, three hospitals and numerous other health facilities, has seen its annual number of malpractice claims and lawsuits drop almost 50%, from 260 in 2001 to 140 in 2004, and its average legal expense...
...laughing, referring to the Christian rap CD that comes with Real. "They were, like, 'How can this be Christian?' And some religious leaders question the biblezines' decorum. "The Bible is a word that stands on its own," says Albert Mohler, president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky. "Packaging it surrounded by tips on cosmetics and dating and popularity in school is a dangerous precedent." But Thomas Nelson isn't dodging its detractors. "To say we shouldn't have pieces on real life, that's a disconnect," says Brenda Noel, the company's project manager for Real. "Jesus...
...there were just 78 such courts; today the number is 1,035 and growing. Some are run by schools, others by police departments or nonprofit groups. All told, these junior courts will hold more than 100,000 trials this year, according to the National Youth Court Center in Lexington, Ky. Advocates say they not only help relieve criminal-court backlogs but have also proved they can turn around a kid who has gone wrong. A study by the Urban Institute found that youth courts are often more effective in preventing repeat crimes than are other methods used by cities...