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...statutory requirements for the creation and release of a police log do not extend to the addresses to which the police respond,” wrote Supervisor of Records Alan Cote in his letter to Harris explaining his ruling against the appeal. The CPD’s legal advisor received a copy of the letter yesterday, though Harris said the Chronicle had not been informed of the decision when The Crimson called for comment...

Author: By Julia L Ryan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Massachusetts Rejects Appeal For More Police Info | 10/14/2009 | See Source »

From the outset, the vaccine strategy used in the NIH and U.S. Army study - giving two older vaccines in succession - has been controversial. In previous trials, each vaccine had failed to provide any protection against HIV, and in September 2004 a group of adamant scientists wrote a letter to Science arguing that the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases should not to continue with the trial. "We seriously question whether it is sensible now to conduct a ... trial that, in our opinion, is no more likely to generate a meaningful level of protection against infection or disease," they wrote...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behind the Rising Doubts About Hailed AIDS Vaccine | 10/13/2009 | See Source »

...scientists' skepticism about the strategy seems to be at least partially justified. But even so, at least one of the 22 authors of that Science letter is waiting for the release of the full set of data before acknowledging complete vindication. "I think I will wait until after the Paris meeting next week to see more of the data before making any comments," wrote Dennis Burton, an immunologist at Scripps Research Institute, in an e-mail response to a request for his reaction...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behind the Rising Doubts About Hailed AIDS Vaccine | 10/13/2009 | See Source »

...Over the past few weeks, sheriff Arpaio's actions have infringed on the civil rights of our residents. They have put our residents' well-being, and the well-being of law-enforcement officers, at risk." - A letter from Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon to the then U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey calling for an investigation into whether Arpaio had committed civil rights violations. (Phoenix New Times, June...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sheriff Joe Arpaio | 10/13/2009 | See Source »

Perhaps. But just as the Tories looked set to bury the old ghosts of their past, a new alliance in Europe has raised fresh questions about the party's stance on equality. Celebrities including actor Patrick Stewart and comedian Stephen Fry signed an open letter to Cameron on the eve of Conference Pride, challenging the Conservatives' decision to join the right-wing Polish Law and Justice Party in a new grouping in the European Parliament. "Your new Polish allies oppose gay marriage and adoption," read the letter, which demanded that Cameron call upon the Polish party "either to change their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nasty No More? Britain's Tories Reach Out to Gays | 10/8/2009 | See Source »

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