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...Finally, this decision could have a net negative effect on gay rights. Currently, the California constitution does not mention gay marriage, either to forbid or require its recognition. The Court’s rash decision to interpret this silence as a guarantee of gay rights could provoke the populace to remove the ambiguity: November’s state elections could see a referendum on a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage. Unfortunately, by opening a new battlefront on the constitution, the court has provoked such drastic kinds of move that could set back progress on the issue by decades...
...thing I hate: Buying music. I haven't bought a CD or MP3 for years. Instead, I subscribe to music - I pay a small monthly fee to Rhapsody and can access most of the world's music (more than 5 million songs) by streaming it via the Net to my home audio system. I can listen to just about any song I want, any time, anywhere. That's known, in the geekosphere, as "music dial tone...
...coated coronary stent, designed to prop open narrowed arteries. "To many consumers, the stent ad may not have seemed surprising or out of place," write the authors of the NEJM article. "But in making the leap from pharmaceuticals to medical devices, the ad campaign raises important questions regarding the net societal benefit of medical advertising." For one thing, the authors note, the ad for Cypher was targeted at a lay audience of millions of people who couldn't possibly judge the subtle pros and cons of a therapy that even specialists continue to debate...
...media broadcast Interpol's plea and the tips came rushing in from as far away as Bangladesh. In the end, they ended up arresting a suspect. Less than 48 hours after Interpol's appeal for help, three tips submitted over the Net led to the arrest of Wayne Nelson Corliss in Union City, New Jersey, who was taken into custody by U.S. Immigration and Customs enforcement and charged with producing child pornography. Interpol depicted him as an aging deviant who entertained children by dressing up as Santa Claus and painting their faces at parties. According to prosecutors, Corliss, 58, described...
...momentum of the game shifted with two quick goals five minutes into the second half. With Harvard leading 7-6, Flood intercepted a clear attempt by Eagles netminder Katie Monaghan and immediately fired a shot into the back of the net, bringing the score to 8-6. Martin recorded another goal just two minutes later to give the Crimson a comfortable lead...