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More common than a blanket defense of exemptions is a query: Isn't there a way to discourage faith-healing-related deaths that is less harsh and more proactive than throwing well-meaning, bereaved parents in jail after the tragic fact? In 1994 Minnesota passed a law requiring parents to alert authorities if their medical boycott endangered their children, leaving it to the state to intervene if necessary. The results are inconclusive: a check on the state's biggest county shows that no one has self-reported. And Michael McConnell, a lawyer who has defended faith-healing parents in neglect...
...frame of their compact mirrors. In fact, Whitney's mix of personal service and substantial journalism has made Glamour one of the best-read women's magazines in the country, with 2.2 million readers, vs. top-selling Cosmo's 2.7 million. Glamour is the biggest moneymaker for its corporate parent, Conde Nast, and has won a number of National Magazine Awards, including two for general excellence and one for a series on managed care...
...clone would be only partly genetically determined. So a clone of Michael Jordan might not necessarily be as great as his "father." Who knows? One day we may feel that cloning is a way for infertile couples to have a child that is at least genetically connected to one parent. JASON C. HUANG Ithaca...
...YORK: Sick of absorbing the consistent losses of its online division, Barnes & Noble.com, Barnes & Noble is spinning it off to a place where profits don't matter: the world of the Internet-stock IPO. As part of the whole, Barnes&Noble.com was dragging its parent into the red, losing $23 million in the recent second quarter. As a separate entity, though, the division can instantly join the club of Wall Street darlings -- Yahoo, Lycos, GeoCities and B&N archrival Amazon.com -- who rarely make any money but attract it in droves...
...When it does go public, the new entity will offer 20 percent of itself, a slice plenty small enough to keep investors rabid and demand high. No word yet on the price. For the parent Barnes & Noble, though, the jettison is already paying off. Upon hearing the announcement, investors promptly bid the company's stock up $4 to $41.25 in morning trading...