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...laws protecting access to abortion clinics; consumer groups wonder how aggressive he will be on antitrust matters. When religious as well as legal principles are at stake, which ones prevail? In a nationally known right-to-die case, Pete Busalacchi battled Ashcroft for years over the right of a parent to end the life of a comatose child with no hope of recovery. The long fight left Busalacchi bitter. "It was a matter of one person in a high position inflicting his religious beliefs onto a family," Busalacchi told TIME. "Is John Ashcroft's religion better than mine...
Legal experts say it's still unclear whether colleges can be held liable for failing to help students like Anita Rutnam. A key issue is whether school administrations are expected to act in loco parentis. Unlike a parent-child relationship, "there is no special relationship between university officials and a student that imposes duty [to protect students]," contends Jerry Meek, a Dallas-based malpractice lawyer. Without proving that such a duty to students exists, it will be difficult for any plaintiff to claim successfully that it was breached...
...their stocks hammered and credit ratings slashed. Now they are $12 billion in the hole and on the verge of bankruptcy; late last week SCE laid off 13% of its work force. "Between three and seven weeks from now," says John Bryson, chairman of Edison International, SCE's parent company, "our cash will be insufficient to keep buying the power necessary to serve our customers...
CHROMOSOMES The human genome may have dominated the news last year, but mouse geneticists were busy too. They created an artificial mouse chromosome and, for the first time, showed that it could be passed from parent to offspring. If the same holds true in people, inherited genetic diseases may someday be corrected by injecting parents with man-made chromosomes...
...SECURE THE HOUSE AND HOUSEHOLD LIQUOR Joel locks his doors at 1 a.m. and goes to bed. Anyone coming or going will set off his house alarm. For families without security systems, I suggest that a parent sleep on a cot or couch near the door...