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...banning somatic cell nuclear transfer, one step in the process to clone a human, the bill will also prohibit scientists from developing stem cells that won’t be rejected by a patient’s body, Corlette said...
...worse, states ignore the fact that retailers sell cigarettes to children regularly, in violation of state laws. Government agencies should be enforcing these laws to prevent children from becoming future addicted smokers. Retailers should be harshly punished for selling to minors, demand proof of age and prohibit vending machine sales. But state governments are not making serious efforts to implement these changes because to do so would mean losing future tax revenue crucial to finance state programs. Even the nineteenth-century French ruler Napoleon III, who was urged to ban tobacco, once remarked, “This vice brings...
...attending his last lecture before heading off to Cancun for vacation, was somehow left with the idea that Wrangham was encouraging baboon-human crossbreeding. Felix is currently being held in a small cell near the Cancun Zoo primate house as confused prosecutors attempt to figure out exactly which statutes prohibit ape-raping...
After last season’s no hitter, Crockett was so serious about the draft that he enlisted Ron Shapiro as his advisor. While NCAA rules prohibit amateur athletes from hiring an official agent, college players are allowed to retain an advisor. Crockett consulted Shapiro, a well-known agent who has counted future Hall of Famer Cal Ripken Jr. and the Red Sox’ Trot Nixon among his clients...
...surprisingly, these hunts have their critics. A handful of states ban or restrict the practice, and a pair of bills are pending in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives to prohibit the interstate sale of exotic animals for hunts. Supporters of the hunts object, arguing that exotics are bred in sufficient numbers to support the industry and that many surplus zoo animals could not survive in the wild anyway. Even to some outdoorsmen, however, canned hunts are beginning to look like no hunt at all. "I started hunting when I was 7 and didn't kill my first deer...