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...Once released, [the universities] will forward it. The general public--that's where it will end up," he said...
This year, the celebration also attracted about 500 Wiccans, self-professed modern-day witches for whom this is an important holiday and an important place. Salem, headquarters of the Witches' League for Public Awareness, is apparently a hotbed of Wiccan activity...
Darwin, we're not in Kansas anymore. Recently, the Kansas Board of Education--which last summer removed evolution from standardized public school tests--voted to remove the Big Bang theory from state-wide teaching standards so that the "Young Universe" theory may be taught. In contrast to the prevalent Big Bang theory, which states that the universe was formed from a single atom over 4 billion years ago, the Young Universe theory explains how it is possible to use the Bible in order to show that the universe began only 10,000 years...
...documented research proving convincingly that it is a valid theory, there is no scientific evidence to support creationism and little to support the "Young Universe" theory. Instead, the changes in educational standards instituted by the Board will have long-term detrimental effects on the quality of education in Kansas public schools and will only harm the students whom they were designed to help in the long...
...both instances, the issues are thorny. The Florida case weighs the public interest served by allowing police broad power in cracking down on illegal firearms against an individual's constitutional protection from unwarranted search and seizure. Criminal-rights activists contend that a ruling in law enforcement's favor will in esssence allow police to search and detain whomever they please, as long as they say they received a tip that the suspect was carrying a gun. In the other case, the Fourth District of Illinois upheld a 31-year-old federal statute - passed by Congress just two years after...