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...process involves extensive manipulation of the egg and its nucleus. At the time that Hwang's original paper was published in Science, stem cell researchers raised the possibility that the cells had been generated by the egg alone, but the limited genetic analysis that Hwang provided appeared to rule it out. But, says Daley, "the data they presented was either wrong or fabricated...
...Skelton, the Democratic chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, set the rhetorical tone for committee hearings Thursday on whether to grant detainees habeas corpus, the right to argue in court that they are illegally held. "We must match our bedrock commitment to the rule of law and human rights," the septuagenarian declared, "to the enemy's propaganda of hatred...
...DeMint and Coburn are unhappy with a rule that would allow Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Nevada Democrat, and his committee chairmen - rather than the body?s parliamentarian - to determine whether earmark disclosure rules have been complied with. It's a technical point, admits DeMint, but a key one. "One of the reasons Americans have such a low opinion of Congress is that we pretend to do things that we don't actually do, and here we are just pretending to pass real reform," he said. "The [majority] leader can just say that no new earmarks have been added...
...Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007," is wide-ranging, covering situations both large and small in both houses of Congress. One section deals with the so-called "revolving door" and prevents former Senators from lobbying Congress for two years after they have left. (It maintains the current rule that former Representatives be prevented from lobbying the House for one year.) Another section prevents former members who become lobbyists from using Congress' parking and gym privileges. Yet another requires that congressional travel paid for by outside groups be posted on the Internet. One of the most significant measures forces...
...will demand documentation for charitable contributions under $250. Once, all one needed was a diary entry to vouch for such donations. Specially designed ATMs at church will help document such spur-of-the-moment cash gifts, as well as planned giving. Also as a result of the new IRS rule, credit card donations and tithing are likely to increase too because such electronic fund transfers leave a paper trail...