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...have sued Asch and UCI for monetary damages. So far, only the Jorges are waging a custody battle, a decision they made after their attorney Melanie Blum scoured UCI records to determine the fate of their embryos and eggs. Yet it is not entirely clear what outcome the Jorges seek. Last month Loretta told the Register that if only her eggs were involved, she would press for joint custody; then the twins could shuttle between the two couples, who live in the same middle-class neighborhood. "If this is embryos," she added, meaning if Basilio's sperm were also involved...
...even quicker head start on designers in the race to retail stores--a race Paris is already losing. "This cannot continue," declares Marie-Louise de Clermont Tonnerre of Chanel. "We will do everything we must to protect our creations." The houses recently filed a lawsuit to ban uploads and seek jail time for offenders, arguing that footage and photos of their lines are the designers' property and cannot be distributed without consent. It's more than a bit quixotic. Says De Clermont Tonnerre: "All we can do is let them know that if we catch [the pirates], it will cost...
...steps but by leaps," observes law professor Alan Meisel of the University of Pittsburgh. While previous decisions, most notably the Supreme Court's in the 1990 Cruzan case, have held that terminally ill patients can refuse medical treatment, the new ruling declares that they also have a right to seek assistance in dying from doctors--and pharmacists and family members...
Instead of craving Au Bon Pain chocolate croissants, we now desire petit fours from the coffee shop. Instead of contenting ourselves with a slice of Tommy's, we seek out greener, Mexican pastures. Loker Commons has raised our standards...
...recent wave of suicide bombings in Israel that have claimed 62 lives. Muslim militant group Hamas has claimed responsibility for the bombings, saying they are meant to derail the peace process between Israel and Palestinians. "We must not let the terrorists in the Middle East have the victory they seek: the death of the very hope for peace," Clinton said Monday night. Clinton's trip is expected to be the first step toward an anti-terrorism agreement between the United States and Israel. Representatives from nearly 30 countries, including many Arab nations, will attend Wednesday's summit. The presence...