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...idea. Locally organized land giveaways have been tried sporadically for years, without much success. Typically, a town springs to action only when there is talk of shutting down the school. Yet by then the town is already on the slippery slope. In July 1981, Harley Kissner, then a 72-year-old bachelor who owned 640 acres near Antler, N.D., was alarmed by plans to shut down the school. He ran ads in three area newspapers offering ground to anyone who would build a house, move in with children and stay at least five years. The ads got national attention. "People...
...would get a deep tan. He had heard a story about his great-grandfather being barred from voting in the early 1900s because his skin was too dark. "I thought, What's wrong with us? Why do we look funny?" When he asked his mother, "I was told to shut up. I really didn't know who I was," he says...
...doctor-assisted suicide is a violation of the Controlled Substances Act, a claim rejected by the lower courts. The Justices ruled in 1997 that state laws banning assisted suicide are constitutional. Still, given how much ambivalence they expressed in that case, this one is anything but open and shut. --Reported by Viveca Novak, Amanda Ripley and Eric Roston/Washington
...anorexic in tabloids, and whether or not “I just hung out with Lindsay Lohan” is an effective pick-up line. I also asked about Lohan’s massive...following, and let me tell you, Disney’s massive legal staff can certainly shut someone up quick...
...lawyers are cooperating. The Choctaws last week supported Reed's claim that none of the money paid to oppose the lottery came from gambling profits. Reed's Republican-primary opponent, state senator Casey Cagle, has made Reed's association with Abramoff a campaign issue. "We were working to shut down a gambling casino, and I make no apologies," Reed told TIME in March...