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America's largest military-families group officially supports the ban. Joyce Raezer of the National Military Family Association in Alexandria, Va., says there is "no apparent consensus" among the group's 27,000 members, so it has chosen to err on the side of caution. "Some families tell us they find the pictures disturbing," Raezer says. Others disagree. Jane Bright, whose son Evan Ashcraft was killed in Iraq last July, spoke at a rally in Dover in March: "Let the media and the rest of America see the coffins ... It's the least we can do. Our children...
...conference will take place in Williamsburg, Va., from June 2 to June 4. The number of participants is limited, but space is still available. If you are interested, visit our website at time.com/obesity or call...
...another. The energy that keeps us going in the midst of this human cycle is the presence of Christ's spirit in us. Why did Jesus die? To show us how life works and to empower us to live fully now and forever. (THE REV.) HAL WALLOF Providence Forge, Va...
RESIGNED. KAREN JURGENSEN, editor of USA Today, and her colleague HAL RITTER, managing editor of news; in the wake of a report that blamed poor editorial oversight for the paper's failure to uncover deceptions in the work of star reporter Jack Kelley; in McLean, Va. Kelley, who resigned in January, was found to have fabricated parts of at least 20 stories and plagiarized at least 100 passages since 1991. Both editors had been with the paper since its launch...
REINSTATED. The right of the U.S. government to seek the death penalty against ZACARIAS MOUSSAOUI, a French citizen charged with participating in a terrorism conspiracy to attack the U.S. along with the 19 Sept. 11 hijackers; by an appeals court in Richmond, Va. The appeals panel, overturning a lower-court ruling, also said Moussaoui could have access to information from three al-Qaeda prisoners who may be able to provide evidence in his defense. Moussaoui has denied that he was part of the Sept. 11 plot...