Weekend Forecast Promises Thunderstorms and Humid Warmth
The regional forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies with 30 to 50 percent chances of thunderstorms tonight through Sunday. Lows in the 60s to 70s and highs ranging from the 80s to near 90, with beaches cooler inland.
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Midlands
Scientists Find Evidence Of More Possible Planets
New observations from the Canada France Hawaii Telescope indicate gaseous bodies orbiting seven of 16 sun like stars. Researchers report detectable wobbles as small as 25 miles per hour suggesting one possible planet per star with masses from one to ten times Jupiter.
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New York
Earth
Bruce Campbell
Dominion Astrophysical Observatory
Victoria
British Columbia
Campbell
Vancouver
William Baum
Lowell Observatory
Flagstaff
Ariz
Canada-France-Hawaii
Hawaii
Gordon Walker
Stephenson Yang
University of British Columbia
Jupiter
IRS scrutiny mounts over church earnings and tax rules
Federal focus sharpens on tax exempt churches and related enterprises. Rep. Pickle urges tax on profitable church ventures, while Rep. Dorgan notes risks of ministerial abuse. IRS cites audit rates and an expert panel to guide oversight.
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Dean Kelley
Long Island
N.Y
National Council of Churches
Kelley
PTL
House
Ways and Means
J.J. Pickle
Texas
Pickle
Sam
Byron Dorgan
D-N.d
Dorgan
IRS
Supreme Court Rules Against Teaching Creationism in Public Schools
The Supreme Court by 7-2 vote barred states from requiring creationism to be taught alongside evolution in public schools. Justice Brennan said the Louisiana act aimed to restructure science to fit a religious view, violating the First Amendment. Dissenters were Chief Justice Rehnquist and Justice Scalia.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Louisiana
William J. Brennan
Charles Darwin
Earth
Brennan
William H. Rehnquist
Antonin Scalia
Scalia
Arkansas
John Scopes
Tennessee
Scopes
Tennessee Supreme Court
Tax Law Narrows On What Defines A Church
Washington AP reports that Congress has not defined church for tax purposes and IRS guidelines remain debated in Tax Court. The 14 criteria cover separate legal existence, creed, church government, doctrine, history, nonassociated membership, ordained ministers, studies, worship literature, places of worship, congregations, services, Sunday schools, and ministerial training.
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Washington
Congress
Internal Revenue Service
U.S. Tax Court
Jerome Kurtz
IRS
Tax Court
Foundation of Human Understanding
Los Angeles
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