Justices reject right to own action death in high court ruling
The Supreme Court refuses to recognize assisted death by one’s own hand as a fundamental liberty. It upholds state bans while noting room for debate, palliative care, and state-by-state discussion. Columnist Ellen Goodman notes ambivalence among justices and the broader call for humane dying.
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Supreme Court
Rehnquist
Justice Breyer
Justice O’connor
Justice Souter
Amsterdam
O’connor
Harvard
Laurence Tribe
Breyer
Oregon
Kevorkian
AMA
Design chosen for bombing memorial
Oklahoma City selects a $9 million memorial design featuring 168 stone and glass chairs to honor victims. The plan places an illuminated chair array along a reflecting pool near the Survivors Tree, with a circular wall listing survivors’ names.
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Oklahoma City
Torrey Butzer
Oklahoma
Germany
Hans-Ekkehard Butzer
University of Texas Architecture School
Sven Berg
Susan Herrington
Mark Stankard
Ames
Iowa
J. Kyle Casper
Brian Branstetter
Dallas
Richard Scherr
James Rossant
New York
Hanno Weber
Kathleen Hess
Hanno Weber & Associates
Chicago
Link Between Ovulations and Ovarian Cancer Found
Washington AP reports researchers link lifetime ovulation cycles to ovarian cancer risk. Birth control pills and bearing children reduce risk. one child lowers risk about 13 percent, three children about half of childless women. The study implicates p53 gene mutations driven by ovulation. Findings to appear in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
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Washington
Andrew Berchuck
Duke University Medical Center
Berchuck
Corrections Issued For Cedar Rapids Roundup Sponsors
The Gazette corrects a Tuesday life and leisure notice misidentifying Lisa and David Bey in a Brucemore garden party photo. Readers are asked to report accuracy concerns to 319 398 8313 and recycling programs are promoted with soybean ink and recycled newsprint.
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the Gazette
Kcrg-Tv
Channel 9
Five Seasons Center
Lisa
David Bey
Brucemore Mansion
Life & Leisure
City Carton
Sixth St
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Necker's Jewelers
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Iowa Fair Amana Colonies
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Collins Credit Union
D & B Tree Service
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Iowa Department Economic Development
JM Best John Wilson’s Sports
Krebs Flowers
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Iowa City
Longbranch
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Mississippi Belle Parkway Mortgage
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