Presbyterian court allows gay union ceremonies in churches
New York Presbyterian court upholds local congregations right to conduct holy union ceremonies for same sex couples that stop short of marriage. The 16 member panel ruled such ceremonies may occur if they are clearly not marriages, though regional bodies must distinguish between marriages and blessing services.
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Sinaia
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
U.5.a
Dobbs Ferry
Northeast Regional Church
High Court
FBI Headquarters Adds Security After House Panel View
The FBI raises security at its Washington DC headquarters and other sites, citing recommendations from the House Judiciary Crime Subcommittee. External officers must surrender weapons unless holding permanent passes. visitors to the FBI Tour pass through metal detectors and undergo package searches with escort inside.
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Acid rain monitor funding ends at three sites
Federal officials cut funding for the nation’s three acid rain cloud monitoring stations, ending testing in New York Adirondacks and Virginia Shenandoah with Great Smoky Mountains funding continuing via other agencies. EPA says the $200,000 program started 15 years ago was temporary per policy. Boston papers The Patriot Ledger and The Enterprise put up for sale after publisher’s health setback. Ledger circulation now about 70,000 daily.
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Virginia
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Boston
Patriot Ledger
New England
James Plugh
Quincy
Brockton
Enterprise
South Shore
Plugh
Ich
Massa
Geography bee winner has global viewpoint
Felix Peng, 13, of Guilford Connecticut, won the National Geography Bee. The Elisabeth Adams Middle School eighth grader answered more than 50 questions in two hours and correctly named the three largest regions of Denmark Jutland and the two largest islands Sjaelland and Fyn. He edged out nine other finalists, including home schooled rival George Thampy.
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Felix Peng
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Sjaelland
Fyn
Felix
Elisabeth Adams Middle School
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Conn
National Geographic Society
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St. Louis
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Penn clinic halts human gene tests after fatal trial
Penn University suspends all human research at the Institute for Human Gene Therapy following the death of Jesse Gelsinger and FDA findings. The university will restrict studies to animals, tighten oversight, and reassess conflict of interest policies while allowing FDA-approved trials to continue outside the institute.
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Judith Rodin
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Rodin
William Danforth
Washington University
St. Louis
Wilson's Institute
Gelsinger
Jane Henney
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