Home gender selection kits marketed to parents spark ethics debate
A home use GenSelect gender selection kit priced at 199 dollars promises 96 percent effectiveness, while experts warn these unproven products exploit demand for choosing a baby’s sex. Officials note legitimate options are limited to IVF with embryo sorting or MicroSort, both controversial and costly.
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U.S
University of Pennsylvania
Arthur Caplan
Fairfax
Caplan
Richard Rawlins
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago
Gender select kits spark fad despite experts doubts
GenSelect at home kits promise gender choice using a thermomet er, douches, and gender specific pills. Dr Scott Sweazy notes thousands sold and tripling sales, while critics call the products ineffective or “snake oil.” The piece cites Veronica Meister’s near term girl pregnancy and explains medical IVF sex selection offers near perfect accuracy but at high cost and multiple tries.
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Scott Sweazy
South Carolina
Sweazy
Veronica Meister
Lake Worth
Fla
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Meister
MicroSoft
Virginia
Rawlins
Norbert Gleicher
Forest Service auction sells seized cattle from Diamond Bar Ranch
The U S Forest Service auctioned 252 cattle seized from Kit Laney and Sherry Farr of the Diamond Bar Ranch in a dispute over grazing rights in the Gila National Forest. The sale brought 121000 dollars to fund roundups, as authorities had cited contempt of court for continuing to graze in the forest after prior rulings. SCOTTVILLE, Mich. (AP)
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Silver City
N.M
U.S. Forest Service
Forest Service
Gila National Forest
Kit Laney
Sherry Farr
Diamond Bar Ranch
West
Laneys
Georgia district to face trial over evolution denial stickers
A federal judge refused to dismiss a lawsuit against Cobb County School District over stickers inside science textbooks that call evolution a theory and promote creationism. The ruling allows the case to proceed, with plaintiffs arguing the disclaimer advances or inhibits religion and alters science education standards.
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Atlanta
Cobb County
Clarence Cooper
Michael Manely
US Supreme Court
Cooper
Marine sentenced for selling armor from Camp Pendleton
Marine Staff Sgt. Marvin Funiestas was convicted and sentenced to 10 years in prison for selling 100 to 110 stolen ceramic armor vests over the Internet. Investigators say he sold about $88,000 worth of gear for $35,000, with another Marine allegedly falsifying records to enable the sales.
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Camp Pendleton
Calif
Marvin Funiestas
U.S
Middle East
Funiestas
Ringling Circus Performer Falls From 25-Foot Tightrope
Ernando Amaya, 34, slipped during a Madison Square Garden act and fell onto mats in front of about 10,000 spectators. He suffered elbow, back and chest injuries and is in stable condition overnight at a hospital. A gas station robbery with a 6-year-old daughter in the car ended with swift pursuit and arrest.
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New York
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus
Madison Square Garden
Ernando Amaya
Ringling Bros
Jenifer Maninger
Amaya
Daniel Rosa
Diploma Peddler Sentenced For Phony University Scheme
Ronald Pellar, 75, founder of the bogus Columbia State University, was sentenced to eight months in prison after pleading guilty to nine counts of mail fraud. The operation claimed government approval and accreditation in Louisiana for quick bachelor’s, master's, and doctorate by correspondence.
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Santa Ana
Calif
Ronald Pellar
Columbia State University
U.S
Alicemarie Stotler
Donald Gaffney
Columbia State
Louisiana
Tartan cartoon prompts ethics review at Carnegie Mellon
Carnegie Mellon University officials reviewed an April Fool's issue after a racially charged cartoon in The Tartan sparked outrage. The newspaper fired the cartoonist, two editors quit, and the paper will not publish until fall while hiring an ethics manager to oversee future issues. The cartoon depicts a goat boasting about harming a Black person on a bicycle.
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Pittsburgh
The
Tartan
Carnegie Mellon University
UConn Fans Riot After NCAA Title Victory
UConn fans celebrated the Huskies win over Georgia Tech 82-73 sparking fires, overturned trash cans, and arrests. About 35 people were taken into custody with no serious injuries reported as police and firefighters contained celebrations on campus and area streets.
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Georgia Tech
University
Ron Blicher
Uconn
Celeron Square
Tennessee
New Orleans
Lady Huskies
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