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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 2000
Page
3
A reported surge in domestic violence cases prompts activists to urge more battered women’s shelters and better cross agency communication. Rita Smith of the Coalition against Domestic Violence cites Maryland as a focal scene. Janice Lancaster’s ex husband killed her and then himself after a harassment arrest request.
Washington reports a shift in high schools toward computer simulations for biology dissections. Students use virtual scalpel software to study frogs and other specimens, prompted by animal-rights concerns and personal ethics. Some teachers praise it as engaging and educational, while others miss hands-on dissection experiences.
A biology teacher from St. Francis High School Louisville Kentucky argues that real rat dissection offers better understanding than models. He highlights texture differences age sizes genders and peer observation to enhance learning in the same classroom.
The Supreme Court refused to let union health funds sue cigarette makers to recover smoking related health costs. Appeals from Pennsylvania, Oregon and New York argued under federal racketeering and antitrust laws. Officials and health advocates lament the decision, saying it ends third party lawsuits by health funds and others.
The court rejected dairy farmers' challenge to government funding for generic ads tied to milk mustaches. It refused to revive a Pennsylvania law labeling certain offenders as sexually violent predators. It allowed an insurer to limit AIDS care versus other illnesses and declined a bid by two HIV-positive men challenging such disability-based discrimination.
In a campaign stop at Council Bluffs, Bill Bradley jokes that if elected president there will be no more winters in Iowa as mild January weather melts the snows. He notes his Iowa efforts since last year and quips about two winters versus one.
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