Justice reverses view on guns in Supreme Court
The Bush administration reverses decades of DOJ policy and says the Constitution protects an individual right to possess firearms. The Solicitor General says this view is current but notes the court need not decide it now. Ashcroft supports a broad individual right with reasonable restrictions to prevent misuse. Critics see this as a dramatic shift from prior policy across administrations.
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Justice Department
Bush Administration
Supreme Court
High Court
United States
Theodore Olson
Olson
John Ashcroft
Ashcroft
National Rifle Association
NRA
Supreme Court halts execution reprieve for killer Davis
White supremacist Brian Davis, 33, won a last minute reprieve from the U S Supreme Court two hours before scheduled execution in Huntsville Texas The court paused the execution while considering a Virginia case challenging execution of mentally retarded inmates Davis allegedly killed Michael Foster 31 after a bar meeting his wife stabbed Foster and depicted a swastika and NSSH on his abdomen Tina McDonald Davis ex wife and Texas convict denied the claims Harris County prosecutor expects the death sentence to proceed later this year
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Texas
U.S. Supreme Court
Brian Davis
Virginia
Davis
Michael Foster
Houston
Foster
NSSH
National Society of Skinheads
Tina McDonald
Roe Wilson
Harris County
Wilson
Arrests in testing scam for foreign students
Federal prosecutors say at least 50 people were arrested for fraudulently taking TOEFL exams for about 130 foreign students to enable them to stay in the United States. The scheme operated in 13 states and the District of Columbia from 1999 to last month, with impostors posing as students and having results mailed to a post office box.
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Newark
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United States
States
District of Columbia
Breast feeding linked to higher IQ in teens and twenties
A Danish study of 3,253 participants finds longer breast feeding through nine months correlates with higher IQ in late adolescence and early adulthood. Gains peak by nine months and do not increase with longer duration. factors like parental education were accounted for.
Breastfeeding Boosts Adult IQ According To Study
A study of 973 adults shows longer breast-feeding links to higher WAIS IQ. Researchers cite brain-stimulating nutrients and extended maternal contact as possible factors, with IQ scores rising from 99.4 at one month or less to 106.0 at four to six months and 104.0 at nine months or more.
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Chicago
June Machover Reinisch
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The
Kinsey Institute For Research
Journal
American Medical Association
American Academy of Pediatrics
Federal rule expands public single sex schools
Public Harlem school with all girl students may lead to wider adoption as new guidelines clarify federal funding for single sex programs. Paige and Hutchison push for broader comparability and more district autonomy while critics call for stronger focus on core education and funding.
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Young Women’s Leadership School
Harlem
New York City
Young Women's Leadership School
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Bush
Rod Paige
Sen
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Texas
Nancy Zirkin
AAUW
Zirkin
Ann Rubenstein Tisch
Singlesexschools
Tywls
New pension plans may shortchange workers study warns
The Labor Department analysis finds cash balance plans shortchange workers by over 200 million dollars annually as 8 million workers are affected in pension plan conversions totaling 334 billion in assets. Critics argue older workers face reduced retirement benefits under front loaded plans.
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Labor Department
Inspector General
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Sions
Bernie Sanders
IVI
IBM Corp
Congress
German Kaiser planned WWI attack on New York and ports
Berlin reports that Kaiser Wilhelm II and admirals drafted sea-borne attack plans on New York Boston and other U.S. ports to seize Pacific influence. The schemes, stemming from 1898 to 1901, faced opposition from top brass and U.S. naval power, with Cape Cod and New York eyed as targets before a 100,000 troops requirement doomed the plan.
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