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Editorial: In defense of science
September 30, 2005Oral arguments began this week on a lawsuit by 11 parents in Dover, Pa., seeking to reverse the local school board’s decision to teach “intelligent design” in the system’s biology classes. The school board argues that...
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Mercury emissions expose extreme rights family values hypocrisy
September 30, 2005On Sept. 13 the U.S. Senate narrowly rejected a bipartisan resolution offered by Senators Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) that would have maintained a firm timetable for the reduction in mercury...
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Panel hears bipartisan call to save VA hospitals
September 30, 2005NEW YORK — On Sept. 19 the Veterans Administration Local Advisory Panel (LAP) met here to discuss a report by the accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP that included proposals to close the city’s two VA hospitals, Manhattan...
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BP hit with record $21 million fine
September 30, 2005HOUSTON — BP Products North America Inc. has been fined a record $21 million for health and safety violations as a result of a March 23 explosion that killed 15 workers and injured more than 170...
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City urged to uphold rights of immigrants
September 30, 2005NEW HAVEN, Conn. — “Every day it becomes more difficult to live,” testified Lupe, a mother and member of Unidad Latina en Accion, at a Sept. 15 public hearing on the status of immigrants. “Landlords exploit...
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