Archive for ‘March 31st, 2005’

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Mar31

The Bible gets the boot…again!

by Duane on March 31st, 2005 at 1:10 am
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In a sharply divided ruling, Colorado’s highest court on Monday upheld a lower court’s decision throwing out the sentence of a man who was given the death penalty after jurors consulted the Bible in reaching a verdict. The Bible, the court said, constituted an improper outside influence and a reliance on what the court called [...]

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Mar31

Noble but…

by Duane on March 31st, 2005 at 1:07 am
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Russell Simmons continues his quest to register voters. The mogul and other New Jersey State officials are set to visit Perth Amboy High School on April 5 to get teens out and in the voting spirit. Simmons will be joined by Attorney General Peter C. Harvey, state Education Commissioner William Librera, Mayor Joseph Vas and [...]

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Mar31

Annan the playa!

by Duane on March 31st, 2005 at 1:02 am
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The United States Wednesday refused to support the call for U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan to resign.
“We support the Secretary General in his work. That was our position yesterday — it’s our position today,” State Department deputy spokesman Adam Ereli told a briefing in Washington.
An independent commission, headed by Paul Volcker, a former U.S. Federal Reserve [...]

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Mar31

China relaxing on the “mother, may I?” game.

by Duane on March 31st, 2005 at 1:01 am
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China said it would lift from September a 50-year ban on college students marrying or bearing children but warned the relaxed regulations should not change academic priorities.
Students of legal marriage age — 22 for males and 20 for females — will no longer need to seek approval from university officials to tie the knot, the [...]

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