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(thesun.co.uk) BRITISH gay men are paying a US clinic £33,000 a time to create a designer baby.
Twenty couples have already used the specialist surrogacy scheme for “two-dad” families — 15 choosing to have a boy.
Another 25 have made inquiries.
They are turning to the US because of the shortage of donated eggs and surrogate mothers in [...]

BEIJING/LONDON (Reuters) – China is on course to overtake the United States this year as the world’s biggest carbon emitter, estimates based on Chinese energy data show, potentially pressuring Beijing to take more action on climate change.
China’s emissions rose by some 10 percent in 2005, a senior U.S. scientist estimated, while Beijing data shows fuel [...]

(heraldsun.com) GREENSBORO, N.C. — Economist and author Julianne Malveaux was named the new president of Bennett College on Monday, taking over the private women’s school amid a $50 million fundraising campaign.
The college’s Board of Trustees chose Malveaux to replace Johnnetta Cole, who has led the historically black university since 2002. Malveaux will take over June [...]

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I am going to break this post into two parts.
Side One
In case you haven’t heard by now, there is a case down in Paris, Texas that is getting a whole lot of attention regarding the racial overtones of the issue:

(chicagotribune.com) “Among the leading candidates for early release is Shaquanda Cotton, [...]