WASHINGTON (AP) - Supreme Court justices questioned Tuesday how to draw the
line between schoolyard teasing among students and sexual harassment in
debating whether schools can be held responsible for such conduct. "I'm
sure schoolchildren nationwide tease each other. Little boys tease little
girls," Justice Sandra Day O'Connor said during arguments on a Georgia case
involving crude and allegedly threatening conduct by a fifth-grade boy. "Is
every one of these incidents going to lead to a lawsuit?" Justices Antonin
Scalia, Stephen Breyer, Anthony Kennedy and David Souter also expressed
doubts about how to make that distinction. The court is expected to decide
by July whether educators violate a federal law when they fail to stop
students from sexually harassing other students. See full story
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U.S., China discuss human rights
WASHINGTON (AP) - Secretary of State Madeleine Albright said Tuesday she is
very disturbed by the crackdown on pro-democracy activists in China but
that the administration must seek cooperation with China on strategic and
other issues. Albright spoke during a photo session with Argentine Foreign
Minister Guido di Tella as senior U.S. and Chinese officials were holding a
second and final day of talks on human rights. Alluding to the increasing
number of Chinese dissidents arrested in recent weeks, Albright expressed
concern about the trend and said Assistant Secretary of State Harold Koh
was raising the issue with the Chinese delegation. See full story
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Clash over proposed N.J. golf course
JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) - It's a developer's dream: Golfers teeing off on an
18-hole waterfront course, launching drives against the backdrop of New
York City's skyline and the Statue of Liberty. It's an environmentalist's
nightmare: Two of the holes are planned on state-owned land, something
naturalists say would chase away rare birds and destroy the only patch of
tidal marshland around for miles. The proposed $30 million golf course on
Caven Point peninsula at Liberty State Park is still under consideration by
the New Jersey's Department of Environmental Protection and the National
Park Service. But the project has raised questions about Gov. Christie
Whitman's commitment to buy or set aside 1 million acres of undeveloped
land as open space in the nation's most crowded state. See full story
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