Abortion foes banned from Web site
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A judge banned a group of abortion foes Thursday from
contributing to an anti-abortion Internet site and publishing Wild
West-style wanted posters featuring abortion doctors. In a strongly worded
endorsement of a jury's $107 million verdict, Judge Robert E. Jones called
the Web site and the posters "blatant and illegal communication of true
threats to kill." "I totally reject the defendants' attempts to justify
their actions as an expression of opinion or as a legitimate and lawful
exercise of free speech," Jones wrote in his injunction that also orders
the activists to turn over all similar materials. See full story
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Group calls for ban of pesticide
WASHINGTON (AP) - An environmental group demanded an emergency ban on the
pesticide methyl parathion, saying America's children are consuming too
much in their apples and peaches. The pesticide industry denounced the
warning Thursday as a scare tactic that ignores Environmental Protection
Agency studies. The agency itself said the benefits of eating fruits and
vegetables outweigh any risk the pesticide might place. The banning
recommendation came from the Environmental Working Group in a report the
group said analyzes 110,000 government-tested food samples along with
detailed government data on children's food consumption. See full story
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Fed nuclear plan called inadequate
WASHINGTON (AP) - The nuclear industry and several senators dismissed as
inadequate Thursday an administration proposal that the government assume
ownership but not move thousands of tons of nuclear waste at reactor sites
around the country. Energy Secretary Bill Richardson said the proposal was
under consideration as an alternative to shipping the waste to a central
temporary disposal site as the industry has demanded. Richardson told the
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee that he wanted to find a way
to avoid an "unnecessary legislative showdown" on the nuclear waste issue,
but that the 40,000 tons of used reactor fuel should remain at power plants
in 34 states. See full story
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Radical feminist professor creates stir
BOSTON (AP) - A radical feminist professor at Boston College has been given
an ultimatum from the school: admit men to her classes or stop teaching.
Theologian Mary Daly lets only women take her courses. Daly, whose seven
major books, including "Outercourse," have made her a pioneer in feminist
circles, has said she won't back down. Opening her classes to men would
compromise her belief that women tend to defer to a man whenever one is in
the room, she said. Daly took a leave of absence from the Jesuit college
this semester rather than bow to demands that she admit senior Duane Naquin
into her class in feminist ethics. See full story
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