Muslim women settle dress dispute WASHINGTON (AP) - Seven Muslim women who say they were fired for refusing to remove religious head scarves while working security jobs at Dulles International Airport learned Wednesday they could return to work. The concession was part of a settlement reached with Argenbright Security Inc. in an effort to avoid an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission complaint. "My manager said, 'If you are not going to take the scarf off go home,'" said Rueain Mohamed. "They were never terminated," said David Gamsey, Argenbright's chief financial officer, noting that the company made repeated requests for the women to return to work. "We're very pleased that this misunderstanding has been resolved," he said. See full story <http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559349430-357> Vine uses petals to lure bats (AP) - A Central American vine that relies on bats for pollination attracts them by using its flower petals like tiny satellite dishes to bounce the animals' sonar signals back at them, researchers reported Wednesday. The Mucuna vine is believed to be the first plant species found to use such a mechanism. Bats navigate by bouncing signals off of objects. The signal is so high-pitched it is not audible to humans. Researchers found that each blossom of the Mucuna vine contains a special petal with a concave acoustical "mirror." The petal directs signals back toward any nectar-feeding bat that chirps in its direction. The discovery was made by Dagmar and Otto von Helversen, a husband-and-wife team from the University of Erlangen in Germany. See full story <http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559353875-025> Gov't to relax 'dolphin-safe' rules WASHINGTON (AP) - The Clinton administration has decided to relax requirements for using the "dolphin safe" label on cans of tuna, government sources said Wednesday. The Commerce Department has found "insufficient evidence" the practice of fishing for tuna by using large, encircling nets has a "significant impact" on the dolphin population, the officials said. For nearly a decade the "dolphin safe" label has been allowed only on tuna caught by methods other than encirclement because of concern about dolphin fatalities. Dolphin and yellowfin tuna often swim together in eastern Pacific waters. The Commerce Department will announce Thursday tuna caught by encirclement may in the future carry the "dolphin safe" label under provisions of a law enacted two years ago. See full story <http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2559350927-97f>
