Limiting Rights: Imposing Religion on Workers (NYT)

Students challenge free-speech rules on college campuses

LA jail scandal: All 6 Sheriff's Department officials found guilty on all counts

McDaniel Campaign Begins Legal Challenge in Mississippi GOP Primary

Amsterdam 'Black Pete' Parade Threatened by Dutch Ruling

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If He's Sexually Aggressive In Bars, It's Not Because He's Drunk -- "When researchers at the University of Toronto and the University of Washington observed young people's behavior in bars, they found that the man's aggressiveness didn't match his level of intoxication. There was no relationship. Instead, men targeted women who were intoxicated ( Read more... )

Rand Paul: Clintons should be judged for Bill's 'predatory behavior' with Lewinsky -- No, seriously, he said that.

Trend-Starting Texas Drops Algebra II Mandate

Map: Publicly Funded Schools That Are Allowed to Teach Creationism

Marijuana contests to join Denver County Fair; 'Pot Pavilion' to showcase best pot plants, recipes: Joint-rolling, ( Read more... )

Arizona State University fraternity holds racist MLK Day party -- Drinking out of miniature watermelons. Yeah. If it weren't for that bit, the whole thing probably could have been plausibly denied.

Student who appeared in porn can return to school

Dame Angela Lansbury 'relieved' as Murder, She Wrote remake is scrapped -- I think her publicly ( Read more... )

Hospital Won't Assist In Transfer For Brain-Dead Girl -- "The hospital 'does not believe that performing surgical procedures on the body of a deceased person is an appropriate medical practice,' [the chief of pediatrics] said."

Wait, scratch that: Hospital Says It Will Help Move Brain-Dead Girl -- Fast-moving facts in this story. I have no doubt ( Read more... )

Anti-depressants 'linked to type 2 diabetes'

New York sets up special courts to handle prostitution and trafficking cases -- Better than the status quo, I suppose, but a far cry from reforming the system in sex workers' favor.

Jackson: Saxophone-Playing Wouldn't Help Obama -- Very true.

North Carolina school system lifts ban on Invisible Man

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Republicans, it's time to take your medicine, ObamaCare is here to stay -- This was published at Fox News, of all places.

Judge: Kentucky woman must testify against partner

Police: NYC mob attacks Sikh professor, thinking he's Muslim -- As Rebecca Savastio said over at the Las Vegas Guardian Express, "Dr. Singh is a Sikh, but was mistaken for a ( Read more... )

Supreme Court Rules Police Can Swab for DNA Upon Arrest

First Foodies Expanded Diet 3.5 Million Years Ago

Schools' effort to shift to Common Core faces a difficult test

Lawsuit: Prostitutes beat NJ woman in Fla. hotel

ACLU: Black Americans targeted for marijuana arrests

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Harvard dean who okayed secret faculty email search steps down | Evelynn Hammonds to step down as Harvard College dean

Quantum Magnetism Observed For First Time, Physicists Say

Joss Whedon to Wesleyan Class of 2013: "You are all going to die"

Teacher may face disciplinary action after reminding students of their Fifth Amendment rights: High ( Read more... )

Arizona shooting: Bill OK'd to create buffer for funerals -- "Gov. Jan Brewer signed the bill Tuesday evening, saying, 'Despicable acts of emotional terrorism will not be tolerated in the state of Arizona.'" One of the few stances by her of which I completely agree.

Palin accuses critics of 'blood libel' for blaming her for Tucson shootings -- I ( Read more... )