ABC News: Parents Charged in Faith Healing Case

" Their case has focused attention on some laws that let parents rely on prayer to heal their children. Marci Hamilton, a professor at Cardozo Law School, who writes about religious issues, said the case may test...

Issues in the Canadian Election

" Afghanistan - 96 soldiers, one diplomat and two aid workers have died since 2002.- In March, the House voted to extend the mission until 2011.- The Taliban are getting more aggressive in recent months. Justice ...

Philippines - New traffic law to meet with UN's international requirements

Seemingly the Philippines has at last caught up to the requirements that it had to take as a signatory of the United Nations Vienna Convention for Road Traffic of 1968.   But the problem is that many Filipino...

Canada's Political Parties Lay Out Their Party Platform for Fighting Crime!

Barry Artiste Op/Ed As I previously mentioned in my other story today on Child prostitution in Canada http://www.nowpublic.com/world/child-prostitution-exposing-canadas-dirty-dark-secret All Political Parties seem to...

Russia considers ban on emos and goths

What's the deal with all the emo-hate this year? Not only are they getting beat up in Mexico and smeared in the UK media, they're now about to be banned in Russia. Government there is considering a law that would...

Day of mourning for Finland shooting victims

One day after a horrific shooting in a school in Finland, the prime minister has said he wants to push for stricter gun laws as the victims are beginning to be identified.Today is also a day of mourning for Finland,...

Federal Court Rules Against Federal Subversion of State Medical Marijuana Laws

"Federal Court Rules Against Federal Subversion of State Medical Marijuana Laws by ACLU Blog of Rights (03 Sept, 2008) The court battles over medical marijuana and state versus federal laws continues For the first time, a court has recognized that a concerted effort...

Treatment of Tourette’s syndrome with delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol.

"Tourette’s Syndrome Tourette’s syndrome (TS) is a complex neuropsychiatric disorder of unknown etiology that is characterized by involuntary vocal tics. Severity of this condition varies widely among patients. Though there is no cure for...

NO charges for Pagegate Foley: Gee. Could this be why Palin is stonewalling...

Once again, the reich-wing call of "if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear" has found yet another exception.  This time it is in the person of Republican congressman disgraced in a sex scandal...

Will Florida be the deciding state for Election 2008

"And eight years after Florida's recount drama, a new election debacle in Palm Beach County, home of the infamous "butterfly ballot," as well as new voting laws and untested voting machines, suggest the Sunshine...

Reid Blocks Online Predator Bill to Help Obama

"This Congress hasn't accomplished all that much, so you'd think they'd be eager to pass a no-brainer such as bipartisan legislation to protect kids from online predators. You'd be wrong. Last December, the House passed the Securing Adolescents from Exploitation Online Act by...

Ukraine's government falls apart

The Ukrainian government has officially collapsed, following the 2004 "orange revolution" which put pro-Western politicians in power. Since then, relations between those politians have soured. New elections could put...

Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2007, McCain voted NO!!

The "agent" of change, John McCain still thinks that women deserve to be paid less than men. He voted against equal pay for women as recently as 2007, but swears he is the change we need in 2008. He used the excuse that Lilly Ledbetter had waited too long to file. So there is...

NYS Comptroller Releases City of North Tonawanda School District Audit

Update: 11 September 2008 9:13 pm ESTIn a Press Release dated 10 September 2008, New York State Comptroller DiNapoli's office announces the release of City Of North Tonawanda School District "Internal Controls Over...

Is America a Free Country?

The International Institute of Nonviolence News&Opinion By: Rev. Jermano Is America a Free Country? I saw a nifty website by Doug Newman, and what he considers to be free.....

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