WASHINGTON – Evidence gained by torture can be used by the U.S. military in deciding whether to imprison a foreigner indefinitely at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as an enemy combatant, the government says.
From Yahoo News
Federally funded sex education programs that preach abstinence have been misleading and scaring children according to a congressional study. Yes, your tax dollars are going towards programs that say that 50 percent of all American teenage gay men are HIV positive or that touching somebody’s genitals can get you pregnant. Another program says that abortion can lead to sterility and suicide. 13 different abstinence programs were studied which the Bush Administration is paying $170 million for in 2005.
From EliteTV
LOS ANGELES (AP) ? The recording industry has filed copyright infringement lawsuits against 761 computer users, the latest round of litigation in the record companies’ effort to stamp out unauthorized trading of music online.
The latest batch of lawsuits on Thursday also targeted 25 computer users suspected of swapping songs over university networks, according to the Recording Industry Association of America, a trade group for the largest music companies.
The RIAA claims the defendants used peer-to-peer services, including eDonkey, Kazaa and LimeWire to share music.
From USA Today
Parents and students say they are outraged and offended by a proposed band name and song scheduled for a high school talent show in Boulder this evening, but members of the band, named Coalition of the Willing, said the whole thing is being blown out of proportion.
From ABC News
October 14 – MEDFORD ? President Bush taught three Oregon schoolteachers a new lesson in irony ? or tragedy ? Thursday night when his campaign removed them from a Bush speech and threatened them with arrest simply for wearing t-shirts that said ?Protect Our Civil Liberties,? the Democratic Party of Oregon reported.
KANSAS CITY, Missouri (AP)—The Kansas attorney general has withheld more than 1,600 compact discs from distribution to state libraries because officials determined the albums promote violence or illegal activity, records show.
(CNN)—Several U.S. officials said Tuesday that intelligence indicates there is increasing concern about the possibility of a major terrorist attack on U.S. soil, perhaps as early as this summer.
NEW YORK – Nineteen members of a street gang accused of menacing their neighborhood have been indicted on murder and other charges as acts of terror, believed to be the first use of the state’s anti-terrorism law against a gang.