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...ills, from toxic landfills to ozone depletion. But at least one part of the message -- the theory that the buildup of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere will cause global warming -- has come under considerable attack. A small but vocal group of scientists contends that the case for warming is sketchy and based on inadequate computer models...
...case arose in Kansas City following a long-running battle over the public schools. The school system, once segregated by law, is now overwhelmingly black because of white flight to the suburbs. Federal District Judge Russell Clark adopted a sweeping "magnet-school" plan proposed by the school board, designed to lure white students back. When the school district was unable to pay the costs, Clark unilaterally doubled the local property...
...Kansas City case was one of the more sweeping opinions handed down by the court during a busy week. Three of the other decisions, concerning possession of child pornography, the use of drugs in religious ceremonies, and warrantless arrests, involved the court's evolving body of privacy law. In addition, the high bench issued a major decision on labor relations. The rulings...
...pornography. In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court answered that question by upholding a tough Ohio law that makes personal possession of child pornography a crime. Writing for the majority, Justice White said that Ohio legitimately sought to "destroy a market for the exploitative use of children." The case, which arose when Clyde Osborne, 66, was prosecuted for possessing sexually explicit photographs of young males, brought forth a stern dissent from Justice William Brennan. "Mr. Osborne's pictures may be distasteful, but the Constitution guarantees both his right to possess them privately and his right to avoid punishment under...
...that the cuts will turn American's military-industrial base into a Rust Belt, leaving the U.S. unable to supply its own defense needs. Some contractors contend, for example, that the cuts could knock them out of certain lines of business by driving away their suppliers. In one case, the Pentagon would temporarily end production of tanks at General Dynamics factories in Warren, Mich., and Lima, Ohio, then resume work by the end of the decade to make a new . generation of tanks. But General Dynamics argues that about 15% of its 10,000 vendors in 48 states would probably...