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...Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey decision, the Supreme Court ruled that a state may not create an "undue burden" for any woman making "the decision to terminate her pregnancy before viability." In striking down the Nebraska statute law last year, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, in St. Louis, ruled that the statute's language was broad enough to encompass the D&E procedure, imposing an "undue burden" on the woman seeking an abortion. Most of the lower federal courts that have addressed partial-birth abortion bans have ruled based on the "undue burden" standard...
Altogether, Harvard finished eighth in the National Wrestling Coaches Association Top 25 Division I Academic Teams. Princeton, Stanford and Brown claimed the top three spots, respectively...
...Measure of profitability: Abbr. 34. Appear 36. Place for trash 37. 2000 Masters winner 39. Car in a 1964 hit song 40. Smear 42. Third World leaders recently concluded a summit here 44. Volunteers have begun an attempt to move a three-ton stone from here to Stonehenge 45. Eighth Greek letter 46. New Zealand is scrapping the use of this title 47. It's occasionally lied about down...
...meantime, most of the kinks have been worked out. Some students were using their computers to goof off or visit unauthorized websites. But teachers have the ability to track where students have been on the Web and to restrict them. "That is the worst when they disable you," says eighth-grade honors student Jamie Bassell. "You go through laptop withdrawal." The habit is rubbing off on parents. "I taught my mom to use e-mail," says another eighth-grader, Katherine Hypolite. "And now she's taking computer classes. I'm so proud...
...event was won by Peta-Gay Gayle of Alabama in 57.85 seconds. Gayle is ranked fifth out of collegiate athletes in the 400 hurdles, while Taylor is ranked eighth. Tanya Jarret, who won the event at last year's Penn Relays, chose not to run this year. Jarret is the top ranked collegiate 400 hurdler...