AScribe Law News Service articles from December 2005

AScribe Law News Service archives from December 2005

Former Secretary of the State Applauds Connecticut Legislature for Sweeping Campaign Finance Bill.
December 1, 2005... Byline: Demos NEW YORK, Dec. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Today, Miles Rapoport, former Secretary of the State of Connecticut and current President of Demos, a national voting rights and public policy research organization, issued the following...

Society of Professional Journalists Denounces Pentagon's Use of Canned News in Iraq.
December 2, 2005... Byline: Society of Professional Journalists INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Society of Professional Journalists on Friday called upon the Pentagon to discontinue the practice of channeling propaganda disguised as news...

Carnegie Mellon to Showcase New Security Research at Taiwanese Innovation Technology Symposium.
December 5, 2005... Byline: Carnegie Mellon University PITTSBURGH, Dec. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Carnegie Mellon University researchers and members of Taiwan's government-affiliated Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) will unveil new security...

Stanford Law School Names Sabrina Johnson Associate Dean for Communications and Public Relations.
December 5, 2005... Byline: Stanford Law School STANFORD, Calif., Dec. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Stanford Law School (SLS) today announced the appointment of Sabrina Johnson to the position of associate dean for communications and public relations. Johnson, who...

University of Maryland Engineer to IT Administrators: Rethink Your Security Solutions; Researchers Publish Data on Hackers, Create Free Windows Software to Check Vulnerabilities.
December 5, 2005... Byline: University of Maryland, College Park COLLEGE PARK, Md., Dec. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- In a lab at the University of Maryland's A. James Clark School of Engineering, researchers have set the bait: computers with built-in weaknesses to...

New Nanosensor Uses Quantum Dots to Detect DNA; Quick, Highly Sensitive Method Makes Genetic Material Glow.
December 5, 2005... Byline: Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, Dec. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Using tiny semiconductor crystals, biological probes and a laser, Johns Hopkins University engineers have developed a new method of finding specific sequences of DNA...

Report Ranks Residents' Access to Human Rights in Midwest States, Evaluates U.S. States on U.N. Standards.
December 7, 2005... Byline: Valerie Denney Communications CHICAGO, Dec. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Valerie Denney Communications today released the following media advisory. - - - - WHAT: A new report ranks residents' access to four fundamental human...

IndependentCourt.org Alito Campaign Gains Momentum, Increases Advertising in Key States.
December 8, 2005... Byline: Communications Consortium WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- As concerns about Judge Samuel Alito's credibility and extreme record rise across the country, IndependentCourt.org, a national coalition of public interest...

Expert: Trial of Turkish Author Orhan Pamuk Symbolic for Muslim-West Relations.
December 13, 2005... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Dec. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- On Friday, Turkish author Orhan Pamuk will go on trial in Istanbul for "denigrating Turkishness," in a case that has attracted attention from the European Parliament,...

One Percent of Retailers Sell 40 Percent of Guns Used in California Crime; UC Davis Study Identifies Pawnshops, Retailers With High Rates of Background Check Failure as Sources of Disproportionate Number of Crime Guns.
December 14, 2005... Byline: Univ. of California, Davis, Medical Center SACRAMENTO, Calif., Dec. 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- A study by researchers at the UC Davis School of Medicine and Medical Center has found that 1.3 percent of the licensed gun retailers in...

James Lawson, Leader in Civil Rights Movement, Named 2005 Vanderbilt University Distinguished Alumnus.
December 15, 2005... Byline: Vanderbilt University NASHVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Rev. James Lawson, a pivotal figure in the civil rights movement and Vanderbilt history, has been named Vanderbilt's 2005 Distinguished Alumnus. The...

Essay Contest for High School Juniors, Seniors on 'Teens and Driving: Changing the Rules of the Road'.
December 15, 2005... Byline: Calif. State University, Sacramento SACRAMENTO, Calif., Dec. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- High school students can have their say on stricter traffic safety laws for teen drivers in an essay contest announced by LegiSchool, a...

League of Women Voters of California Marks Bill of Rights Day, Celebrating Freedom; Statement by National LWVC President Available at http://www.lwv.org.
December 15, 2005... Byline: League of Women Voters of California SACRAMENTO, Calif., Dec. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- Today, Dec. 15, is national Bill of Rights Day, a day to remember the core tenets of our democracy. At a time when we are promoting democracy to...

National Panel Examines State Alcohol and Drug Systems.
December 15, 2005... Byline: Join Together BOSTON, Dec. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- State substance-abuse agencies typically had the ear of governors and key policymakers at the height of the War on Drugs in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Today, however, just a...

Adviser's Contract Termination Causes Concern.
December 16, 2005... Byline: Society of Professional Journalists INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- Administrators of Ocean County College in New Jersey are sorely mistaken if they think terminating the contract of a longtime student newspaper adviser...

Military Surveillance of Gay Student Groups Recalls McCarthy Era Crackdowns; Historians React to Secret Pentagon Database.
December 19, 2005... Byline: Center for the Study of Sexual Minorities in the Military SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Dec. 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- The recent revelation that the U.S. military is spying on gay rights groups, say historians, evokes the Cold War...

Statement by Miles Rapoport, Former Connecticut Secretary of State, on Election Day Registration Ruling by U.S. Circuit Court: 'Allowing Voters to Register on Election Day is Key to Establishing Fairness and Integrity in Elections and Must Be at Top of Connecticut's Election Reform Agenda'.
December 21, 2005... Byline: Demos NEW YORK, Dec. 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- Today, Miles Rapoport, former Secretary of the State of Connecticut and current president of Demos, a national voting rights and election reform research and advocacy organization,...

Despite New Victories, Disenfranchisement Laws Continue to Erode Democracy in the U.S. -- by Sasha Abramsky.
December 22, 2005... Byline: Demos NEW YORK, Dec. 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- Following is an op-ed by Sasha Abramsky, senior fellow for democracy at Demos, a New York City think tank. Ambramsky's book, "Conned," on felon disenfranchisement, will be published by...

Without Civil Liberties, Homeland Security Will Fail -- by Lee Strickland.
December 23, 2005... Byline: University of Maryland, College Park COLLEGE PARK, Md., Dec. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- Following is an op-ed essay by Lee Strickland, director of the University of Maryland's Center for Information Policy. - - - - Without...

Senator Clinton, Child Safety Advocates Join to Help Families Protect Children in and Around Vehicles During the Holidays; Release 15 Important Tips for Keeping Children Safe Around Cars; At Least 217 Children Have Died Already This Year in Nontraffic Incidents Across the Country.
December 30, 2005... Byline: Kids And Cars NEW YORK, Dec. 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- As the holiday season continues, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton joined with child safety advocates today in releasing recommendations for parents and families to keep children...