AScribe Law News Service articles from December 2007

AScribe Law News Service archives from December 2007

Cities, Suburbs Deal With Increase in Super-Sized 'McMansions'.
December 3, 2007... Byline: Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio, Dec. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- About two-thirds of America's largest cities have reported the appearance of "McMansions" -- new, much larger houses built on lots that once contained more modest...

University of Florida Graduate Student Evaluates Flawed 'Son of Sam' Laws.
December 6, 2007... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., Dec. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Research by a University of Florida graduate student finds most state statutes designed to prevent criminals from profiting from telling the story of their...

University of Florida Survey: Florida's Real Estate Report Mixed Instead of Entirely Bad.
December 6, 2007... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., Dec. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- All is not gloom and doom with Florida real estate, according to the latest University of Florida study, which finds a positive outlook for commercial properties...

RAND Study Examines Effect of Policy on Entrepreneurship and Small Businesses.
December 11, 2007... Byline: RAND Corporation SANTA MONICA, Calif., Dec. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- An improved understanding of the effects of regulation on small businesses will help lawmakers develop policy designed to advance entrepreneurship, according to a...

Performance Pay, Desegregation, No Child Left Behind Made Education Headlines in 2007; Vanderbilt University Experts Available to Comment.
December 12, 2007... Byline: Vanderbilt University NASHVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- Experts from Vanderbilt University's Peabody College of education and human development are available to discuss 2007's top education stories and what to expect...

Torture is Immoral, Illegal and Used by Most Nations: University of Maryland Experts.
December 12, 2007... Byline: University of Maryland, College Park COLLEGE PARK, Md., Dec. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- Torture has been practiced in recent decades by more than 98 percent of nations that experience any political violence, including Western...

Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program Announces More Than 460 New Fellows.
December 13, 2007... Byline: Halstead Communications NEW YORK, Dec. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program (IFP) officially announced today the selection of 467 new recipients of its prestigious graduate fellowship. The...

Effective Response by Baseball to Mitchell Report Extremely Difficult, Say Two Duke Professors.(Report)
December 13, 2007... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Dec. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Now that the Mitchell Report had documented the pervasive use of drugs in baseball, "fashioning a response that is effective and fair, and not just a politically expedient...

University of Virginia Engineering Faculty Develop Solution to Cell-Tracking Riddle.
December 14, 2007... Byline: University of Virginia CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Dec. 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- Time is money, especially in the race to discover new anti-inflammatory drugs and bring them to market. Pharmaceutical companies typically spend years in the...

Scholars Praise Allan Berube, Gay Pioneer; Path-Breaking Researcher on Gays in the Military Is Dead at 61.
December 15, 2007... Byline: Michael D. Palm Center SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Dec. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- Allan Berube, who died Tuesday from complications related to stomach ulcers, stumbled onto the "secret world of gay soldiers" in 1979. But he left their...

Experts List: Presidential Politics.
December 17, 2007... Byline: University of California, Davis DAVIS, Calif., Dec. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- As the presidential primary season approaches, University of California, Davis faculty can offer journalists broad expertise regarding national politics....

David Wippman Named Dean of University of Minnesota Law School.
December 17, 2007... Byline: University of Minnesota MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- Following an extensive national search, University of Minnesota Provost Thomas Sullivan today named professor David Wippman as dean of the University of Minnesota...

Dire Future for Local Governments If Revenue-Raising Powers Are Not Fixed.
December 17, 2007... Byline: The Urban Institute WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- The existence of local governments will be in jeopardy without a significant change in the way they are financed, David Brunori warns in the new edition of his Urban...

University of Minnesota Study Says Safety Attitudes Behind the Wheel Are Vastly Different Between Rural and Urban Drivers.
December 18, 2007... Byline: University of Minnesota MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- Rural drivers may need to reconsider how safely they are driving - especially rural pickup drivers, according to a new University of Minnesota study. University...

Statement From Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America on the Report on the Illegal Use of Steroids in Major League Baseball.
December 18, 2007... Byline: Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- Following is a statement by General Arthur T. Dean, Chairman and CEO of Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA), regarding the report of...

Sustainability Expert Applauds Passage of Energy Independence and Security Act; Also Calls for Greater Adoption of Sustainable Processes to Enhance Bill's Effectiveness.
December 19, 2007... Byline: Rochester Institute of Technology ROCHESTER, N.Y., Dec. 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- Nabil Nasr, director of the Golisano Institute for Sustainability at Rochester Institute of Technology, who specializes in sustainable mobility...

Congress Prioritizes Drinking Water and Sanitation for World's Poor; Water Advocates Commends Congress for Addressing World's Largest Public Health Threat.
December 20, 2007... Byline: Action Against Hunger - USA WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- The U.S. Congress demonstrated once again its leadership regarding the key development challenge of the 21st century - the global safe drinking water and...

The Best and Worst of 2007: Voting Rights and Elections -- by Tova Andrea Wang.
December 27, 2007... Byline: The Century Foundation NEW YORK, Dec. 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- Following is commentary by Tova Andrea Wang, Democracy Fellow at The Century Foundation. - - - - While 2007 was not an election year, there was plenty of action...