AScribe Law News Service articles from November 2004

AScribe Law News Service archives from November 2004

Voter Research for Ohio Court Decision Provided by Hamilton College Professor; Expert on Voting Patterns Available for Comment.
November 1, 2004... Byline: Hamilton College CLINTON, N.Y., Nov. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- U.S. District Court Judge Susan Dlott found the portion of Ohio law that allows challengers to be placed in polling places to be unconstitutional. Hamilton College...

Elections Expert: The Century Foundation's Tova Wang Can Offer Information and Expertise on Voting Issues for Election 2004.
November 1, 2004... Byline: The Century Foundation NEW YORK, Nov. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- While the biggest election night story will be which candidate comes out on top in this hotly contested presidential race, another important story will be the election...

Society of Professional Journalists Calls for Open Media Access of Election Process.
November 2, 2004... Byline: Society of Professional Journalists INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Society of Professional Journalists urges election officials today to allow the nation's news media to provide the coverage that will help...

Post-Election Analysis: University of Maryland Experts.
November 3, 2004... Byline: University of Maryland, College Park COLLEGE PARK, Md., Nov. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- The following University of Maryland faculty members and researchers are available to discuss the results of the 2004 national elections. Contact...

One More California County Bans Genetically Engineered Organisms; Defeats of Butte, San Luis Obispo Initiatives Will Not Deter Future Efforts in Other Counties.
November 3, 2004... Byline: Californians for GE-Free Agriculture OCCIDENTAL, Calif., Nov. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Residents in four California Counties - Butte, San Luis Obispo, Marin and Humboldt - went to the polls yesterday to vote on initiatives that ban...

BioDemocracy on the March: Marin County, Calif., Bans GE Crops.(Brief Article)
November 3, 2004... Byline: Organic Consumers Association SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Yesterday, while millions of Americans went to the polls in record numbers, Marin county, voted to ban the cultivation of Genetically Engineered (GE) crops....

Expert: Gay Marriage Bans Reflect Desire for Security in Unstable Times; Domestic Benefits Prohibition May Be Challenged, Duke Professors Say.
November 3, 2004... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Nov. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- The resounding rejection of gay marriage by voters in 11 states Tuesday is, in part, a reflection of the vulnerability that many Americans continue to feel since Sept. 11,...

Kansas State Student Co-Author of New Legal Self-Help Guide for 18 to 25 Set: 'Dude, What Are My Rights?'.(Book Review)
November 4, 2004... Byline: Kansas State University MANHATTAN, Kan., Nov. 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Been cited for underage drinking? Broke someone's nose in a fight outside a bar? Wrote a few bad checks? No problem, you say, they're just "youthful...

Expert Available to Comment on Future Direction of Supreme Court, Possible Nominations.
November 5, 2004... Byline: Lafayette College EASTON, Pa., Nov. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Bruce Allen Murphy, Fred Morgan Kirby Professor of Civil Rights at Lafayette College, is available to comment on the future direction of the Supreme Court and likely...

Water Makes a Splash.
November 5, 2004... Byline: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory BERKELEY, Calif., Nov. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Recent experimental results threatened to overturn 100 years of scientific research into the mysterious nature of liquid water, but new...

Relying on Newly Passed Prop. 59, California First Amendment Coalition Requests Governor's Calendar of Appointments and Meetings.
November 5, 2004... Byline: California First Amendment Coalition SACRAMENTO, Calif., Nov. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Two days after California voters overwhelmingly called for more openness in government by passing Prop. 59, the California First Amendment...

International Giving by U.S. Foundations Reaches $3 Billion for Fourth Consecutive Year; Funders Concerned That Anti-Terrorism Guidelines Could Hurt Future Grantmaking.
November 8, 2004... Byline: The Foundation Center NEW YORK, Nov. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Annual foundation funding for international programs reached $3 billion for the fourth year in a row in 2003, despite an economic downturn, terrorist attacks, and the...

University of Illinois at Chicago Historian Receives Book Award.
November 8, 2004... Byline: University of Illinois at Chicago CHICAGO, Nov. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Barbara Ransby, a University of Illinois at Chicago historian, has received the 2004 Lillian Smith Book Award for her latest work, "Ella Baker and the Black...

Dramatic Long-Term Study of Early Education at Ages 3 to 4 Shows Higher Income, Less Crime at Age 40; Study to Be Released at Audio Press Conference Nov. 18.(Brief Article)
November 9, 2004... Byline: Communications Consortium WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- A landmark long-term study tracing the lives of three- and four-year-olds receiving high quality early care and education in the 1960s and comparing the results with...

Ashcroft One of Most Conservative Attorney Generals in American History, Duke Consitutional Law Expert Says.(Brief Article)
November 10, 2004... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Nov. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- John Ashcroft, who announced Tuesday that he is resigning from the Bush cabinet, will be remembered as one of the most conservative attorney generals in American history,...

Federal Court Grants Consumers Union's Anti-SLAPP Motion in Sharper Image v. Consumers Union.
November 10, 2004... Byline: Consumers Union YONKERS, N.Y., Nov. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- On Nov. 9, 2004, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California granted an Anti-SLAPP motion dismissing a complaint by Sharper Image against Consumers...

News Makers, Authors, Publishers, Researchers, Educators, Classroom Teachers Gather in Baltimore for 84th Annual National Council for the Social Studies National Conference, Nov. 18-21.
November 11, 2004... Byline: National Council for the Social Studies SILVER SPRING, Md., Nov. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- National Council for the Social Studies today released the following advisory. WHAT: A unique opportunity to meet and interview some...

Lots of Clues To Be Found on Four Wheels; West Virginia University To Unveil 'Forensic Garage' for Students in Popular Crime-Sleuthing Program.
November 12, 2004... Byline: West Virginia University MORGANTOWN, W. Va., Nov. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- America is a society that moves on four wheels, and that includes people who travel outside of the law. From Bonnie and Clyde to drug dealers in...

Teenagers of Same-Sex Parents Developing Normally, Study Finds.
November 14, 2004... Byline: University of Virginia CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Nov. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- Teenagers of same-sex female parents are developing as well as the children of opposite-sex parents, and good quality family relationships are more...

Leaders in City Government, Education, Law to Convene at Columbia University to Debate U.S. Immigration Policy; At 10th Annual Dinkins Forum, University to Announce Dinkins Professorship Named for New York's First African-American Mayor.
November 15, 2004... Byline: Columbia University NEW YORK, Nov. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- Two weeks after Election Day, Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs will convene a forum addressing U.S. immigration policy and featuring...

Intruder Alert: New Method Provides Double Computer Crime-Solving Evidence.
November 16, 2004... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., Nov. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- Like an episode of "CSI: Computers," a UF researcher has developed a technique that gives digital detectives twice the forensic evidence they now have to catch...

Fighting Words: Hess v. Indiana Tested Limits of Free Speech During Wartime.
November 17, 2004... Byline: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Nov. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- It would turn out to be an innocent use of the f-word, defying conventional wisdom that suggests free speech is one of wartime's great casualties. In May 1970,...

Election Verification Project Press Conference.(Brief Article)
November 17, 2004... Byline: California Voter Foundation WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- A national coalition of voting rights and computer security experts will hold a post-election press conference to provide a preliminary analysis of electronic...

High School Essay Contest Focuses on Video Games and Violence; Essays to Address Video Game Rating Bill, AB 1793.
November 17, 2004... Byline: Calif. State University, Sacramento SACRAMENTO, Calif., Nov. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Legischool Project, a civic education program at California State University, Sacramento, is holding its annual essay contest for high school...

Society of Professional Journalists Asks That Charges Be Dropped Against North Carolina Reporter.
November 17, 2004... Byline: Society of Professional Journalists INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Society of Professional Journalists condemns the arrest of reporter Demorris Lee of the News & Observer in Raleigh, N.C., and urges local law...

Long-Term Study of Adults Who Received High-Quality Early Childhood Care and Education Shows Economic and Social Gains, Less Crime.
November 18, 2004... Byline: Communications Consortium WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- A landmark, long-term study of the effects of high-quality early care and education on low-income three- and four-year-olds shows that adults at age 40 who...

Consumers Union Says FDA Action Overdue on Mad Cow Risk; Agency Should Immediately Close Loopholes in Animal Feed Rules; More Cows Should Be Tested Annually.
November 18, 2004... Byline: Consumers Union YONKERS, N.Y., Nov. 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- The U.S. Agriculture Department's announcement that it is evaluating another cow to confirm or deny its infection with mad cow disease underlines the need for the Food...

Charges Dropped Against Brigham Young University Student Following Society of Professional Journalists Intervention.
November 22, 2004... Byline: Society of Professional Journalists INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- Criminal charges of trespassing and obstructing a peace officer were voluntarily dismissed late last week against a student journalist at Brigham Young...

Society of Professional Journalists Supports Journalist's Decision to Keep Source Confidential.(case of WJAR-TV reporter Jim Taricani )
November 23, 2004... Byline: Society of Professional Journalists INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Society of Professional Journalists supports television reporter Jim Taricani in his decision not to identify a confidential source. Taricani, a...

Sports Violence and Fan Behavior: Expert Sources From Indiana University.
November 23, 2004... Byline: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Nov. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- Sports violence is a research interest of both Edward R. Hirt, an associate professor of psychology at Indiana University Bloomington, and Lynn Jamieson, professor...

Ashcroft v. Raich, Press Conference: Federal v. State Power, Compassion for Sick, at Heart of Supreme Court Medical Cannabis Case Involving Severely Ill Mother Persecuted by Federal Government.
November 23, 2004... Byline: Fenton Communications West WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- Angel Raich, the plaintiff in the closely watched medical cannabis case before the Supreme Court and her legal team will speak briefly on the Court steps...

Homosexuality in Film: Concordia University's Professor Thomas Waugh Available for Comment on 'Alexander'.(Excerpt)
November 24, 2004... Byline: Concordia University - Montreal MONTREAL, Nov. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- Controversy has surrounded the release of the epic film Alexander (Warner Bros/Intermedia) due to what some are claiming is inappropriately explicit homosexual...

Foul Behavior of Professional Athletes and Fans: Expert Available for Comment.
November 24, 2004... Byline: Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, Nov. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- The recent, much-publicized violence between players and fans during an NBA game made us aware once more that we may live in an era of declining civility. Does...

USC Annenberg Mourns Death of Pioneering Journalist and Educator Leroy Aarons.(Obituary)
November 29, 2004... Byline: USC Annenberg School for Communication LOS ANGELES, Nov. 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- Leroy Aarons, journalism professor and director of the USC Annenberg School's Sexual Orientation Issues in the News program, died Sunday, November 28,...

On Eve of World AIDS Day, Duke Law Professor Reflects on the Changing Face, Challenges of AIDS.(Duke's AIDS Legal Assistance Clinic)
November 30, 2004... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Nov. 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- When she first got involved in AIDS-related issues in 1985, Duke University law professor Carolyn McAllaster says it was perceived as a disease of gay men -- women then...