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Voting Rights Group Applauds Iowa Court For Upholding Recent Executive Order That Restores Voting Rights to People With Felony Convictions.
November 1, 2005... Byline: Demos NEW YORK, Nov. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Today, Miles Rapoport, President of Demos, a national voting rights and public policy research organization, issued the following statement in response to an Oct. 28 decision by district...

Landmark Victory for African Women's Movement.
November 1, 2005... Byline: Global Fund for Women SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Over a decade of determined advocacy by African women's rights organizations, including several Global Fund for Women grantees, has resulted in a major victory for...

Voting Rights Group Applauds Georgia Court Ruling That Upholds Injunction Against Voter ID Law.
November 1, 2005... Byline: Demos NEW YORK, Nov. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Today, Miles Rapoport, President of Demos, a national voting rights and public policy research organization, issued the following statement applauding the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals...

Stem Cell Research 101: The Science, Ethics and Politics of Stem Cell Research -- Nov. 15, Washington, D.C.
November 2, 2005... Byline: Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, Nov. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Johns Hopkins University today released the following media advisory. - - - - WHAT: A one-day primer sponsored by The Johns Hopkins University for...

Presidential Scholar: President Sings Second-Term Blues.
November 2, 2005... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Nov. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- The recent indictment of a top White House aide is feeding President George W. Bush's second-term blues that many recent re-elected presidents face, but the...

Chicago Urban League Gives Papers to Daley Library at University of Illinois at Chicago.
November 2, 2005... Byline: University of Illinois at Chicago CHICAGO, Nov. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Chicago Urban League has given its papers and photo archive to the Richard J. Daley Library at the University of Illinois at Chicago. A two-year,...

Kansas State University Education Law Expert's Book Helps Educators Deal With Lawsuits.
November 3, 2005... Byline: Kansas State University MANHATTAN, Kan., Nov. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- No one wants to be sued, but now educators who find themselves in that situation have a resource guide to help them be better prepared. Robert J. Shoop,...

Prosecutor, Wiseguy Go From Courtroom to Classroom.
November 3, 2005... Byline: Wichita State University WICHITA, Kan., Nov. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Their relationship has gone from the courtroom, where they were prosecutor and defendant, to the classroom, where they are professor and student. Two years...

Pediatricians at University of Arizona Report That Parents' Safe Gun Storage Behaviors Improve After Counseling.
November 7, 2005... Byline: University of Arizona TUCSON, Ariz., Nov. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Families who received a brief gun-safety counseling intervention from their pediatrician were more likely to improve their gun storage safety practices, according to...

U.S. Rep. Richard Pombo's Proposal Amounts to Largest Land Sell-Off in Modern American History; 350 Million Acres of Publicly-Owned Land, Three Times the Size of His Home State of California, Could Be Sold Off.
November 8, 2005... Byline: Environmental Working Group WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- A little-known provision in the current House budget reconciliation could precipitate one of the largest land giveaways in American history. The provision,...

Courage Awards Honor Three Who Became Leaders in Face of Discrimination; Colin Higgins Foundation Honors Individuals Speaking Out and Advocating For Change.
November 9, 2005... Byline: Tides, Inc. SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Nov. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Eva Georgia, Andy Marra, and Michael Shakelford have been named as recipients of the sixth annual Colin Higgins Foundation Courage Awards. From South Africa to New...

Global Fund for Women Announces Largest Endowment Ever for Women Around the World; $20 Million Fund Addresses AIDS, Trafficking, Post-Disaster Recovery, Other Critical Threats; Investing in Women Key to Ending Violence, Promoting Democracy.
November 10, 2005... Byline: Global Fund for Women SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Today the Global Fund for Women announced the successful completion of its $20 million Investing in Women Campaign, which includes the largest endowment ever...

House Votes Today on Budget Package Including Worst Land Grab in American History; Pombo Provision Would Sell Off 350 Million Acres of Taxpayers' Public Lands.
November 10, 2005... Byline: Environmental Working Group WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- The House of Representatives votes today on a federal spending bill with language from Rep. Richard Pombo (R-CA) that will let foreign mining companies, real...

Nuremberg Anniversary: Lesson of Nuremberg Trial Is Only National Courts Can Finish Justice Begun by International Ones, Duke Professor Says.
November 11, 2005... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., Nov. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- Nov. 20 marks the 60th anniversary of the start of the Nuremberg Trial, set up by the Allied powers after World War II to prosecute Nazi war criminals. The first...

A Call for Free and Unfettered Pulpits.
November 11, 2005... Byline: Union Theological Seminary NEW YORK, Nov. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- Protesting actions by the Internal Revenue Service that threaten Religious Freedom and Freedom of Speech, the presidents of Union Theological Seminary and Andover...

Essential Oil, Food Additive Combined to Fight Parasite Affecting Millions.
November 14, 2005... Byline: Bloomberg School of Public Health BALTIMORE, Nov. 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health developed an environmentally friendly and potentially affordable way to fight...

Vine Deloria Jr., Renowned Author and American Indian Leader, Dies at 72.(Obituary)
November 14, 2005... Byline: University of Colorado, Boulder BOULDER, Colo., Nov. 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- Former University of Colorado at Boulder Professor Vine Deloria Jr., author of "Custer Died for Your Sins" and an extraordinarily influential American...

Supreme Court: Expert Available for Upcoming Abortion, Parental Notification Case.
November 15, 2005... Byline: Lafayette College EASTON, Pa., Nov. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- On Nov. 30, the United States Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood of Northern New England, a case that will determine the...

Has the Children's Rights Movement Gone Too Far?
November 16, 2005... Byline: Connect for Kids WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- Martin Guggenheim began work as a children's rights lawyer in 1971 - just a few years after the landmark Supreme Court ruling In Re: Gault transformed the field. That...

Drop in Arabic Language Speakers Discharged for Homosexuality Last Year, New Data Show; Data May Indicate Selective Enforcement of Don't Ask, Don't Tell.
November 17, 2005... Byline: Center for the Study of Sexual Minorities in the Military SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Nov. 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- The military fired only one Arabic language speaker for homosexuality in fiscal year 2004 and no Farsi speakers,...

International Center for Journalists, Knight International Press Fellowships Receives $4.4 Million Grant From John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
November 18, 2005... Byline: The Knight Foundation WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) announced that it received a $4.4 million grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to expand and improve...

NewsU And Criminal Justice Journalists Collaborate on "On The Beat: Covering Cops and Crime".
November 18, 2005... Byline: The Knight Foundation ST PETERSBURG, Fla., Nov. 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- News University (www.newsu.org), The Poynter Institute's innovative e-learning center that helps journalists through self-directed training, today released...

National Science Foundation Awards $13.3 Million For Globus Toolkit Development; Effort Will Enhance Open Source Resource-Sharing Software Widely Used in Advanced Research.
November 28, 2005... Byline: University of Chicago CHICAGO, Nov. 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- The National Science Foundation (NSF) has made a five-year, $13.3 million award to sustain and enhance the Globus Toolkit, the software that underpins a rapidly...

Society of Professional Journalists Condemns High School Newspaper Censorship in Tennessee.
November 30, 2005... Byline: Society of Professional Journalists INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Society of Professional Journalists condemns the decision of a Tennessee school principal who censored the school newspaper. "This is an...