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Yellowstone grizzlies may be removed from endangered list

The New Zealand Herald

November 16, 2005

The US Government may remove grizzly bears in Yellowstone National Park from the endangered species list after 30 years of protection.

The bears now number about 600. Their number has grown 4 to 7 per cent a year since grizzlies were listed under the Endangered Species Act in 1975, said Interior Secretary Gale Norton.

UK Proposes Mandatory Preschool from Birth

LifeSite

by Terry Vanderheyden

November 11, 2005

LONDON, - A proposed law to mandate that all children enter preschool from birth is being debated by UK lawmakers.

Introducing the bill, Children's Minister Beverley Hughes said the program would provide "integrated care and education from birth. We want to establish a coherent framework that defines progression for young children from nought to five."

Wal-Mart worker 'history' after 'origin' of Christmas

World Net Daily

by Joe Kovacs

November 10, 2005

Wal-Mart officials are standing by their policy of encouraging employees to use the "Happy Holidays" greeting rather than "Merry Christmas," but the worker responsible for an e-mail describing the pagan origins of Christmas no longer works for the company

"Wal-Mart is proud to welcome customers of all faiths, and celebrants of all holidays," Wal-Mart spokesman Dan Fogleman said in a bulk response e-mail to WorldNetDaily's original story. "We sincerely apologize to any person or organization that was offended by the inappropriate and inflammatory comments made by this former associate."

Indecency complaints increase at FCC

Netscape News

November 10, 2005

WASHINGTON - Americans are complaining more about what they see on TV and hear on the radio as obscenity complaints rose sharply in the third quarter, according to a government report issued on Wednesday.

Complaints to the Federal Communications Commission about raunchy programming jumped fourfold to 26,185 from 6,161 logged during the previous three months. The increase followed several quarters of big declines.

Kids Bombarded with Sex Images Having Sex Earlier says Montreal Child Psychologist

Life Site (Canada)

by Hilary White

November 10, 2005

MONTREAL - McGill University child psychologist Rina Gupta told the Montreal Gazette that she fears explicit sexual content on television and other media is inducing kids to engage in sexual activity at an earlier age.

Gupta, a practicing child psychologist and Co-Director of the International Center for Youth, said that children are "bombarded" with soft-core pornographic imagery, including "faux lesbianism" wherever they look. "It really creates things in the minds of young people about what things should be like, sexually," said Gupta. "... In my private practice, it's exceptionally clear they're being influenced." A study by the RAND Corporation showed that teens who saw sexual content on TV were more likely to engage in sex themselves "in the following year."

Penguin evolution shaped by climate change

The New Zealand Herald

by Steve Connor

November 9, 2005

A colony of penguins that has bred at the same site in Antarctica for thousands of years has provided New Zealand scientists with a rare insight into how a change in the climate can speed up the course of evolution.

Researchers analysed ancient fragments of DNA from the remains of penguins that have been buried at the site for up to 6000 years and compared them to the DNA of living members of the same colony. The comparison has offered a snapshot of small-scale evolutionary changes to the genetic sequence of the DNA that have occurred without any obvious changes to the appearance or behaviour of the birds.

Chinese get prison time for Bible delivery

The Washington Times

by Julia Duin

November 9, 2005

Religious persecution in China has reached the point that distributing Bibles is earning a three-year prison sentence.

Cai Zhuohua, 34, a Beijing underground church leader, was sentenced yesterday to three years in prison for distributing Bibles and other Christian materials. His wife, Xiao Yunfei, got two years, and her brother Xiao Gaowen was sentenced to 18 months by the Haidian Lower People's Court in Beijing.

Envisat shows behemoth B-15A iceberg breaking up

Space Ref

November 8, 2005

After five years of being the world's largest free-floating object, the B-15A iceberg has finally broken up off Antarctica's Cape Adare.

ESA's Envisat satellite's Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar (ASAR) is sensitive to ice, and has been tracking the movement of the drifting ice object since the beginning of this year. Its latest imagery reveals the bottle-shaped iceberg split into nine knife-shaped icebergs and a myriad of smaller pieces on 27-28 October, the largest being formed by fractures along the long axis of the original single iceberg.

Police: Teacher had lesbian affair with girl, 15

World Net Daily (FL)

November 3, 2005

School officials in the Tampa Bay area are dealing with yet another sex scandal, as a 28-year old teacher is accused of having an 18-month lesbian relationship with a teenage girl.

Jaymee Wallace, a math instructor and coach of the girls' varsity basketball team at Wharton High School in Tampa, is facing 15 years in prison if convicted on felony charges of lewd and lascivious battery.

Oregonians target judge for recall

World Net Daily (OR)

November 3, 2005

A group of Oregonians incensed by the decision of a circuit court judge to strike down a state-wide voter-approved measure protecting property rights have launched a recall campaign to oust her from office.

On Oct. 14, Judge Mary M. James of Marion County ruled Measure 37, approved overwhelmingly by voters last year, is unconstitutional. Her action has angered property-rights advocates and others across the state.

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