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• CutoutDissection.com is teen's new name
Her new legal name is the Web address for an anti-dissection page of the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals' site. The teenager said she began opposing dissections in middle school, after a class assignment to dissect a chicken wing made her ...
• Gay couples rush to wed ahead of Calif. election
It's too close to call, basically, and it's legal right now, so why wait? Why take the chance and say, 'Let's get married on November 5?'" Measure would limit marriage Proposition 8 would amend the state constitution to limit marriage to a man and a ...
• Pet food case settlement may be upped to $32M
The arguments are likely to delve into the legal status of pets. One pet owner, Donna Elliott, of Fries, Va., for instance, sent U.S. District Judge Noel Hillman a picture of her late boxer, Abby. "How do you answer the statement on the claim form ...
• Study: Peers, not profs, influence student views
The percentage supporting "legal marital status" for gay couples rose from 54 to 66. The percentage supporting increased defense spending fell from 34 to 25. "People are moving out of the center to the left during college," said one of the researchers ...
• Fastenal's 3Q earnings jump 17 percent
Excluding a $10 million legal settlement, earnings per share totaled 52 cents per share in the latest period. Sales also gained 17 percent to $625 million, from $533.8 million in the third quarter of 2007. The company noted that the 2008 third quarter ...