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South Dakota law bans nearly all abortions — Legislation sets up court challenge — PIERRE, South Dakota (AP) — Gov. Mike Rounds signed legislation Monday banning nearly all abortions in South Dakota, setting up a court fight aimed at challenging the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion.
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Gina Holland / Associated Press:
Court Upholds Campus Military Recruiting — WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday that colleges that accept federal money must allow military recruiters on campus, despite university objections to the Pentagon's "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gays.
Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Court upholds "Solomon Amendment" — In a sweeping legal victory for the U.S. military, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Monday that Pengtaon recruiters must be assured an equal opportunity with other employers to sign up students at the nation's law schools.
John Holusha / New York Times:
South Dakota Governor Signs Abortion Ban — The governor of South Dakota, Mike Rounds, signed today a bill intended to ban most abortions in the state and to set up a challenge to the United States Supreme Court decision, handed down in 1973, that legalized abortion in all states.
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Steve Bainbridge / ProfessorBainbridge.com:Supreme Court Upholds Solomon Amendment
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Marty Lederman / SCOTUSblog:Early Thoughts on Rumsfeld v. FAIR (Commentary)
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Suspect In UNC Hit-And-Run Wanted To 'Spread Will Of Allah' — Authorities Release 911 Call Made By Mohammed Taheri-azar — HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. — A suspect who is accused of hitting students with a sport utility vehicle at the University of North Carolina made his first court appearance Monday.
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Athena / Terrorism Unveiled:
BACKGROUND ON MOHAMMED REZA TAHERI-AZAR — Friday, I received a phone call from my significant other telling me someone was purposely trying to run over students in "the Pit." The Pit is the center of campus activity and there are certain barricades and high stairways that separate it from any roads and intersections.
Guardian:
US envoy hints at strike to stop Iran — · Bolton says nuclear plant can be 'taken out' — · UN agency meets to send report to security council — Julian Borger Washington — The US ambassador to the United Nations, John Bolton, has told British MPs that military action …
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Con Coughlin / Telegraph:
Teheran park 'cleansed' of traces from nuclear site — Iran's Revolutionary Guards have taken the extraordinary step of cutting down thousands of trees in Teheran to prevent United Nations inspectors from finding traces of enriched uranium from a top-secret nuclear plant.
Amy Sullivan / Washington Monthly:
When Would Jesus Bolt? — Meet Randy Brinson, the advance guard of evangelicals leaving the GOP. — The Republicans were filibustering the Bible bill. On a Tuesday afternoon in early February, Republican legislators in Alabama took to the crimson-carpeted floor of the state house …
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ABCNEWS:
EXCLUSIVE: Iraq Weapons — Made in Iran? — Intelligence Officials Say Weapons Responsible for Increasing U.S. Deaths in Iraq — March 6, 2006 — U.S. military and intelligence officials tell ABC News that they have caught shipments of deadly new bombs at the Iran-Iraq border.
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Richard Morin / Washington Post:
Majority of Americans Believe Iraq Civil War is Likely — Washington Post-ABC News Poll Finds Sharp Decline in Optimism About Iraq War — An overwhelming majority of the public believe fighting between Sunni and Shiite Muslims in Iraq will lead to civil war and half say the U.S …
Andy Dehnart / MSNBC:
Those big stars just don't get Jon Stewart — 'Daily Show' host will be lumped in with Letterman, Rock as Oscar failure — Jon Stewart provides laughs for TV viewers but doesn't seem to hit the right note for the stars inside the Kodak theater at the Academy Awards.
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Zogby:
Bush Job Approval: 38% — Zogby America telephone Poll shows slight drop from 40% last month; Congressional Democrats maintain lead over Republican counterparts — President Bush's job approval rating dipped slightly to 38% in the latest Zogby America telephone poll, conducted Feb. 27 to March 2 …
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Mary Beth Schneider / Indianapolis Star:
President Bush losing support among Hoosiers — Survey: Bush's approval rating has dropped 18 points in Indiana over the past year — Indiana voted twice to elect George W. Bush to the White House, but an Indianapolis Star poll indicates more than half of Hoosiers now disapprove of the job he's doing as president.
Vanessa Blum / Sun-Sentinel:
Miami judge refuses to delay sentencing for lobbyist Abramoff — MIAMI — A federal judge on Monday refused to delay sentencing 90 days for disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff despite statements from government lawyers that sending Abramoff to prison could jeopardize his cooperation in ongoing criminal probes.
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Clinton W. Taylor / American Spectator:
Taliboola, Taliboola! — Yale vs. Harvard is the oldest and fiercest college rivalry in America. So when Harvard managed to make itself look petty and ridiculous as it very publicly edged out its president over a series of petty grievances, my alma mater was going to have to work very hard to make itself look even more foolish.
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Associated Press:
Bush to Propose Line-Item Veto Legislation — Bush to Send Congress Proposal for Line-Item Veto Bill; President Has Not Vetoed Legislation in 5 Years — WASHINGTON Mar 6, 2006 (AP)— President Bush plans to send proposed legislation to Congress on Monday that would allow him to control spending …
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Alex Wong / Newsweek:
Watchdog: What Ever Happened to the Civil Liberties Board? — 'Outrageous': Kean has been frustrated by the response to commission recommendations — March 13, 2006 issue - For more than a year, the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board has been the most invisible office in the White House.
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