washingtonpost.com - AlabamaAlabamaBattle on Teaching Evolution Sharpens- May 8, 2005 Propelled by a polished strategy crafted by activists on America's political right, policymakers in 19 states are weighing proposals that question the science of evolution.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32444-2005Mar13.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... High Court Supports Title IX Protection- May 8, 2005 The Supreme Court ruled that the law prohibits not only unequal treatment of girls and women at school, but also official retaliation against anyone who blows the whistle on unequal treatment.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9404-2005Mar29.html?nav=rss_nation/states/a... Hope for Asbestos Bill Blossoms, Then Withers- May 8, 2005 As the legislative day dawned on Capitol Hill yesterday, an unexpected ray of hope arrived with it: A bill to resolve the asbestos crisis, pronounced dead a month ago, appeared to be alive once more.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48253-2005Apr12.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... Court Declines to Wade Into Judge Battle- May 8, 2005 The Supreme Court has decided to stay out of the bitter fight over judicial nominations, at least for now, announcing that it will not hear three challenges to the right of one of Bush's appointees to sit on the federal appeals court.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54919-2005Mar21.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... For the Expert Witness, a Few Tough Questions- May 8, 2005 ANNISTON, Ala. -- When he arrived here three years ago, Robert David Madrid brought with him an easy charm and a voluminous risumi. It boasted an undergraduate degree from the University of Maryland, a master's degree from Georgetown University, a medical degree from Harvard and a PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The icing was his membership in the high-IQ society, Mensa.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40732-2005Apr9.html?nav=rss_nation/states/a... SUNDAY- May 8, 2005 Sports College Basketball. SWAC championship: Alabama State vs. Alabama A&38;M (ESPN2 at noon); ACC championship (Channel 20 and ESPN at 1); SEC championship (Channel 9 at 1); Southland championship: Southeastern Louisiana vs. Northwestern State (ESPN2 at 2): Big 12 championship (ESPN at 3); Big Ten championship (Channel 9, 3:30); NCAA Women's Tournament selection show (ESPN at 5); NCAA Men's Tournament selection show (Channel 9 at 7).http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28538-2005Mar11.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... For a Young U.S. Seminarian, the Reading of His Life- May 8, 2005 It would be an exaggeration to say that John G. McDonald is a nobody in the Roman Catholic Church.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38442-2005Apr8.html?nav=rss_nation/states/a... SEC Chief Calls for Credit-Rater Oversight- May 8, 2005 The chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission told a Senate committee yesterday that if it wants "rigorous" oversight of the credit-rating industry, Congress will have to enact legislation to give the agency power to regulate the business.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21911-2005Mar9.html?nav=rss_nation/states/a... Rudolph To Plead Guilty To Bombings- May 8, 2005 Man who eluded federal capture for more than five years in the North Carolina woods has agreed to plead guilty to four attacks, including the deadly explosion at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37544-2005Apr8.html?nav=rss_nation/states/a... Olympic Park Bomber Pleads Guilty- May 8, 2005 ATLANTA, April 13 -- Serial bomber Eric Rudolph on Wednesday pleaded guilty to the 1996 Olympic Park bombing and two other Atlanta explosions after confessing earlier in the day to bombing an Alabama abortion clinic.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49309-2005Apr13.html?nav=rss_nation/states/... |