Abortion. “President Obama, who has vowed to find common ground on culture-war issues, finds himself in the middle of a classic Washington dispute over abortion that is further undermining support among conservative Democrats for his ambitious health-care reform efforts.”
Life in prison. “More prisoners today are serving life terms than ever before — 140,610 out of 2.3 million inmates being held in jails and prisons across the country — under tough mandatory minimum-sentencing laws and the declining use of parole for eligible convicts.”
Sudan. “In a ruling many hope will bolster Sudan's fragile north-south peace agreement, an international arbitration panel Wednesday awarded the northern-led government control of several key disputed oil fields while giving large swaths of contested grazing lands to the south.”
Quote of the day. "Everyone is getting paid except people in front of the camera in college basketball. If we weren't putting on a great show, there wouldn't be great highlights that they now sell." Ed O’Bannion, former UCLA basketball star, explaining a lawsuit by former college athletes seeking compensation from the NCAA for the sale of content that includes their images. (USA Today)
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