• Free Press : War on the Press (p)(f)
  America’s leadership is waging a war against the journalistic standards and practices that underpin not only a free press but our democracy. The Fourth Estate is withering under an unprecedented White House assault designed to intimidate, smear and discredit investigative journalism — and allow the president and his political cronies to lie with impunity.
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• Vatican Official Refutes Intelligent Design (p)(f)
  VATICAN CITY -- The Vatican`s chief astronomer said Friday that "intelligent design" isn`t science and doesn`t belong in science classrooms, the latest high-ranking Roman Catholic official to enter the evolution debate in the United States. Washington Post November 18, 2005; 9:09 PM
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• Drug Enforcement Agency Stripped of Role on New Painkillers (p)(f)
  A House-Senate conference committee yesterday dropped a controversial provision that gave the Drug Enforcement Administration authority to review, and potentially block, the sale of all new prescription narcotics. Washington Post November 5, 2005; Page A13
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• CNN.com - Report: Politics may have influenced former public broadcasting chief - Nov 15, 2005 (p)(f)
  The former chairman of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting overstepped his bounds in several areas, including initiating contracts without the board`s approval, and may have let politics have a hand in picking a new board president, according to a report released Tuesday by the corporation`s inspector general. CNN Nov 15, 2005 4:52 pm
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• For Americans, Getting Sick Has Its Price (p)(f)
  Americans pay more when they get sick than people in other Western nations and get more confused, error-prone treatment, according to the largest survey to compare U.S. health care with other nations. Washington Post November 4, 2005; Page A02
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• Torture rules and secret prisons originated with Bush (p)(f)
  Opinion: All the lines of perspective lead back to the president`s signing the February 2002 memo authorizing that Taliban and al-Qaida prisoners will not be "entitled to prisoner-of-war status" Fredericksburg.com Nov 16, 2005
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• Turmoil Grows in Forest Heights (p)(f)
  Mayor Under Fire After Assault Charges and Ouster of Police Chief. Washington Post Oct 30, 2005 C05
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• The Monitor - McAllen, Texas (p)(f)
  The Senate on Wednesday approved, by a 99-0 vote, a measure that will leave decisions regarding the appropriateness of voluntary, nondenominational prayers at school functions to the discretion of school administrators. The bill’s authors say they hope the measure will bring clarity to a recent policy directive issued by the Air Force, now being challenged in court. TheMonitor.com Nov 17, 2005
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• WorldNetDaily: Effort afoot to protect military prayers (p)(f)
  An effort to combat interim guidelines for chaplains in the Air Force is growing in Congress and among grass-roots activists who decry the fact that the regulations prevent Christian clergy from praying in Jesus` name. WorldNetDaily Nov 17, 2005
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• University researcher to release e-voting study (p)(f)
  A University of Maryland researcher will release results of research evaluating the accuracy and usability of electronic voting machines in College Park. Gazette.net Oct 25, 2005
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• Evolutionary Voting (p)(f)
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• Kansas Education Board First to Back `Intelligent Design` (p)(f)
  The Kansas Board of Education voted Tuesday that students will be expected to study doubts about modern Darwinian theory, a move that defied the nation`s scientific establishment even as it gave voice to religious conservatives and others who question the theory of evolution. Washington Post November 9, 2005; Page A01
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• Kan. School Board OKs Evolution Approach (p)(f)
  TOPEKA, Kan. -- Revisiting a topic that exposed Kansas to nationwide ridicule six years ago, the state Board of Education approved science standards for public schools Tuesday that cast doubt on the theory of evolution. Washington Post November 8, 2005; 11:04 PM
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• Evolution Critics Score Win in Kansas (p)(f)
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• Kansas Evolution Debate Heading for Vote (p)(f)
  Kansas` long-running war over the teaching of evolution is headed for another showdown this week between science and the advocates of intelligent design. Washington Post Nov 5, 2005 10:10 pm
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• Review of `Plan B` Pill Is Faulted (p)(f)
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• Senators Agree on Detainee Rights (p)(f)
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• List of Foiled Plots Puzzling to Some (p)(f)
  A White House list of 10 terrorist plots disrupted by the United States ... counterterrorism experts and officials say they cannot distinguish between the importance of some incidents on the list and others that were left off. The White House overstated the gravity of the plots by saying that they had been foiled, when most were far from ready to be executed. Washington Post October 23, 2005; Page A06
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• Contractor Accused Of Overbilling U.S. (p)(f)
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• Parochial Schools to Get U.S. Funds for Rebuilding (p)(f)
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