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March 15, 2010
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What has become of FOI?

News release 12th annual National Freedom of Information Day conference set for March 15 at Newseum, with keynote address by Rep. William Lacy Clay, D-Mo.
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OTHER HEADLINES


Sunshine Week 2010 at a glance
A look at this year's Sunshine Week activities. 03.14.10

New Va. law to exempt yoga teachers from state regulations
Measure, which takes effect July 1, comes in response to plan by state's higher education council to regulate programs in which students are trained to be yoga instructors. 03.13.10

Nev. officials can limit brothel ads, 9th Circuit finds
Three-judge panel reverses lower court ruling that two state laws prohibiting brothel advertising in counties where prostitution is illegal were overly broad and unconstitutional. 03.12.10

Ga. man who posted 'Elton John must die' video arrested
Anti-abortion activist Neal Horsley says musician 'desecrated … blasphemed the Lord Jesus Christ' in comments to magazine. 03.12.10

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ANALYSIS/COMMENTARY

When politics and religion trump science, education suffers
By Charles C. Haynes Schools should instruct students in how scientists determine what is and isn’t controversial in science, not legislators prodded by religious conservatives. 03.14.10

Blog: Adult business must have place to relocate
By David L. Hudson Jr. 2nd Circuit says Smithtown, N.Y., officials must give such businesses 'alternative avenues of communication.' 03.12.10

Blog: Courts frown on teens' use of fighting words
By David L. Hudson Jr.Judges in Arizona, North Dakota reject First Amendment defenses asserted by students convicted of delinquency for their speech. 03.11.10

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