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The Parent Trap

Caught between the War on Drugs and federal adoption law, growing numbers of women prisoners are facing the permanent loss of their children.

Wed Apr. 11, 2001 12:00 AM PDT

Society for prevention of breast humor

Execs at the über-SUV-maker Land Rover had to pull a print ad in South Africa after the computer-manipulated photo managed to evoke charges of not only racism and sexism, but cultural and environmental insensitivity as well.

Sat Feb. 3, 2001 1:00 AM PST

Feds massively overstate anti-drug spending
Sat Jan. 27, 2001 1:00 AM PST

Zimbabwe schools suddenly empty
Sat Jan. 20, 2001 1:00 AM PST

History's homegrown plague
Sat Jan. 13, 2001 1:00 AM PST

Censorship U.
Sat Jan. 6, 2001 1:00 AM PST

British family values
Wed Dec. 20, 2000 1:00 AM PST

This is your sperm on drugs
Sat Dec. 16, 2000 1:00 AM PST

Biodiversity buys the farm
Sat Dec. 9, 2000 1:00 AM PST

Stock options for the poor?
Sat Dec. 2, 2000 1:00 AM PST

Safe sex for plants
Tue Nov. 28, 2000 1:00 AM PST

Depleted uranium suit possible
Thu Nov. 23, 2000 1:00 AM PST

Pro-Life International

Sidelined for decades, right-wing religious groups are now more active than ever in lobbying the United Nations against contraception, sex education, and other 'anti-family' programs. They're building international coalitions which could cripple future UN efforts on women's rights, population control, gay rights, and other global policy issues.

Tue Nov. 21, 2000 1:00 AM PST

Moral turpitude, with fries
Sat Nov. 11, 2000 1:00 AM PST

English, yes -- Navajo, no
Thu Nov. 9, 2000 1:00 AM PST

Death by lawyer
Sat Nov. 4, 2000 1:00 AM PST

Vote ponies and ice cream
Sat Oct. 28, 2000 12:00 AM PDT

Russian church rides the rails
Sat Oct. 21, 2000 12:00 AM PDT

African tradition may fuel AIDS
Sat Oct. 14, 2000 12:00 AM PDT

Apartheid cops' change of heart
Tue Oct. 3, 2000 12:00 AM PDT

Perrier trumps local activists
Tue Sep. 26, 2000 12:00 AM PDT

Tokyo gets toasty
Sat Sep. 23, 2000 12:00 AM PDT

That sinking feeling
Sat Sep. 16, 2000 12:00 AM PDT

Cat burglars beware
Sat Sep. 9, 2000 12:00 AM PDT

Lone Star lockdown
Tue Aug. 29, 2000 12:00 AM PDT

Black rhinos buy the farm
Sat Aug. 26, 2000 12:00 AM PDT

Rickets rebound
Sat Aug. 19, 2000 12:00 AM PDT

Jurassic tiger to return?
Tue Aug. 15, 2000 12:00 AM PDT

Coffee, tea, or DDT?
Sat Aug. 5, 2000 12:00 AM PDT

Maybe Ken's a Libertarian
Sat Jul. 29, 2000 12:00 AM PDT

Global warming: live on video
Tue Jul. 18, 2000 12:00 AM PDT

Killer power poles
Sat Jul. 15, 2000 12:00 AM PDT

Losing Ground

Three decades after the peak of the civil-rights movement, the number of African-American elected officials in the nation's most populous state is shrinking dramatically. Is California an anomaly, or an early warning of a growing trend?

Wed Jul. 12, 2000 12:00 AM PDT

Condoms, yes; foreskins, no

Male circumcision may lower HIV infection risk. How that effects the circumcision debate.

Mon Jul. 3, 2000 12:00 AM PDT

Is there a doctor in the country?
Fri Jun. 30, 2000 12:00 AM PDT