Bill Introduced to Expand Embyronic Stem Cell Research

Less than a year after similar legislation died in Congress, lawmakers introduced a bipartisan bill in both chambers Wednesday that would promote embryonic stem cell research to help find cures for diseases such as cancer and Alheimer's. The legislation would expand the number of stem cell lines derived from unused embryos that are available for federally-funded reserach.
The bill stipulates that embryos can be used for federally funded stem cell research reguardless of the date of their creation, but it requires that only embryos origianally created for fertility treatment would be used. It also askes for the beneficiaries of the treatmet to provide written consent for donation.

http://www.daytondailynews.com/search/content/shared/news/nation/stories/0217_STEM_CELL.html

To Revive Hunting, States Turn to the Classroom

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/08/us/08hunting.html

This article is referring to the lack of hunters today. Ten, maybe twenty years ago kids used to bring their guns to school and leave them with the principle so that they could go hunting after school let out. Hunting is becoming more and more rare. Not only is it a change in society, but not hunting like people used to causes a rise in deer population, which is said to cause more vehicular accidents.

Gun Dealer and Mayor Face Showdown

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/22/nyregion/22guns.html

This article is about a mayor filing a law suit against several different gun stores. Most of the gun dealers say they care more about who gets their hands on a gun more than the mayor.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/28/us/28guns.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/03/nyregion/03guns.html

This article is talking about criminals who use illegal guns to committ the crime. After they're caught and put away, the police take their illegal guns and send them to a factory where they're melted down and reproduced into making beneficial things for society (For example: pipes, bars, appliances...etc)

Challenges to Bans on Handguns Begin

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/28/us/28guns.html

This article talks about weapons in public housing, such as apartments. They say this is where most of the crime is located, and permitting guns is a irresponsible and ignorant decision.

Gun Laws and Crime: A Complex Relationship

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/29/weekinreview/29liptak.html

This article debates whether or not gun control reallly reduces crime rate, or whether or not it really saves lives. -OR- whether it backfires and costs lives.

A City Street Decays, but One Holdout Fights On

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/13/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/13colnj.html

This article refers to a street that has been filled with gang violence, drugs, and weapons that have run out all of the decent people living on that one street.