Florida court upholds veil ban Muslim woman sued over driver's license photo Wednesday, September 7, 2005; Posted: 5:27 p.m. EDT (21:27 GMT) DAYTONA BEACH, Florida (AP) -- A Muslim woman who, for religious reasons, wanted to wear a veil in her driver's license photo must follow a Florida law that requires a picture of her full face, a state appeals court ruled. The Fifth District Court of Appeal upheld a 2003 ruling by an Orlando judge that Sultaana Freeman's right to free exer...

I'd like to try something very simple here. No big debates, no long articles, no points, counter-points. Just One simple question and you can only answer 1 of 2 ways I want to get a count on the JU community ** Do you agree with US troops being in Iraq? ** Yes or No?

Man faces hate-crime charges in NY attack Suspect accused of using baseball bat Thursday, June 30, 2005; Posted: 11:28 a.m. EDT (15:28 GMT) NEW YORK (AP) -- A white man faced hate-crime charges after police said he and two friends set upon three black men with a baseball bat, leaving one with a fractured skull, in a neighborhood that became infamous for a fatal racial confrontation two decades ago. The attack Wednesday happened in the Howard Beach section Queens -- the same neighb...

Blair faces G8 climate 'train wreck' LONDON, England (Reuters) -- British Prime Minister Tony Blair is trapped in a dilemma of his own creation over saving the planet from global warming, analysts say. Blair has put climate change at the heart of his year-long presidency of the Group of Eight industrial nations, but his efforts to get radical action agreed at next month's G8 summit in Scotland are being repeatedly torpedoed by the United States. Environmental campaigners say this l...

Bring back Corporal Punishment Teens won't be charged in school bus fight Fracas with driver caught on videotape Wednesday, June 1, 2005 Posted: 11:16 AM EDT (1516 GMT) CNN PUNTA GORDA, Florida (AP) -- No charges will be filed against two teenagers whose fight with a school bus driver was caught on videotape and broadcast nationwide. Prosecutor Stephen B. Russell said in a statement Tuesday that the case against the boys could not be proven. "After reviewing all of the evi...

Student suspended over call from mom in Iraq Friday, May 6, 2005 Posted: 12:54 PM EDT (1654 GMT) COLUMBUS, Georgia (AP) -- A high school student was suspended for 10 days for refusing to end a cell phone call with his mother, a soldier serving in Iraq, school officials said. The 10-day suspension was issued because Kevin Francois was "defiant and disorderly" and was imposed in lieu of an arrest, Spencer High School assistant principal Alfred Parham said. The confrontatio...

RALEIGH, North Carolina (AP) -- To a dessert shop customer, the severed fingertip found in a pint of frozen custard could be worth big dollars in a potential lawsuit. To the shop worker who lost it, the value is far more than monetary. But Clarence Stowers still has the digit, refusing to return the evidence so it could be reattached. And now it's too late for doctors to do anything for 23-year-old Brandon Fizer. "I'm not saying who has it, but somebody has it," Stowers said this week i...

I donated money to a cancer charity that will remain untold. Later I start getting letter spammed from them to give more. But the worst is I then start getting letter spammed from all the other organizations. Did they sell my information to other charities?!! Now I simply tear up all letters up from all charities as they come in.

I like most of us live safely back here in the States and hear what comes on the news or is shown in the papers regarding what our troops are doing in Iraq. We hear about resistance, daily loss of life on both sides but not much about how actual Iraqis feel about US lead presence or Muslim freedom fighters that have filtered into their country and are fighting on "their" behalf. The news is so one sided with very little to do with the actual voices of Iraq. A void on news shown here fr...

Enough is enough What does it take to institute a National Ban on Pitbulls within the US? Pitbulls are just too dangerous in the wrong hands. Seems like every month I hear of a new mauling where a kid has been torn apart because of some careless owner. Owners in these cases should be charged with involuntary manslaughter. I am using this forum to post each and every Mauling case that takes place.