News tagged with first amendment rights


Student warned over Facebook site wooing prospect

Technology / Internet

created Apr 11, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(AP) -- College sports fans, be careful of the company you keep on Facebook. You might get yourself - and the program you support - in trouble.





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Gov't won't classify proxies as 'sophisticated' (Update)

Technology / Internet

created Apr 15, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(AP) -- The U.S. government has dropped - for now - a plan to classify the use of "proxy" servers as evidence of sophistication in committing a crime.


First Amendment rights may be put into play in Twitter discussion

Technology / Internet

created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In the wake of insubordinate comments made recently on Twitter accounts, please match the coach to the action:


Anti-same-sex marriage amendments spark distress among GLBT adults and families, says new research

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 18, 2008 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Amendments that restrict civil marriage rights of same-sex couples – such as Proposition 8 that recently passed in California – have led to higher levels of stress and anxiety among lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender ...


Yahoo sues NFL Players Association over data (AP)

Yahoo sues NFL Players Association over data (Update)

Technology / Business

created Jun 03, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Yahoo Inc. has sued the NFL Players Association, claiming it shouldn't have to pay royalties to use players' statistics, photos and other data in its popular online fantasy football game because the ...


Video game group files lawsuit over CTA ad rule

Technology / Business

created Jul 22, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- A trade group that represents software and video game publishers sued the Chicago Transit Authority on Wednesday, saying a rule barring ads on trains and buses for "mature" and "adults only" games violates the right ...


Texas ed board's vote a mixed bag for evolution (AP)

Texas education board approves science standards (Update)

Other Sciences / Other

created Mar 27, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (15) | comments 31

(AP) -- Texas will no longer require educators to teach weaknesses of all scientific theories, including evolution.


Abortion looms as possible health bill deal killer

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 23, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 2

(AP) -- The way abortions are covered under health care reform is a major obstacle to finalizing the legislation, even though the House and Senate both agree that no federal money should be used.


Tighter oversight on border laptop searches

Technology / Other

created Aug 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(AP) -- The Obama administration on Thursday put new restrictions on searches of laptops at U.S. borders to address concerns that federal agents have been rummaging through travelers' personal information.


UGA licenses technology to make fuel from dead forests and agricultural waste

Technology / Energy

created Sep 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

An innovative process for turning waste biomass - such as dead trees, agricultural waste and lumber byproducts - into a liquid fuel to power conventional engines has been licensed by the University of Georgia Research Foundation, ...


Court to review employer access to worker messages

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created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- The Supreme Court said Monday it will decide how much privacy workers have when they send text messages from on their employers' accounts.



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