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Harvard's law school may rein in free speech
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Racially charged incidents have the school re-evaluating its policies. Some say changes mayviolate the First Amendment. Nation in brief McDonald's caused obesity, lawsuit says Harvard to host poet who likened settlers to Nazis BOSTON -- Harvard University English professors reinvited a controversial Irish poet to speak on campus, one week after his appearance was canceled because of his strong anti-Israeli comments. Washington in brief Medicare to test stop-smoking plans Black hole crash may warp space WASHINGTON -- In a looming collision of giants, two supermassive black holes are drifting toward a violent merger and an eruption of energy that will warp the fabric of space. It is all happening in a bright galaxy 400-million light-years away. Scientists attempting to create new life form WASHINGTON -- Scientists say a government grant will help them try to create a new form of life in the laboratory in an effort to develop new sources of energy and detect biological weapons. Rain in Spain may stop launch CAPE CANAVERAL -- NASA kept an eye on the weather in Florida and 4,000 miles away in Spain, hoping for a break that would allow the launch of the repaired space shuttle Endeavour tonight. Rain dissolving South's long drought COLUMBIA, S.C. -- The drought that has plagued many Southern states for nearly five years is quickly fading, according to officials who met here Thursday to discuss the waning problem. Fighting terror notebook Indonesian police capture top suspect in Bali bombing Pageant article protesters kill dozens LAGOS, Nigeria -- Angry mobs stabbed and set fire to bystanders Thursday in rioting that erupted after a newspaper suggested Islam's founding prophet would have approved of the Miss World beauty pageant. At least 50 people were killed and 200 injured. Takeover curbs police patrols CARACAS, Venezuela -- Residents of Venezuela's capital face a new hardship: Fewer cops on the street following the president's takeover of the city police department. Black tide hastens shellfish harvest NOIA, Spain -- Waves of black sludge from a major oil spill washed ashore amid high winds and driving rain Thursday, tarring new stretches of northwest Spain's scenic coastline and further threatening the region's multimillion-dollar fishing industry. Ecuadorans recover from explosion RIOBAMBA, Ecuador -- Ecuadorans searched through remnants of their homes Thursday after an army ammunition depot exploded and set off blasts that ripped through a neighborhood. At least seven people were killed and more than 140 injured. National headlines World headlines Science headlines
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