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Davidson College in North Carolina has become the first university in the nation to prevent Chick-fil-A from being served on campus. A liberal arts college in North Carolina has become the first in the nation to prevent Chick-fil-A from being served at campus events over the restaurant's indirect support of pro-family groups perceived by some as “anti-gay.” The student organization that controls student funds at Davidson College made the decision last week to prevent the sandwiches from being served at a series of events called “After Midnight,” when students circulated a petition expressing outrage over a Chick-fil-A’s owner’s monetary donations...

Central Fla. Mom Says Assigned School Novel Is Porn   POSTED: 5:27 pm EDT September 13, 2005 UPDATED: 6:25 am EDT September 14, 2005  DELAND, Fla. -- A mother of an 11th grade student in Deland filed a formal complaint Tuesday claiming a book her daughter was assigned to read by her literature teacher is pornography. Vikki Reed said a 1992 novel, "Cracking India" by Bapsi Sihwal, given to her daughter to read by a Deland High School teacher is not suitable for students and should be banned. The novel details historic events in India in the 1940s through...

XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX WED JULY 06, 2005 11:09:22 ET XXXXX SEN. SCHUMER CAUGHT ON CELLPHONE: 'WE ARE GOING TO WAR' OVER SUPREME COURT **Exclusive** Senate Judiciary Committee member Chuck Schumer got busy plotting away on the cellphone aboard a Washington, DC-New York Amtrak -- plotting Democrat strategy for the upcoming Supreme Court battle. Schumer promised a fight over whoever the President’s nominee was: “It's not about an individual judge… It's about how it affects the overall makeup of the court.” The chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee was overheard on a long cellphone conversation with an unknown...

An abusive call made by two prominent radio jockeys to a call centre in India has outraged listeners and prompted demands for the duo's resignation. The live call, made during the Philadelphia-based morning show of RJs Star and Bucwild, ended with one of the RJ's repeatedly calling the female call centre employee a 'bitch' and a 'rat eater' and threatening to choke her.

The destruction of the World Trade Centre has inspired a drag act, stand-up comedians and serious drama at this summer's Edinburgh Festival Fringe. A variety of American performers will be trying out material about September 11 that they have been unable to use at home on the notoriously near-the-knuckle Fringe. Tina C, the comedy country singer and drag queen, plans to advertise his show with a poster in which he stands in a mini skirt over the Manhattan skyline, with a plane flying towards his legs. Described as a "biting satire" on media reactions to the attack, it is likely...