New York Republican gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino has suggested turning prisons into dorms for people who receive welfare through a proposed Dignity Corps. The Buffalo developer’s welfare reform plan includes reusing “old prisons, colleges and other buildings to teach life skills” for “people on welfare, unemployed or lacking job skills,” Buffalo’s WIVB TV 4 reported…

A federal judge has blocked stem cell funding in a ruling in favor of a suit by researchers concerned that human embryonic stem cell research involved destroying embryos, Reuters reported. White House officials are reviewing the decision barring the federal government from awarding further federal grants on the controversial research. Your thoughts? Join this discussion…

On Friday, Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli issued a legal opinion that allows the state to impose stricter guidelines on clinics that offer abortions. “The state has long regulated outpatient surgical facilities and personnel to ensure a certain level of protection for patients. There is no reason to hold facilities providing abortion services to any…

Supporters and opponents of a proposed Islamic community center built in Lower Manhattan faced off Sunday. They staged dueling rallies near the proposed facility, which is to be built about two blocks from the site of the fallen World Trade Center. Opponents who advocate relocating it or dropping the plan altogether feel it would be…

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