WISCONSIN GOP SKIRTS DEMOCRATS, STRIPS PUBLIC WORKERS' BARGAINING RIGHTS

The nearly month-long standoff in the Wisconsin Legislature over volatile union rights legislation rocketed toward a staged finish Thursday after Senate Republicans outmaneuvered their missing independent counterparts and pushed through the bill.

The dramatic turn of events late Wednesday set up a mechanical vote Thursday morning in the Assembly on the determine that would strip nearly all collective bargaining rights from most public workers. Once the bill passes the assemblage, it heads to Republican Gov. Scott rambler for his signature.

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OBAMA REQUESTS REVIEW OF U.S. RESEARCH REGULATIONS

President Barack Obama on Wednesday requested a review of regulations on federally funded scientific studies to ensure they "adequately guard the health and well-being of participants."

The memorandum followed the revelation last month that the U.S. Public Health Service intentionally infected Guatemalans with sexually transmitted diseases for research purposes in the late 1940s.Obama's request called such research "clearly unethical" and said that he wanted assurance that "current rules for research participants protect people from harm or unethical treatment, domestically as well as internationally."
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