NewsApril 3, 2005
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Terri Schiavo's body cremated after autopsy; Illinois druggists must dispense birth control; Bush appoints panel for base closings; King's legacy remembered on anniversary of shooting
Terri Schiavo's body cremated after autopsy
TAMPA, Fla. -- Terri Schiavo's body was cremated Saturday as disagreements continued between her husband and her parents, who were unable to have their own independent expert observe her autopsy. The Schindlers had sought to have independent medical experts observe their daughter's autopsy at the Pinellas County Medical Examiner's office, but the agency refused their request, family attorneys David Gibbs III and Barbara Weller said Saturday. The autopsy was completed Friday, the day after Terri Schiavo died, and results are not expected for several weeks.
Illinois druggists must dispense birth control
CHICAGO -- Gov. Rod Blagojevich approved an emergency rule Friday requiring pharmacies to fill birth control prescriptions quickly after a Chicago pharmacist refused to fill an order because of moral opposition to the drug. The emergency rule takes effect immediately for 150 days while the administration seeks a permanent rule. Under the new rule, if a pharmacist does not fill the prescription because of a moral objection, another pharmacist must be available to fill it without delay.
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Bush appoints panel for base closings
WASHINGTON -- President Bush, brushing aside a stall tactic by Sen. Trent Lott, R-Miss., appointed the nine-member commission that will determine military base closings without waiting for Senate confirmation. Bush made the appointments while the Senate was in recess, the White House announced Friday night. The full Senate had been expected to vote on the nomination of Anthony J. Principi as chairman of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission. However, Lott placed a "hold" on Principi's nomination to delay voting on the nomination. The White House said Bush felt the recess appointments were appropriate since the full committee had already acted on Principi. Lott has said the United States should not be closing bases while troops are at war. "I will try to stop it at any point and in any way I possibly can," he said in February.
King's legacy remembered on anniversary of shooting
ATLANTA -- The voice of Martin Luther King Jr. boomed again from the pulpit of Ebenezer Baptist Church on Saturday as dozens of people gathered to commemorate the 37th anniversary of the civil rights leader's assassination. Excerpts of several King speeches were played over a loudspeaker at the church where King preached from 1960 to 1968, including his "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech, delivered in Memphis, Tenn., just hours before his death. King was 39 when he died. Organizers urged the audience to remember King's life as well as his death and to celebrate his enduring legacy.
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