Sonia Sotomayor

These are current special events for area churches and religious organizations. For a list of houses of worship, go to http://www.carynews.com/community/story/12307.html. Send news from your religious group to carynews@nando.com or FAX to 460-6034. Apparently, no one told Sonia Sotomayor that Supreme Court justices are supposed to be circumspect, emerging from their marble palace mainly to dispense legal wisdom to law schools, judges' conferences and lawyers' meetings.  

To cause to lose flesh so as to become very thin. Michael Jackson was described in some news reports as emaciated at the time of his death. - Empathy (noun): The action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner; also: the capacity for this.  

The Supreme Court debated Monday whether the fees charged by mutual funds are too high, and if so, whether investors should be allowed to sue the boards that approved them. The case put a spotlight on the often-cozy relationship between mutual funds and their advisers. It is the advisers who sponsor the fund and choose members of its board, who in turn decide on fees that go to the advisers.  

Following are selected examples of William & Mary faculty members quoted in the national and international media. - Ed. At the height of healthcare reform debate in Washington, D.C. FoxNews called on Professor of Economics Jennifer Mellor to help decipher potential tax implications of pending legislation. Mellor talked with Fox about potential reasons for the government to include tax increases in that legislation.  

A group of black Connecticut firefighters hopes to block promotions for white firefighters who won a discrimination case before the U.S. Supreme Court. The move threatens to re-ignite a long-running battle that became a central issue in the recent nomination of Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor. The black New Haven firefighters argue in papers filed Monday that they still have a right to challenge the validity of the promotional exam.  

Men behaving badly. It wasn't a topic that Terry O'Neill expected to find high on her agenda as new president of the National Organization for Women, but she's tackling it with zest and determination. Elected as NOW's leader in June, O'Neill had plenty on her plate already - notably trying to gauge the impact on women, for good or ill, in the multiple proposals for health-care overhaul.  

Senators paid tribute Wednesday to Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.), the longest-serving member of Congress in American history with nearly 57 years in the House and Senate. In addition to Senate speeches, a ceremony for Byrd will take place at the West Virginia State Capitol Wednesday afternoon, which Byrd will attend. Harry Reid, the Senate Majority Leader, kicked off the morning of speeches.  

Surely you remember Kelo v New London, the Supreme Court case that resulted in a drastic change to the United States' eminent domain law. In Kelo, the Court ruled that it was legal for a government agency — in this case, the City of New London, Conn. — to take property from one private owner and give it to another so as to increase government revenues. In Kelo, the Pfizer pharmaceutical company wanted New London to condemn private property so it could develop the property generally.  

While some of his congressional colleagues refuse to admit the planet faces environmental peril from global warming, Sen. Lindsey Graham is in the thick of the effort to do something about it. He has taken heat from some of his South Carolina constituents, but we applaud his willingness to seek a reasonable middle ground on this vital issue. Last week, in a harshly worded resolution, the Charleston County Republican Party censured Graham for undermining "Republican leadership and party solidarity ...