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About 100 college presidents from across the country are pushing lawmakers to consider lowering the drinking age from 21 to 18, saying the current law is routinely ignored and encourages binge drinking.

California's Supreme Court says physicians working in the state can't invoke their religious beliefs as a reason for denying medical treatment to gays and lesbians. The case stems from two Christian fertility doctors who refused to artificially inseminate a lesbian.

Some sex offenders head to court in an attempt to block two sex-offender laws from taking effect in Nevada. The plaintiffs argue the laws are unfair because they would publicize their names on the Internet -- lumping together those convicted of misdemeanor offenses, such as public nudity, with those convicted of felony crimes against children. A federal judge is set to hear arguments in the case next month.

A convicted armed robber turned inmate advocate is part of a group that's opposing one of President Bush nominees to the federal bench. The former inmate, Alex Friedmann, seen on the left, has made waves with his research on the would-be judge's professional background and on his ties to powerful Republicans like Dick Cheney.