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The Upper House of Parliament in Belarus backs a bill that would enshrine the Russian Orthodox Church as the official state religion. Churches with less than 20 years' presence in the country could not publish literature or set up missions.
False Start
The North Carolina General Assembly, swamped by a budget deficit, nonetheless finds time to order the renumbering of state roadways so that N.C. 3 runs outside the former stomping grounds of dead NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt. His Chevy was numero tres.
Bridge Gap
A winning bridge player at the world championship in Montreal loses her silver medal after refusing to take a drug test. Random drug testing was adopted for the tournament in hopes of qualifying it as an Olympic sport. There are no known performance-enhancing drugs for bridge.
Printer Jam
Shoppers in Jefferson County, Colorado, will have to give up a fingerprint if they want to write a check. Police say an explosion in check fraud and identity theft is to blame and promise that no fingerprint database will be kept.
Test Pattern
Patients who need mammograms or chest X-rays can face a 30-week wait in Ontario, as single-payer medicine delivers on its promise to ration health care resources by something other than price. The Ontario Association of Radiologists reports that access to tests varies widely city to city.
Lite Reading
The Nova Scotia government plans an "adjusted diploma" for recipients who can't read. Education Minister Jane Purves says it's unreasonable to expect all high school graduates to be literate.
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