January 2016

I think my favorite thing about this season of The Bachelor so far is I’ve seen more press for Reality Steve, the dude who made a career out of publishing Bachelor(ette)(in Paradise) spoilers, than for Ben, this season’s generic Ken doll who will make a bunch of ladies in questionable outfits sob like small children. […]

* Longest period of Saudi output above 10 million bpd for decades Source: http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/AfricaNigeriaNews/~3/ryJeDaLLymo/idAFL8N14P2QH20160105

Last year in January a study came out that was widely reported as, “cancer is totally bad luck and has almost nothing to do with your lifestyle choices!” That wasn’t what it said, as we reported, but they did make the case for a lot of cancer being pure bad luck. A new study1 used […]

LONDON, Jan 5 (Reuters) – Total exports of Nigerian crude oil are expected to slide in February after reaching a three-month high for January, a compilation of loading programmes showed on Tuesday. The export programme for Brass River crude, which was under force majeure, had not yet been issued, leaving just 56 cargoes for a […]

Reva Siegel is Nicholas deB. Katzenbach Professor at Yale Law School. Linda Greenhouse is Joseph Goldstein Lecturer at Yale Law School. Their article, Casey and the Clinic Closings: When ‘Protecting Health’ Obstructs Choice, will be published this spring in The Yale Law Journal. Texas has enacted a law requiring abortion providers to obtain admitting privileges […]

As the New Year begins, I’ve forcibly restrained myself from writing any of those tiresome “2015 in review” articles, or any of those equally-boring “what to expect in 2016” trend pieces. However, I would like to add one miniscule pixel to the knowledge-pile of things we learned over the last twelve months. Specifically: Men. We […]

NAIROBI, Jan 5 (Reuters) – The following company announcements, scheduled economic indicators, debt and currency market moves and political events may affect African markets on Tuesday. – – – – – EVENTS: *NIGERIA – International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde to meet President Muhammadu Buhari and Finance Minister Kemi Adeosun during her visit to […]

In its Conference of January 8, 2016, the Court will consider petitions seeking review of issues such as whether the First Amendment protects a speaker against a state-law right-of-publicity claim that challenges the realistic portrayal of a person in an expressive work, and whether a federal court of appeals has jurisdiction to review an order […]

The petition of the day is: Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia, Inc. v. Pauley 15-577 Issue: Whether the exclusion of churches from an otherwise neutral and secular aid program violates the Free Exercise and Equal Protection Clauses when the state has no valid Establishment Clause concern. Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/scotusblog/pFXs/~3/VMeZMazEnbM/

NIAMEY, Jan 4 (Reuters) – Niger’s electoral register is good enough to enable the country to go ahead with an election on Feb. 21 as long as certain changes are made, the International Organization of the Francophonie (OIF) said in a report on Monday. Source: http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/AfricaNigeriaNews/~3/Q4dCfb8tyCQ/idAFL8N14O3JY20160104