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Alcohol, Drugs, and Tobacco 
Alcohol and Drug Thesaurus... Internet Alcohol Recovery Center NicNet- Nicotine/Tobacco Network
CDC Tobacco Info & Prevention  Alcohol/ Drug Information Stop Drugs: Your Safety
HabitSmart National Institute on Alcohol Abuse  Drugs and the Drug Trade
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Abortion
Abortion Statistics  Public Agenda Online Roe vs. Wade
Ethics Updates Incidence of Abortion Worldwide Sternberg vs. Carhart
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Affirmative Action
Affirmative Action Fact Sheet Is the Gender Gap Disappearing? New Developments in Affirmative Action
Affirmative Action Review Key Developments in Affirmative Action Public Support for Affirmative Action
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Afghanistan
Afghanistan and the United States... CIA--The World Factbook ReliefWeb:  Afghanistan the Latest
Afghanistan News.Net National Geographic:  Afghanistan ZNet's Afghan War Page
Afghanistan's Web Site Back to Top
Acid Rain
Clean Air Markets- Environ. Issues Clean Air Markets--Laws and Regs. Emission Trends and Effects in  U.S.
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Aggressive Driving 
Aggressive Driving Aggressive Driving--Personality.. Road Rage-- Causes and Dangers 
Road Rage: Research & Resources .
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Airplane Security
Airport Sec. Reports: 1980 - Present Aviation Security- Terrorist Acts... Enhancing Air Safety and Security
Arming Pilots Bill to Be Introduction Terrorism Illustrates Weaknesses Back to Top
Al Qaida
Al Qaeda Training Manual Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda Terrorist Group Profiles
Facts on Al Quaeda and Taliban  Back to Top
Anthrax 
Anthrax--General Information--CDC Clinical/Epidemiological Principles  Medline Plus:  Anthrax
Anthrax Vaccine.org DefenseLink Information Paper Ridge Discusses Anthrax Situation
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Anti-Terrorism Legislation
Attorney General John Ashcroft... Bill Summary and Status President Signs Anti-Terrorism Bill
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Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory Defense Market Research Report on Artificial Intelligence Navy Center for Applied Research in Artificial Intelligence
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Avian Flu
BBC News:  Avian Flu CBC News: Avian Flu HealthPack Traveler
Avian Influenza (Bird Flu) Outbreak CIDRAP: China Reports Avian Flu US State Dept.: Fact Sheet, Avian Flu
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bin Laden, Usama
Al Quada-Osama bin Laden-Taliban FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive World According to bin Laden
Fact Sheet on Osama bin Laden Osama bin Laden and Al Quaeda Back to Top
Bioengineered Food
Agricultural Biotechnology on the Web Food Biotechnology Genetic Modified Foods & Organisms
Are Bioengineered Foods Safe? Food Safety Sites Greenpeace--Resources--Genetic Engineering
Bioengineered Foods Back to Top
Biological/Chemical Weapons
Emergency Preparedness and Response Chemical Warfare Agents Countering Bioterrorism
Biological Warfare Chemical Weapons Threat of Bioterrorism in America
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Breastfeeding/Family Planning
CDC Breastfeeding Resources Population Reference Bureau HHS: Blueprint for Action on Breastfeeding
Breastfeeding Back to Top
Child Abuse
Child Abuse Statistics Kentucky Victim Services Agencies  Child Abuse and Neglect Information
Child Abuse Statistics for Kentucky  Back to Top
Civil Rights
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 Kentucky Civil Rights Act US Commission on Civil Rights
Civil Rights Movement (1960's) UL Govt. Resources: Ky Hate Crimes Law About Civil Rights
Dynamics of Protest Diffusion... Louisville Racial Climate Sexual Orientation Based....
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Cloning
Clone Definition Hot Topic: Cloning Human Genome Project- Cloning F
Cloning in Focus Human Cloning New Scientist: Cloning
Cloning of Dolly Human Cloning and Human Dignity Back to Top
Genetic Encores: The Ethics...
Creationism and  Evolution
Autobiography of Charles Darwin Science and Creationism Science, Mathematics, and...
Creationism vs. Evolution  Back to Top
Crime and Criminal Justice
Bureau of Justice Statistics Crime in the United States National Criminal Justice Reference 
Campus Crime and Security  Criminal Victimization Survey Back to Top
Fetal Cell/Tissue Research
Facts About Fetal Tissue Research Fetal Tissue--Is It Being Bought... Stem Cell Information
Fetal Cell Therapy Benefits... NIH Funded Research Back to Top
Gun Control
ATF Online--Firearms Gun Control--Improving... National Rifle Association
Federal Firearms Regulation... Gun Control--Opportunity... Psychological Evaluation and Gun Control
Firearm Injury in the United States Gun Control Selected Web References in Youth Violence
Firearms Violence Back to Top
Global Warming
EPA Global Warming Site Global Climate Change Research Explorer US Global Change Research 
Oceanic & Atmospheric Admin... Public Agenda--The Environment Back to Top
Hate Crimes
Civil Rights.org--Hate Crimes Hate Crime Resources  Hate Crimes Research Network
Hate Crime Fact Sheet Hate Crime Statistics (FBI) Back to Top
Home Schooling
Home Schooling Home Schooling and Socialization Achievements of  Home School...
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Iraq
CIA World Factbook--Iraq Iraqcoalition.org US Dept of State--Iraq Update
Iraq Daily Target Iraq Znet: Iraq Watch
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Islam
CQ Researcher: Islamic Fundamentalism Islam Online Q & A: Islamic Fundamentalism
Islamic & Muslim News & Information Islam--Resources and Information Back to Top
Long Term Health Care
Long-Term Care Availability... Nursing Home Care Nursing Home Statistics
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Mad Cow Disease
Organic Consumers' Organization BSE Information at UIUC Mad-Cow-Facts.com
CDC: BSE and Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) CNN: Mad Cow US Food and Drug Administration
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Pornography, Child
Child Exploitation and Obscenity  Combating Child Pornography Online Child Pornography
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Poverty
Empowering the Way Out of Poverty Poverty in the United States PovertyNet
Global Poverty Back to Top
Presidential Campaign
America Votes... George W Bush.com Political Web.Info
Campaign Finance Reform John Kerry for President Presidential Campaign 2004
CongressLink MPR Campaign 2004 Rhetorica:  Links to Campaign 2004
C-Span Back to Top
Racial Profiling
Combating Racial Profiling in... Governor Paul Patton Orders... Racial Profiling- Limited Data...
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SARS
Centers for Disease Control Medline Plus: SARS SARSReference
World Health Organization: SARS Science Magazine CNN Special: SARS
SARS Watch, the Org CBC News: SARS Back to Top
School Violence
Annual Report on School Safety Creating Safe Schools Early Warning, Timely Response
Prevention of School Violence Publications on School Safety Back to Top
Seat Belts
Buckle Up America... Child Passenger Safety Information Traffic Safety 2000
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Tatoos/Body Piercing
BBC News:  Allergy Risk of Body Piercing Is Body Piercing Safe? Standards of Practice for Tatooing and Body Piercing...
Body Piercing:  Encyclopedia Article Medline Plus:  Piercing and Tatoos Virtual Children's Hospital:  Tatooing and Body Piercing
Body Piercing: Prevalence and Risks Position Statement on Body Piercing Web MD:  Body Piercing Problems
Health Library:  Body Piercing Problems Back to Top
Teenage Pregnancy
Adolescent Pregnancy and Births Teen Births State-Specific Teen Birth Rates 
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Sexual Harassment
Facts About Sexual Harassment Preventing Student Sexual... Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
Policy Guidance on Current... Sexual Harassment Q&A Back to Top
Sexual Orientation
How Sexual Orientation...  Sexual Orientation Based... Sexual Orientation Fairness 
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Small Pox
CDC Smallpox Smallpox  Smallpox (Medline Plus)
Factsheets on Bioterrorism Agents  Back to Top
Terrorist Attack, Sept. 11, 2001
Countering Terrorism  International Toll of Sept. 11, 2001 List of Victims (CNN.com Special)
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Terrorism
Attacks in Mombasa, Kenya... Definition  of Terrorism UN Action Against Terrorism
Bali Explosions History of Terrorism The Political Psychology...
Center for Democracy and Terrorism Terrorism Reports 1990- Back to Top
Welfare
Aid to Families with Dependent...  Facts About Welfare in Kentucky Welfare Reform: An Analysis...
Total AFDC by State Importance of Housing Benefits Back to Top
West Nile Virus
CDC West Nile Virus Basics West Nile Virus Basics West Nile Virus Maps
New York City Dept. of Health West Nile Virus (MEDLINE Plus) Back to Top