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Despite the 39-day waiting list for brain operations at the Queens Medical Center in Nottingham, England, the hospital suspended neurosurgeon Terence Hope in March (after 18 years’ service), not for substandard work but because he had been accused of taking extra croutons for his soup in the hospital cafeteria, without paying.

Convicted wife-poisoner Paul Agutter (who served seven years for his crime) was hired by the University of Manchester (England) earlier this year to teach adult-education courses in ethics. An Imperial College London lecturer, asked to comment by Reuters news service, said that people who do criminal acts are also qualified, “logical(ly),” to think about ethical questions.

In January, John Harris (a professor of “bioethics” at Manchester University), speaking at a conference, argued there is no moral distinction between aborting a fully developed fetus at 40 weeks and killing the child after birth a few weeks later; although his position could be seen as antagonizing both sides of the abortion debate, anti-abortionists appeared to be the more outraged.

In Orlando, Fla., on March 10, a motorist was unable to come to a stop quickly enough after making a fast left turn in traffic and smashed into a Just Brakes repair shop.
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