Of Human Interest: News lite

MUSLIM CHALLENGES PHOTO ID

A female Muslim convert is back in court, challenging Florida's demand she remove her veil for her driver's license photo.

Sultaana Freeman, 35, had a license issued with her veil on in February 2001, shortly after moving from Illinois. In September, the state summoned her for a new photograph and she refused. In January 2002, her license was revoked.

Freeman claims she is being "kept a prisoner" in her home by Florida's refusal to grant her a license. s groups.

The state's Assistant Attorney General Jason Vail testified Florida's religious freedom act cannot be applied because the photographic requirement "promotes a significant public-safety issue."

COVER GIRL CONSERVATION LOBBYIST

She might not have turned opponents into supporters but supermodel Christie Brinkley did turn a lot of heads when she appeared at the Connecticut Capitol to lobby for conservation.

Brinkley urged Connecticut lawmakers not to divert $84 million in energy conservation funds to help address the state's budget deficit.

"How could anyone think about taking money away from conservation?" she asked during a Statehouse news conference, the Hartford Courant reported.

"Connecticut has a wonderful program to promote energy conservation, a model of what a state can do to protect its residents, children and environment," Brinkley said. "It must be preserved."

PEOPLE WORRIED ABOUT ANTIBIOTICS IN MEAT

A Whole Foods Market survey found nearly three-quarters of Americans are concerned about the presence of antibiotics in meat production.

Only 27 percent of those surveyed are aware of the scientific dialogue documenting problems caused by overuse of antibiotics in animals raised for food. The survey of 1,000 Americans was commissioned by Whole Foods Market, the nation's largest natural and organic foods supermarket.

The Union of Concerned Scientists has said antibiotics are losing effectiveness on humans due to their increased use in animal feed.

The scientists estimate 70 percent of all antibiotics in the United States are now fed to animals raised for human consumption to hasten growth or prevent illness in crowded, unsanitary conditions on factory farms.

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