QUES: The department 's position threatens to alienate social conservatives , who have provided strong political support for Mr. Ashcroft and President Bush .

The department 's stance disappointed some abortion opponents , and it threatens to alienate social conservatives who have provided strong political support for Ashcroft and President Bush .

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QUES: Five Big East schools , Connecticut , Pittsburgh , Rutgers , Virginia Tech and West Virginia , filed the lawsuit June 6 .

Pittsburgh , West Virginia , Rutgers , Connecticut and Virginia Tech filed the lawsuit this month in Hartford , Conn .

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QUES: Investigators were searching his home in Muenster in the presence of his wife when news of his death came , prosecutor Wolfgang Schweer told The Associated Press .

A prosecutor said investigators were searching his home in Muenster in the presence of his wife when news of his death arrived .

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yes