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French AIDS Researchers Split Nobel With German

08.10.2008 06:31    washingtonpost.com
Two French researchers were awarded the Nobel Prize yesterday for discovering the AIDS virus, bypassing an American researcher now at the University of Maryland who played a key role in the historic feat.


Unleashed, Palin Makes a Pit Bull Look Tame

08.10.2008 06:31    washingtonpost.com
FORT MYERS, Fla., Oct. 6 John McCain is collapsing in the polls in Florida and other swing states, but Sarah Palin, God bless her, has a solution.

Court Won't Force Testimony On Firings of U.S. Attorneys

08.10.2008 06:31    washingtonpost.com
A federal appeals court declined yesterday to order current and former White House aides to testify before a House committee about the firings of nine U.S. attorneys, leaving the next Congress to decide how aggressively to pursue the constitutional showdown.

House Gives Thumbs-Up To Members' Web Videos

08.10.2008 06:31    washingtonpost.com
Members of the House, relax. You will still be allowed to post YouTube videos of yourself on your official congressional Web sites, so all your interested constituents can click and see you pounding the podium and championing a bill for


25% of Wild Mammal Species Face Extinction

08.10.2008 06:31    washingtonpost.com
BARCELONA, Oct. 6 -- At least a quarter of the world's wild mammal species are at risk of extinction, according to a comprehensive global survey released here Monday.

Feeding a Crisis: The Limits of Industrialized Food

08.10.2008 05:21    journalism.berkeley.edu
October 21, 2008, 3:00 pm - Paul Roberts, best-selling author of The End of Oil, discusses his most recent book The End of Food.

At the Death House Door

08.10.2008 05:21    journalism.berkeley.edu
October 27, 2008, 5:00 pm - Screening of the film by Steve James and Peter Gilbert with the two award-winning journalists, Steve Mills and Maurice Possley, whose news coverage of the De Luna case inspired the making of the documentary.

Dispatches: Between Gutenberg and Google

08.10.2008 05:21    journalism.berkeley.edu
October 27, 2008, 6:30 pm - The Graduate School of Journalism and Center for Investigative Reporting host dispatches, the new quarterly news journal, for a lively discussion of new ways to tell vital stories and address global issues shaping our

Perry students compete for classroom technology "makeover"

08.10.2008 02:53    lsj.com
PERRY - A group of students at Perry High School are hoping that a music video can win them an ample supply of new classroom technology.The students are participating in a nationwide competition called the Interactive Classroom Makeover Contest, put

Haslett Road Rally event to raise money for school district

08.10.2008 02:53    lsj.com
HASLETT - Call it a treasure hunt of sorts, but the booty is going to the Haslett Public Schools district.The Foundation for Haslett Schools, a volunteer fundraising group, is holding its first-ever Road Rally, or puzzle hunt, this weekend to

Their Great Depression and Ours: Part I

08.10.2008 02:30    hnn.us
So the "underlying cause" of the Great Depression was a distribution of income that, on the one hand, choked off growth in consumer durables-the industries that were the new sources of economic growth as such-and that, on the other hand,
USA    History

Mercury as Never Seen Before

08.10.2008 01:23    science.nasa.gov
NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft flew past Mercury on Oct. 6th capturing amazing new images of never-before-seen terrain.
USA    NASA    Articles

Pregnancies that extend beyond normal term pose risk to the infant

08.10.2008 01:11    berkeley.edu
Infants born more than one week past their due dates have a higher risk of both impaired health and death, according to new studies by researchers at UC Berkeley and UCSF.

Senator Barbara Boxer praises UC Berkeley for its green energy research

08.10.2008 01:10    berkeley.edu
Senator Barbara Boxer toured UC Berkeley's California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences (QB3) on Monday and applauded the campus for taking a lead in green energy research as part of a wider effort to "free our country from foreign oil".

First Look: October 7, 2008

08.10.2008 01:10    hbswk.hbs.edu
Ever try to dodge a difficult question by answering the question you wish you had been asked? You're not alone, nor are you necessarily a candidate for political office. By the same token, however, do you honestly recognize when someone

Securing Online Advertising: Rustlers and Sheriffs in the New Wild West

08.10.2008 01:10    hbswk.hbs.edu
Published:October 7, 2008Paper Released:September 2008Author:Benjamin G. Edelman Executive Summary: Online advertising remains a "Wild West" where users are faced with ads they ought not believe and where firms overpay for ads without getting the results they were promised. But it

Jimenez Leads Field After First Round

08.10.2008 01:09    newsnet.byu.edu
The BYU women's golf team finished in ninth place at the end of round one of the Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational in Sammamish, Wash.
Utah    Sports

Cougars Get Commit from Highly Touted Tight End

08.10.2008 01:09    newsnet.byu.edu
BYU football coaches received some good news Friday when Spanish Fork High senior and Cougar recruit Richard Wilson verbally committed to the program. He plans to sign with the No. 9 Cougars in February.
Utah    Sports

BYU Looks Forward to Conference Play

08.10.2008 01:09    newsnet.byu.edu
Fresh off of a less-than-dominating 34-14 victory over in-state foe Utah State, the Cougars are set to jump into conference play.
Utah    Sports

Music Takes Choir Member on Worldwide Journey

08.10.2008 01:09    newsnet.byu.edu
For musician Alex Boye, his entire life has been a journey of peaks and valleys, leading him around the world and eventually landing him in Utah.

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