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50 years after Supreme Court banned school-sponsored prayer, students still pray
School prayer: 50 years after the ban, God and faith more present than ever (via The Christian Science Monitor) At the adolescent-unfriendly hour of 7:10 on this rainy spring morning in tiny Loachapoka, Ala., classes won’t start for another half hour in the public school. But already the science lab…
Congressional tax panel heads: IRS needs ‘significant restructuring’
IRS shakeup needed after scandal, chairmen of Congress' tax-writing panels say (via The Christian Science Monitor) The Internal Revenue Service may need to be restructured after the agency was found improperly targeting conservative groups seeking non-profit status, the chairmen of the two congressional tax-writing committees say. “There does need to…
IRS surrenders line-dancing video amid growing criticism
The tax man danceth? Line dance video complicates IRS defense (+video) (via The Christian Science Monitor) Copyright ImageClick to View This still image shows a scene from a video the IRS provided to Congress featuring its employees – this one showing them dancing on a stage – produced to be…
L.A. councilman to turn ‘Grease’ drag racing site into river for kayaking and fishing
A river runs through it? Kayaking, fishing come to downtown Los Angeles. (via The Christian Science Monitor) City Councilman Ed Reyes stands in front of the Los Angeles River in this 2003 photo. He has spearheaded an effort to reclaim parts of the river and turn them into recreational areas.…
African geology may hold clues to prehistoric man walking upright
Why did our ancestors start walking upright? Ancient terrain may hold clue. (via The Christian Science Monitor) Copyright ImageClick to View A reconstruction of the skeleton of Australopithecus sediba, center, stands next to a modern human female, left, and a male chimpanzee. (Lee R. Berger/University of the Witwatersrand/AP) Being four-legged…
New studies say immigration reform is too late to fix one long-term U.S. challenge
Immigration reform too late to fix one big problem, studies say (via The Christian Science Monitor) Copyright ImageClick to View A Mexican worker holds workers petition forms as he lines up outside the US Consulate in Monterrey, Mexico, before his working visa interview in 2007. Two studies say the flow…
Middle East grasps for democracy despite ‘Arab Spring’ setbacks
Despite stalled Arab Spring, Muslim nations grasp for democracy (via The Christian Science Monitor) Copyright ImageClick to View Roads in Pakistan’s capital of Islamabad are decorated with posters of candidates taking part in the May 11 election. Candidates restricted their campaigns to corner meetings and social media due to ongoing…
Mexico’s border schools deal with an influx of English-speaking students
Mexico: Border schools adjust to influx of English-speaking students (via The Christian Science Monitor) Schoolchildren scamper across the border to waiting parents in the Mexican town of Palomas in May 2009.(Tony Avelar/The Christian Science Monitor/File) Elementary students at Lamberto Hernández School in this northern Mexican city were long gone by…
Federal officials leery of ‘increasingly warm’ coastal waters near Northeast U.S.
Waters off Northeast US coast unusually warm, says NOAA (via The Christian Science Monitor) Copyright ImageClick to View A lobsterman returns an undersized lobster while checking traps in Mount Desert, Maine, in May 2012.(Robert F. Bukaty/AP/File) From North Carolina to Maine, the waters have been unusually warm lately. This is…
Small Canadian telescope to hunt for near-Earth astroids
Little telescope to hunt big game: hard-to-see near-Earth asteroids (via The Christian Science Monitor) Efforts to discover near-Earth asteroids – including those that are potentially hazardous – received a potential boost Monday with the launch of the Canadian Space Agency’s Near Earth Object Surveillance Satellite (NEOSSat). Housed in a spacecraft…
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