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U.S. history textbooks could soon be flavored heavily with Texas conservatism (The Newsroom)
March 16, 2010
The Newsroom - The nation’s public school curriculum may be in for a Texas-sized overhaul, if the Lone Star state’s influential recommendations for changes to social studies, economics and history textbooks are fully ratified later this spring. Last Friday, in a 10-to-5 vote split right down party lines, the Texas State Board of Education approved some controversial right-leaning alterations to what most students in the state—and by extension, in much of the rest of the country—will be studying as received historical and social-scientific wisdom. After a public comment period, the board will vote on final recommendations in May.
Scientists go 'gaga' to find creatures beneath 600 feet of ice (AP)
March 16, 2010
AP - In a surprising discovery about where higher life can thrive, scientists for the first time found a shrimp-like creature and a jellyfish frolicking beneath a massive Antarctic ice sheet.
Babies Are Born to Dance (LiveScience.com)
March 16, 2010
LiveScience.com - Babies love a beat, according to a new study that found dancing
comes naturally to infants.
Social Security to start cashing Uncle Sam's IOUs (AP)
March 16, 2010
AP - The retirement nest egg of an entire generation is stashed away in this small town along the Ohio River: $2.5 trillion in IOUs from the federal government, payable to the Social Security Administration.
US Israel criticism ignites firestorm in Congress (AP)
March 16, 2010
AP - The Obama administration's fierce denunciation of Israel last week has ignited a firestorm in Congress and among powerful pro-Israel interest groups who say the criticism of America's top Mideast ally was misplaced.
State of disaster declared in cyclone-hit Fiji (AFP)
March 16, 2010
AFP - Fiji's government Tuesday declared a state of disaster in the cyclone-ravaged nation, amid reports of deaths after 17,000 people fled to evacuation centres.
Hand Bacteria Left On Surfaces Could be Forensic Tool (LiveScience.com)
March 16, 2010LiveScience.com - CSIs may one day be able to use more than DNA and fingerprints to catch criminals, as a new study finds that the bacteria that live on our hands are just as unique to each of us as our DNA. And traces of this "personal" DNA left behind on the surfaces we touch can be matched to the person who left it.
Killing of Americans pressures Mexico in drug war (Reuters)
March 16, 2010
Reuters - The killing of three people linked to the U.S. consulate in Mexico's bloodiest drug war hotspot has thrown President Felipe Calderon a major test as he heads to this border city on Tuesday to try to contain spiraling violence.
Health Care 101: A consumer primer on Obama's bill (AP)
March 16, 2010
AP - It took lawmakers a year to shape President Barack Obama's health care bill. If it finally passes Congress, it'll take the better part of a decade to write the user manual for consumers and doctors, employers and insurance companies.
Aide: Karzai 'very angry' at Taliban boss' arrest (AP)
March 16, 2010
AP - The Afghan government was holding secret talks with the Taliban's No. 2 when he was captured in Pakistan, and the arrest infuriated President Hamid Karzai, according to one of Karzai's advisers.
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