Archive for January 2007
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Religion – Sad, but true, Hollywood story
Salon – King explains what our distant cousins can tell us about religion and why it’s OK for scientists to believe in God. By Steve Paulson Herbivore vs. carnivore Are vegetarians the moral, peace-loving, cruelty-free enemies of the meat eater? Or a bunch of
Find near Stonehenge bares ancient religionDenver Post – This [...]
Education – Students expected to receive more aid
Detroit Free Press – Public Interest Research Group’s Higher Education Project. The House is expected to easily pass the budget bill today. The Senate is expected to vote on it next week. Pell Grants are the primary need-based student aid program. They benefit about 5
Carcieri to preview budget, propose education initiativesBoston Online [...]
High School – City looking at options to help fund a new high school here
Register-News – MT. VERNON While the City Council announced months ago that it would contribute funds to help build a new high school here if a referendum passes in April, official word on where that money would come from has remained unanswered. That answer
School Program Takes Sportsmanship SeriouslyWBAY [...]
Islam – Beirut tense as Shias mark Ashura
BBC Middle East – His death at the hands of the Sunni Caliph Yezid was the defining moment that sealed the schism between Shia and Sunni Islam. It is a schism very much in evidence in Lebanon more than 13 centuries later, especially after violent Sunni-Shia clashes
Bush: U.S. at war with ‘Islamic [...]
Middle School – Astros Caravan to visit Sulfur, La., and Beaumont
Houston Chronicle – They will visit students at Maplewood Middle School in Sulfur, La., (10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.); students at Westbrook High School (2 p.m. to 3 p.m.) and patients at St. Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital (3:30 to 4:30 p.m.) in Beaumont. The players
Not on school’s menu: A naked, greased studentMSNBC [...]