07.10.12 |
Two prominent scholars, one Christian, one Muslim, are asking major hotel chains to stop offering pornography on television sets in rooms. Princeton University Law Professor Robert George says "we asked the hotel executives to forgo the profit that ...
07.09.12 |
The price of corn is at a nine month high, and it's going to affect you, even if you don't eat corn on the cob. Corn is used for energy, textiles, ink for paper, food products, and hundreds of other products derived from the grain. The rain over ...
07.09.12 |
Malware Monday. A rogue computer virus is causing trouble today for tens of thousands on the internet. The trouble began months ago when 6 Estonians were charged with corrupting 4 million computers worldwide with malware. They hijacked computers ...
07.06.12 |
A man in Boston paid off his mortgage with 800 pounds of pennies this week. Thomas Daigle said he started collecting them when it was rainy outside in Boston and rolling them into coin holders. Then, on his 35th wedding anniversary, he ...
07.06.12 |
Mitt Romney is planning a huge voter blitz for Saturday a stress test in key swing states. Pundits say Romney is acting as though Saturday is the day before the election. He's kicking off a first in a series of massive volunteer mobilizations. He's ...
07.04.12 |
There was is a big debate on God today in Switzerland. Teams of thousands of scientists announced they found the "God particle"-- the Higgs Boson particle-- and they believe it's the particles that man are made of. They also think it explains the ...
07.04.12 |
It's called the birth certificate of America. A rare early copy of an American map has been found in Germany, dating back to the 16th century. It was done by german cartographer Martin Waldseemueller. He's credited with being the first to document ...
07.04.12 |
Scientists are exploring the possibility that a different type of stem cell for research. British scientists say they were able to adapt stem cells taken from amniotic fluid, which is far less controversial than taking stem cells from ...
07.04.12 |
About one million women undergo a tubal ligation every year, ending the chance of having a baby. But new technology increases the chances of successfully having the procedure reversed. Some 10% of women will change their mind and many of them will ...
07.03.12 |
Climate change is no longer America's chief environmental concern. According to a New Washington Post/Stanford University poll, 29-percent of Americans consider water and air pollution to be America's biggest environmental problem, compared with ...
