Buckets Of Carcinogens: Coal Tar Sealant and the Toxic Transformation of America’s Schools
by: Stephanie Bathurst (www.stephaniebathurst.com)
The hot lava monster is not the only villain lurking below playgrounds these days. More than 85 million gallons of a toxic black sludge dubbed ‘coal tar sealant’ are applied to America’s schoolyards,…
Direct Instruction: Curriculum of the Future?
By Chris Wig
Kathy Pusztavari opens the door and welcomes me into her Corvallis home. It’s dark outside, and the rain is cold. The inside of Kathy’s house seems especially warm and inviting. She leads…
What Women Want (in their politicians)
By Julie McMahon
May 1 2012
If women are from Venus, Democrats must be too.
Democratic candidates get a much larger number of votes from women than they get from men. It’s known as the “gender gap” and it’s a…
LIQUID GOLD: Biodiesel Pirates and Underground Grease Wars
by Stephanie Bathurst (http://www.stephaniebathurst.com)
Michael Mullins rubs the sleep from his eyes as the Austin Police Department approaches his 18-wheeler in a restaurant parking lot. At 5 a.m., it has not been a good night for…
Media Divides Communities on Religious Holidays
By Carlee Schepeler 04/19/2012
On Easter Sunday, the Jackson Citizen Patriot boasted a cover story with the headline “Easter Power.” The article discussed a local’s battles with breast cancer and how her faith encouraged her to keep fighting. While it…
Funding for 911 Call Centers Drying Up
By Jessi Turnure, State Capitol Bureau Jefferson City
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMOX/MDN) - Missouri representatives and leaders from surrounding areas examined various means of 911 call center improvements.
Missouri 911 centers are struggling as more residents disconnect their land lines and replace…
Google Privacy Changes May Pose Risk to Users
By Carlee Schepeler
How many times have you seen an advertisement on Facebook and thought it was made for you? Newsflash: it was; and this type of personalized marketing will likely soon spread like wildfire across the web.
Google revamped…
Modern Baby Catchers
By Stephanie Bathurst
More and more American women are wrestling with whether to give birth in bleached hospital beds or in humble yet familiar bathtubs — they’re facing distinct choices when it comes to deciding how their newborn should enter…
Could Oregon Educators Find Answers in Finland
By Chris Wig
If Celine Swenson-Harris had arrived to IB French at 7:50 AM on the first day of school, she would have been assigned to sit at one of 33 desks in a cramped room on the first floor…
Sonoma State Offers Refund Policy
By Casey Witt
In today’s economic slump, some students have trouble finishing a semester of college once they are registered. According to College Parents of America, nearly half of the 215 institutions of higher education refund tuition and fees. Here…
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2,360 pounds of red onions recalled
Saturday - 9:24pm
Gills Onions recalled 2,360 pounds of diced red onions because of possible listeria contamination, the California-based company said Saturday.
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Falklands memorial to be unveiled
Saturday - 9:24pm
A service takes place later to dedicate a new memorial at Britain’s National Memorial Arboretum to the 255 Britons who died in the Falklands War.
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Sri Lanka to free jailed ex-army chief
Saturday - 9:19pm
President Rajapaksa orders release of Sarath Fonseka, in jail since February 2010.
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Briscoe puts Team Penske on pole for Indy 500
Saturday - 9:24pm
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Roger Penske ran out the clock on Michael Andretti’s team, giving the Indianapolis 500 pole to Ryan Briscoe.
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Chinese activist who fled house arrest lands in US
Saturday - 7:03pm
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A blind Chinese legal activist who was suddenly allowed to leave the country arrived in the U.S. on Saturday, ending a nearly monthlong diplomatic tussle that had tested U.S.-China relations.
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G8, raising pressure on Iran, puts oil stocks on standby
Saturday - 5:41pm
CAMP DAVID, Maryland (Reuters) – Leaders of the Group of Eight major economies raised the pressure on Iran on Saturday, signaling their readiness to tap into emergency oil stockpiles quickly this summer if tougher new sanctions on Tehran threaten to…
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Briton to head development bank
Saturday - 1:10pm
Sir Suma Chakrabarti will be the first non French or German president of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
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