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Gov’t to adopt strict new limits on chimp research
WASHINGTON — The government on Thursday said it would adopt strict new limits on using chimpanzees in medical research, after a prestigious scientific group recommended that experiments with humans’ closest relative be done only as a last resort.
Dec 15 2011 | Posted in AP News | Read More »
US school kids showing slight improvement in math
WASHINGTON — Some progress. Still needs improvement. The nation’s report card on math and reading shows fourth– and eighth-graders scoring their best ever in math and eighth graders making some progress in reading. But the results released Tuesday are a stark reminder of just how far the nation’s school kids are from achieving the No Child Left Behind law’s goal that every child in America be proficient in math and reading by 2014.
Nov 1 2011 | Posted in AP News | Read More »
The new normal: Higher bank fees are here to stay
NEW YORK — Higher bank fees are here to stay. The latest third-quarter earnings reports from this week confirm that banks are struggling to make money the old-fashioned way, by lending money to consumers and businesses. The main reason: interest rates are at historic lows. That makes it harder for banks to charge high rates on loans.
Oct 18 2011 | Posted in AP News | Read More »
Ohio Dems give GOP deadline to deal on new map
COLUMBUS — Ohio’s Democratic Party chairman wants to know by the end of the week whether the state’s ruling Republicans are willing to compromise on a new congressional district map. The current map, drawn by the GOP and signed into law in September, is on hold after the Ohio Supreme Court ruled on Friday that it is subject to possible repeal by voters. Senate Republicans had appropriated money to local elections boards in the bill in a move they hoped would make it effective immediately and shield it from repeal.
Oct 17 2011 | Posted in AP News | Read More »
Deadly Black Death bug hasn’t changed, but we have
WASHINGTON — Scientists have cracked the genetic code of the Black Death, one of history’s worst plagues, and found that its modern day bacterial descendants haven’t changed much over 600 years. Luckily, we have. The evolution of society and medicine — and our own bodies — has far outpaced the evolution of that deadly bacterium, scientists said.
Oct 12 2011 | Posted in AP News | Read More »
GOP rivals target Perry in pre-debate criticism
ORLANDO, Fla. — Republican presidential contender Michele Bachmann said Thursday that social conservatives don’t have to settle for a nominee who does not share their values, and rival Mitt Romney said the party should nominate someone from the private sector — double-team criticism of front-runner Rick Perry.
Sep 22 2011 | Posted in AP News | Read More »
Delaware-born journalist, author Howard Bryan dies at 91
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Howard Bryan, an Ohio-born writer who moved to New Mexico to become one of the state’s most well-known journalists and the author of a number of books about his adopted state, died Saturday, publisher and friend Marcia Keegan said. He was 91. Keehan said Bryan died in his Albuquerque home from a cancerous tumor in his nose.