By Amanda Paulson STAFF WRITER OF THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
The news from a major new education study is encouraging: Student achievement is going up, and the gaps in test scores between subgroups – such as between African-Americans and whites – are closing across all grade levels and subjects. More...
On Saturday, October 24, the Fulton County Conservation District, in conjunction with the PA Department of Environmental Protection, and the Bedford, Huntingdon and Fulton County commissioners, will host a household hazardous waste collection event. More...
GLOUCESTER, Va. (AP) – A Virginia crabber has net an interesting catch – an all baby blue crab. On a recent crabbing run up the James River near Craney Island, a crab plopped out of a pot that caught Sally Epps’ eye. More...
BRUSSELS (AP) – Farmers drove hundreds of tractors and a lone cow to the heart of the European Union bureaucracy on Monday, pelting police with bottles and chickens and dumping milk and manure onto the streets of Brussels in a protest against More...
BOISE, Idaho (AP) – Elevenyear old Sage Aragon and her older brother set out in the snow on Christmas Day, hiking along a frigid, desolate stretch of Idaho highway on their way to their mother’s house. More...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – A python sold to an Ohio zoo in 2008 by an Oklahoma City man is being checked to determine if it’s now the longest snake in captivity. More...
By Gordon Lubold STAFF WRITER OF THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
The U.S. Air Force is marking something of a milestone as it positions itself to better address the need for round-the-clock intelligence in Afghanistan and Iraq. Last week, the service graduated the first class of pilots without flight training. More...
A reward program offering up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of individuals involved in illegal dog and animal fighting was announced today by the attorney general’s office and The Humane Society of the United St More...
GAITHERSBURG, Md. (AP) – Federal health advisers say an experimental kidney cancer drug from GlaxoSmithKline can benefit patients by slowing the disease, despite some risk of liver damage. More...
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) – Purdue University is leading a new study that seeks to answer the smelly question of how much greenhouse gases are produced by dairy cows. More...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) – A Holstein from Rudolph, Wis., has been named the Supreme Champion at the World Dairy Expo in Madison. Harvue Roy Frosty beat out six other cows to win the honor. More...
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) – Plastic pink flamingos may be all over Florida, but it’s rare to find a real one. It’s even more rare to see a variety called the “lesser flamingo,’’ native to Africa and Asia. More...
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