March 25, 2010 RSS feed / Features

Updated Motor Carrier Regulations To Enhance Safety

Without causing undue burdens on farms or businesses

Pennsylvania is meeting a federal deadline to update its Motor Carrier Safety regulations while ensuring that the rules do not place an onerous burden on farmers or businesses, state officials said Monday. More...

Iditarod Ends With Zero Dog Deaths

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) – The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race wrapped up with a surprise – no dog deaths. The 55th and final finisher, rookie Celeste Davis, reached Nome on Saturday night. More...

No Child Left Behind Overhaul: Five Key Things That Would Change

By Judy Nichols Douglass CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR

The Obama administration recently released its blueprint for overhauling the 2002 No Child Left Behind Act. U.S. More...

Cancer Research Facility Takes Shape In Frederick

FREDERICK, Md. (AP) – The National Cancer Institute's 330,000-square-foot Advanced Technology Research Facility is taking shape in Frederick. More...

Why Solving The Asian Carp Problem Is So Hard

By Mark Guarino CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR

The scenario seems lifted from a Hollywood disaster movie: a creature poised to invade the water system of a great American city eats everything in its path and reproduces so quickly that its invasion could mean the death of most other living things More...