What was the biggest scandal of 2009? Blagojevich trying to sell a Senate seat? Senators, governors, and their mistresses? Allegations that lobbyists were lining up defense earmarks in exchange for straw donations? No, the biggest scandal of 2009 was that the entire pay-to-play system that dominates Washington and occupies Congress’ time and attention sidetracked bold [...]
Corey Peloquin, Coleman Middle School teacher in Tampa, N.J., has been awarded a fellowship with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The Endeavor Science Teaching Certificate Project was created to allow teachers an opportunity to carry back to the classroom a greater understanding of NASA discoveries to inspire a next generation of explorers, scientists, [...]
AARP urges families to review phone bills over the holidays The holidays are a time of hustle and bustle – and now AARP is urging Illinoisans to add another critical item to their holiday to-do lists. As families come together for the holidays, AARP is urging people to review their phone bills, particularly bills of [...]
Investments Have Boosted Economy, Saved and Created Jobs Along with boosting the economy and preserving jobs, seven provisions of the federal economic recovery act are also keeping about 189,000 Pennsylvanians from falling into poverty this year, according to a new study from the Washington, DC-based Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. The American Recovery and [...]
Austin-Round Rock, Texas Tops All Large Metropolitan Areas In this time of economic uncertainty, a safe and secure environment in which to live, work and raise a family has become an even greater priority to many Americans. According to the sixth annual Most Secure U.S. Places to Live rankings from Farmers Insurance Group of Companies®, [...]
For more than 400 years, scientists have studied the amazing regenerative power of salamanders, trying to understand how these creatures routinely repair injuries that would usually leave humans and other mammals paralyzed — or worse. Now, fueled by a highly competitive National Institutes of Health Grand Opportunity grant of $2.4 million, a multi-institutional team of [...]
Annual Traveler Survey Discovers a Flu-nomenon as U.S. Respondents Becoming Far More Cautious When it Comes to Germs U.S. Travelers Expect to Take More Leisure Trips in the Coming Year Troncones, Mexico is 2010′s Top Up-and-Coming Travel Destination TripAdvisor®, the world’s most trusted source of travel advice, today announced the results of its annual travel [...]
The Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) has released a new study detailing the U-6 unemployment rates among native born workers. U-6 is a broader measure of employment that includes the unemployed, people who would like to work but who have not looked for a job recently, and those involuntarily working part-time. A look at these [...]
Chapel Hill, NC Ranks At Top, Athens, Georgia at Bottom The Daily Beast released its ranking of the twenty five smartest (and dumbest) college towns in America. The towns are, from smartest to dumbest: 1. Chapel Hill, North Carolina(Grade: A) 2. Ann Arbor, Michigan(Grade: A) 3. Boulder, Colorado(Grade: A) 4. Cambridge, Massachusetts(Grade: A) 5. Berkeley, [...]
but Are Skeptical Healthcare Will Improve in 2010 A majority of Americans support a “public option” in healthcare reform legislation, but most lack confidence that the cost, quality, value or accessibility of medical care will improve in the next year, according to a survey released today by Thomson Reuters. Sixty percent of survey respondents said [...]