Tuesday, December 13, 2011
N.H. Primary Nears; GOP Candidates Storm The State
It was a busy day for presidential politicking in New Hampshire Monday. Former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich traded barbs over Romney's proposed $10,000 bet with Texas Gov. Rick Perry, as well as Gingrich's consulting fees earned working for mortgage giant Freddie Mac.
For Nervous Seniors, Some Pre-Graduation Advice
For a generation filled with uncertainty about the future, what can millennials rely on after they toss their mortarboards in the air? Professor and author Mitchell Zuckoff offers some advice for college students as they enter post-grad life.
Climate Strategists: To Cut Emissions, Focus On Forests
The basic idea is to have rich countries that emit lots of climate-warming gases pay poorer countries to keep their forests, or even expand them. That's because forests suck carbon from the atmosphere. But there's not yet a global system to make a plan like this work.
Monday, December 12, 2011
High Court To Wade Into Immigration Debate
The court agreed to hear a challenge to a controversial Arizona law that targets people suspected of being illegal immigrants. This is a setback for the Obama administration, which had urged the justices to wait for the lower courts to thoroughly examine the constitutionality of the issues in the case.
On Safari in America?s Serengeti
Wyoming’s Wilderness Never Fails to Surprise It only took ten minutes. Just out of Jackson, a moose and her calf graze at their breakfast, barely registering our presence as the van sped past toward Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks, A.K.A. "American's Serengeti." The game, it seems, is afoot. Let the wild life begin. We [...]
Scary Geology: Mountains In Motion
Here's the thing about mountains: you can, if you are totally insane, jump off them. Or, under the right circumstances, they, the mountains, can jump off you.
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