World Briefing | Europe: The Netherlands: Judge Saves Anne Frank Tree A judge granted a reprieve to the chestnut tree that comforted Anne Frank as she hid from the Nazis, ruling in favor of conservationists who want to stop its being felled.... Read Full Article Student Lender To Stop Using College And Team Names In Marketing A student lender that paid students for referring classmates for loans and paid to use universities? names on ads has agreed to stop these practices, said the New York attorney general.... Read Full Article First-Quarter Earnings Dropped 79% At Bear Stearns Earnings for the quarter showed that the bank was able to stay profitable even as the tight credit market worsened. Yet the results were just shy of Wall Street’s projections.... Read Full Article Looming Deficit Impedes Federal Housing Agency The Bush administration and Congressional leaders are counting on the F.H.A. to rescue thousands of struggling homeowners, but the agency has financial woes of its own.... Read Full Article US States Plan Bailouts For Troubled Borrowers American states such as New York, Massachusetts and Ohio collectively will extend more than $500 million ($£245 million) in bailouts to homeowners struggling to meet loan repayments in an a... Read Full Article |
Science NewsRussian Soyuz, With Korean Space Pioneer, Lands Off Mark2008-04-21 05:30 - The craft landed 260 miles off its mark and 20 minutes late, an unusual event given how precisely engineers plan for such landings. The Way We Live Now: Why Bother? 2008-04-21 05:30 - Looking for a few good reasons to go green. Presidential Candidates on Marijuana 2008-04-19 06:01 - For patients and doctors who want to use medical marijuana for pain relief, there’s more good news from researchers ? and maybe signs of change in Washington. Study Sees an Advantage for Algae Species in Changing Oceans 2008-04-19 05:30 - A microscopic plant that lives in oceans around the world may thrive in the changing ocean conditions of the next century, a team of scientists reported. Q&A: Let the Sunshine in 2008-04-18 06:01 - Am I still getting vitamin D when I’m outside on a gray, cloudy day? World Briefing | Europe: France: No Takers on the Triceratops 2008-04-18 06:01 - The skeleton of a Triceratops that roamed the earth 65 million years ago failed to find a buyer when the $780,000 final bid at Christie’s in Paris fell short of the reserve price. Is That a Fair Coin in Your Pocket? 2008-04-18 06:01 - I’ve got the answers to last week’s Mr. Smith’s gambling problem and Mr. Smith’s 3-Card Monty problem, plus one new problem. The good news for this new one is that you don’t need much expertise in probability to answer it: Suppose you take a coin from your wallet. You toss it eight times, and get [...]. TierneyLab: Mr. Smith’s Gambling Problem 2008-04-18 06:01 - In what I hope is a final attempt to clear up the Mr. Smith probability problem, I’ve got another explanation and a new problem involving a coin, a die and $100. First, the explanation, from Craig Fox, the U.C.L.A. professor who got this argument started: There seems to be some debate among your readers concerning the [...]. NASA Extends Saturn Mission for Another 2 Years 2008-04-18 05:30 - The agency says the $160 million extension will allow Cassini to make 60 more revolutions around the ringed planet. Businesses in Bay Area May Pay Fee for Emissions 2008-04-18 05:30 - Air quality regulators in the San Francisco Bay Area appear set to begin charging hundreds of businesses in the region for their emissions of heat-trapping gases. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 |
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