April, 2010
Stem Cell Research – New Lines Opened And Vatican Approval
When it comes to medical research, one almost cannot find something a lot more controversial than stem cell research. Today, both distinct types of stem cell research - embryonic and adult - received support that will potentially expand and improve the cash now accessible and results of medical study. New embryonic stem cell research ...
Cape Wind Project Approved – Arguments For And Against
Cape Wind has been one of the most hotly debated renewable power projects within the country. The debate is even more frantic now that Cape Wind has been approved by the US Department of the Interior. If Cape Wind is built, it could be the first-ever U.S. offshore wind development and would be able to ...
Gum wrapper prom dress makes fashion statement
Wearing a gum wrapper prom dress to her annual high school soiree has garnered Elizibeth Rasmuson of Garner, Iowa, a lot of attention, and rightly so. Being creative and disciplined enough to collect wrappers and fashion them into an elegant gown is something that deserves a little notoriety. It's not known if she really chewed ...
Official Holidays: Stock Market, Banks, USPS, Federal Government
Today is Good Friday, the day many Catholics and Christians around the world spend at church and preparing for Easter. Good Friday is not, though, on the list of federal holidays, USPS holidays or post office holidays. Good Friday does, though, count as one of the stock market holidays and a few bank holidays. If ...
USS Nicholas captures pirates off the coast of Africa
Early this morning in international waters just off the coast of the African state of Seychelles, the USS Nicholas exchanged fire with and captured a team of pirates. At 12:27 a.m., the USS Nicholas, a U.S. warship, started taking fire from a small skiff. The alleged pirates attacked the warship in hopes of receiving emergency ...
