Low Voter Enthusiasm Doesn't Prevent Romney Win in Ohio Tonight we are doing some counting. We are counting up the delegates for the convention, and it looks good. And we are counting down the days to November, and that looks even better, exclaimed R...
Ron Paul Picks Up Arab-American Endorsements We believe that Dr. Paul brings to this campaign sense, sanity and sincerity, said Osama Siblani, publisher of the largest Arab-American newspaper in the United States - The Arab-American News - telling a...
US Energy Experts Learn from Japan's Ordeal Tokyo University earthquake researcher Kenji Satake explored the Japanese quake zone last year, after the initial emergency response had wound down. A year later, speaking at a scientific conference in Vanc...
Women on Front Line of Arab Spring Protests Many women have been among the protesters on the front lines of anti-government movements in the Middle East and North Africa. They helped to topple longtime leaders in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya. They played...
NGO: Disaster Relief Efforts Insufficient A development organization says the 21st Century has brought an increase in urban disasters. Its calling for a new approach to relief efforts as the worlds urban centers continue to grow. CHF International sa...
New Guidelines Would Help Ensure HIV Treatment 新指南将有助于帮助艾滋病治疗 New guidelines have been released to help HIV infected people get on treatment and stay on it. The recommendations appear in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Th...
DNA Tests Prove Worms in Sardine Cans are Kosher Let's say one day you're opening up a can of sardines and you come across a worm. It is not as unusual as you might think. Unfortunately, recently, it hasn't been unusual at all, noted Rabbi Chaim Loik...
Episcopal Church, Breakaway Anglicans Fight Over Property Outside the U.S. capital stands a red brick church with white wooden pews where George Washington served as a vestryman, or lay leader. The Falls Church was founded in 1732 and even gave its n...
Owner of Crippled Japanese Nuclear Plant Fights for Survival Facing tens of billions of dollars in liabilities, clean-up costs and the eventual decommissioning of its Fukushima power plant, Tokyo Electric Power Company, known as TEPCO, is in a fight...
Endangered Primate Offers Clues to Climate Change Scientists are studying a rare African monkey thats endangered both from climate change and humans. They hope the primates past can give clues to the future effects of rising temperatures. Its called...
SAF New Fire-Building Method Reduces Air Pollution With their megaphones and orange uniforms, these fieldworkers do not go unnoticed. This is Fine Town, a township south of Johannesburg. Every day, the fieldworkers walk around the townships to show t...
Internet Opens World to Microloan Investors A $2 loan lets a woman in Burundi start a business brewing banana beer, and a $65 loan helped a woman in Pakistan start an embroidery business that now supports 30 local families. These small entrepreneurs...
Technology Rescues Dying Languages In our interconnected world, global languages like English, Spanish and Chinese are increasingly dominant. But there are some 7,000 other languages spoken around the world and linguists say up to half of them are at...
Urban Farm Takes Root Amid Strip Malls EcoCity Farms grows vegetables in winter. The Edmonston, Maryland, farm near Washington is an unlikely place to harvest produce in any season. Its four climate-controlled greenhouses stand out in an otherwise bl...
Lost Luggage Ends Up Here Millions of Americans return from long-distance trips by air, but their luggage doesnt always come home with them. Airline identification tags can come loose, and the bags go who-knows-where. Amazingly, some people never pic...
