The oldest known dinosaur nesting site, dating to 190 million years ago, has been unearthed in Golden Gate Highlands National Park, South Africa. The extraordinary site, described in the latest Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, includes multiple dinosaur nests, eggs, hatchlings and the remains of adults for this species, Massospondylus. Project leader Robert [...]
TOKYO—Workers at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant positioned sandbags and concrete barriers around drains leading from contaminated reactors Tuesday, setting a last line of defense against highly radioactive water that has flooded reactor buildings and threatens to spill into the ocean. At the same time, Japanese officials said Tuesday they would keep dousing the plant’s [...]
The most visible element of the budget fight in Congress is the one over the scale of spending cuts this year. But increasingly, other deeply contentious policy issues that House Republicans insist must be addressed in any budget deal are as much of a stumbling block as the final dollar figure. They include efforts to [...]
The Wisconsin circuit court judge who issued an injunction to prevent the state’s controversial collective-bargaining bill from becoming law, issued a second order late Tuesday to stop the state from violating her original ruling. Earlier this month, Dane County Judge Maryann Sumi ruled that Senate Republicans may have violated the state’s open meetings law in [...]
An eagle ray weighing as much as 300 pounds landed on top of a woman on a boat in the Florida Keys last week, throwing her to the deck and pinning her underneath it — the “scariest thing” that’s ever happened to her, she said. The woman, Jenny Hausch, was on the chartered boat Friday [...]
The Guardian Angels are stepping up patrols after Chicago warned riders of a South Side CTA bus route to watch their purses. Police say two young men have been taking bus riders’ bags. The suspects approach women riding the 55th Street-Garfield bus between the Red Line and the Green Line CTA stations, police said. On [...]
A mandate that California utilities increase their use of renewable energy sailed through the state Assembly on Tuesday and is headed for the governor’s desk. The legislation would require electricity companies in the state to provide 33% of power from renewable resources, including solar and wind, by the year 2020. State law currently sets a [...]
An announcement by immigration officials in Washington on Monday that they were delaying decisions on some immigration cases involving gay couples led to a surge of expectations among gay advocates that the Obama administration had taken a small but significant step toward recognizing same-sex marriage. But on Tuesday, immigration officials moved swiftly to clarify their [...]
The U.S. government encourages education by allowing many deductions and credits for education expenses. In most cases, you can reduce your tax burden by deducting money spent on your own education as well as that of your spouse and/or your dependents. Deductions reduce the amount of income that is taxed and credits reduce the amount [...]
Allowing kids to grow their own plants can be an important lesson; one that fosters an understanding of life cycles and an appreciation of nature. It’s also fun and exciting for children to see the first sprouts or fruits of their labor. And even if the weather is not ideal for growing plants outdoors, or [...]
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