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  • If you know the signs to look for, it becomes clear that the Earth itself is breathing.
    Is The Earth Alive? That Depends On Your Definition Of Life
    As scientists advance their understanding of how the Earth has changed through billions of years, it becomes increasingly clear that the Earth and the life on it are entwined in unique ways. Commentator Marcelo Gleiser goes in search of the origins of life in a meeting of the minds at CERN.
  • Wild boar
    This little piggy went wild
    Peter Payette from Interlochen Public Radio filed a report on wild pigs with the Environment Report this week.Pigs and boars can escape from farms and…
  • Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, the Senate Finance Committee's top Republican, says small businesses will be especially hurt if the top two tax brackets go up.
    The Politics Of A Tax Hike
    A full-blown congressional debate on the expiring 2001 and 2003 tax cuts will unfold this fall, but some lawmakers have already weighed in on the most controversial issue: whether it makes sense, at a time of huge budget deficits, to extend tax relief for those earning more than $250,000.
  • <em>Hang Wire</em> is Adam Christopher's fourth novel.
    'Hang Wire' Is A Love Letter To Weird America
    The New Zealand-born author Adam Christopher has a fascination for America — his latest, Hang Wire, is a decade-jumping, character-crisscrossing urban fantasy set in San Francisco. Reviewer Jason Heller says that with Hang Wire, his fourth novel, Christopher has mastered "geek-centric weirdness and galloping, whiz-bang pace."
  • Grading how school districts rate their teachers
    A new report suggests school districts in Michigan are not doing a good job of evaluating their teachers’ effectiveness in the classroom. A state law…
  • Jack Lessenberry
    He protected Detroit pensions in the '60s and now worries about DIA
    Jack Faxon was a 24-year-old government teacher in Detroit back in 1960, when the state voted to call a constitutional convention.Partly egged on by his…
  • German writer Günter Grass arrives at Günter Grass-Haus, a museum in Luebeck, Germany, for his 80th birthday celebration on Oct. 27, 2007.
    Günter Grass, Who Confronted Germany's Past As Well As His Own, Dies At 87
    In 2006, the Nobel prize-winning author of The Tin Drum admitted that as a teen during World War II, he had served with the Waffen-SS — the combat unit of the Nazi Party's elite military police force.
  • Buena Vista voters must repay debt from nonexistent school district
    Buena Vista township has a debt to pay.Though the Saginaw County community closed its school district last July, the non-existent district still owes more…
  • MAY 20: An American flag reflects in Mississippi River floodwaters outside of a home in south Vicksburg, Miss.
    In La., Opening Of Floodgates Empties Some Towns
    Floodwaters began to penetrate towns in the Atchafalaya Basin after a massive spillway was opened to divert water from population centers. Many residents heeded orders to head for higher ground, hoping that the intentional flooding would be merciful to their way of life.
  • MAY 20: An American flag reflects in Mississippi River floodwaters outside of a home in south Vicksburg, Miss.
    In La., Opening Of Floodgates Empties Some Towns
    Floodwaters began to penetrate towns in the Atchafalaya Basin after a massive spillway was opened to divert water from population centers. Many residents heeded orders to head for higher ground, hoping that the intentional flooding would be merciful to their way of life.
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