Secret service: The feds question a Tacoma seventh grader for a Facebook comment about President Obama and suicide bombers. - KCPQ

Seeded on Wed May 18, 2011 4:00 PM EDT (q13fox.com)

"I was saying how Osama was dead and for Obama to be careful because there could be suicide bombers," says LaPinta. A week later, while Vito was in his fourth period class, he was called in to the principal's office. "A man walked in with a suit and glasses and he said he was pa …

schools, politics, president, safety, rights, bin-laden, parents, secret-service, obama, suicide-bombers

Eat the Future - NYTimes.com

Seeded on Tue Feb 15, 2011 10:12 PM EST (The New York Times)

Republican leaders like to claim that the midterms gave them a mandate for sharp cuts in government spending. Some of us believe that the elections were less about spending than they were about persistent high unemployment, but whatever.

congress, budget, politics, health-care, deficit, irs, house-republicans, obama, budget-cuts, defense-spending

Texas schools nix Arabic classes over fears of Islam - Education - Salon.com

Seeded on Wed Feb 9, 2011 10:55 PM EST (Salon.com)

Ever wonder why key federal agencies perennially face a shortage of Arabic speakers?

texas, schools, education, muslims, culture, language, islam, christianity, arabic

A Lack Of Rigor Leaves Students 'Adrift' In College : NPR

Seeded on Wed Feb 9, 2011 8:51 AM EST (NPR)

"Part of the reason for a decline in critical thinking skills could be a decrease in academic rigor; 35 percent of students reported studying five hours per week or less, and 50 percent said they didn't have a single course that required 20 pages of writing in their previous seme …

education, higher-educations

Walk like a man: Gorilla strolls on hind legs - Technology & science - Science - msnbc.com

Seeded on Thu Jan 27, 2011 1:37 PM EST (msnbc.com)

A glimpse of the evolutionary process: if this gorilla and his family were in the wild and found this bipedalism advantageous, they would pass it on to future generations.

science, evoultion

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