Teen succeeds in removing prayer from school »
A Rhode Island teenager has won a suit removing prayer from her high school. Jessica Ahlquist, 16, filed a lawsuit against Cranston High School on Jan. 11 to remove a prayer which has hung on the school auditorium for 49 years. US District Court Judge Ronald Lagueux issued a ruling Wednesday that the prayer’s presence ...
Obama talks college costs in Michigan »
At the University of Michigan, President Barack Obama spoke of his plan to reward colleges that keep their tuition controlled with more federal aid and his plan to make college affordability a top priority. According to The Wall Street Journal, his stop in Ann Arbor, Mich., was an organized government event, the last stop on ...
Car bomb kills 31 people in Baghdad »
A car bomb killed dozens in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad on Friday. The bomb was targeted at Shiite funeral in the Zafaraniya district and according to early reports by the BBC, killed 31 and injured at least 60. According to CNN officials stated that the bomb went off while mourners were on the way ...
US economy grows just 2.8 percent in late 2011, falling short of estimates »
The US economy grew just 2.8 percent in the last quarter of 2011, according to a new report released by the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Economic Analysis on Friday. The report shows that the GDP fell short of 3 percent growth, which many economists and government officials had predicted. According to the report, the real ...
Researchers examine why people are allergic to cold »
A new study aims to identify why some people are allergic to the cold. The condition is known as cold urticaria. Joshua Milner, a researcher at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, led the study, which was published online by the New England Journal of Medicine. Milner and researchers examined 27 people from ...
Judge takes Arizona city council candidate off ballot »
A judge decided that a candidate on an Arizona city council ballot must be removed because he lacked adequate English skills. The San Luis City Council approved a motion Jan. 13 asking for verification that Alejandrina Cabrera met the state law that state, county or city officials must write, speak and read English, according to ...
Taco Bell to serve breakfast in some states »
Taco Bell unveiled a new breakfast menu on Thursday. The fast food chain hopes to compete with McDonald’s, Wendy’s and Subway in a crowded market. The breakfast menu will be offered at almost 800 restaurants in 10 different states, such as California and Arizona. Taco Bell’s chief marketing and innovation officer Brian Niccol said in ...
High heels may cause harm to muscles »
Beauty may cause more pain than you think. A new Australian study found that wearing high heels might lead to the shortening of calf muscles’ fibers. The study, published in The Journal of Applied Physiology last week, compared women who consistently wore high heels to those that did not. The researchers examined nine women who ...
Reward offered for pardoned convict »
A reward is being offered in Mississippi for a convicted killer who vanished weeks after being pardoned by the state’s former governor, Haley Barbour. Joseph Ozment, 40, was serving a life sentence for the 1993 murder of a store clerk. Ozment and four other prisoners previously worked at the governor’s mansion. All five were pardoned ...
