With a few notable exceptions, young Iowa voters who participated in two focus groups two weeks ago said the excitement they felt heading into the 2008 caucuses is absent this year.
New research funded by the National Science Foundation and published this week in theProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by three Harvard University sociologists examines how we select our friends and the role that friendship plays in transmitting tastes and new ideas.
BOTHELL, Washington-Humans pump thousands of tons of vapor from the metallic element mercury into the atmosphere each year, and it can remain suspended for long periods before being changed into a form that is easily removed from the atmosphere.
HOMER, Alaska-On Sunday morning, Soldotna dispatch received a call reporting a motor vehicle collision that occurred at mile 22 of East End Road to the east of Homer, Alaska. When Kachemak Emergency Services and the Alaska State troopers arrived at the scene, they found one occupant of the two vehicles deceased.