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Saturday, January 30, 2010

Tenn. approves guidelines for Bible class

NASHVILLE, Jan. 30 (UPI) -- Tennessee high schools will be getting guidelines from the state next fall on teaching the Bible as part of a secular curriculum. The state Board of Education approved the guidelines Thursday, implementing a 2008 state law calling for "non-sectarian, non-religious... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, January 28, 2010

Running barefoot produces less foot stress

BOSTON, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- People can run barefoot on hard surfaces without the slightest discomfort and pain -- if they develop some calluses on the feet, a U.S. researcher says. Study co-author Daniel E. Lieberman, professor of human evolutionary biology at Harvard University and colleagues at... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Liberation of Auschwitz remembered

WARSAW, Poland, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- Dignitaries and former prisoners traveled to Poland Wednesday to mark the 65th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi death camp. A conference, "Memory, Awareness, Education," kicked off the ceremonies, Polskie Radio reported. "I would expect... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, January 25, 2010

Haitian quake sparks immigration debate

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 (UPI) -- A debate is brewing over whether the U.S. government should let more Haitians come to the United States in the wake of the ruinous earthquake in Haiti. Immigration advocates and several members of Congress are pushing for the departments of Homeland Security and State to... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, January 24, 2010

Texas oil spill cleanup under way

PORT ARTHUR, Texas, Jan. 24 (UPI) -- Emergency officials say they're working to clean up a massive oil spill in Port Arthur, Texas. Ross Penton, assistant regional director for Texas' General Land Office, said late Saturday the spill -- caused when an oil tanker and a barge collided in a shipping... Sign in to see full entry.

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