Monthly Archives: March 2011

Plastic made of feathers unveiled

Written on March 31, 2011 by Editor - Top News Stories

31 March 2011 Last updated at 19:39 ET Estimates suggest that more than a billion kilos of feathers produced each year in the US alone The millions of tonnes of chicken feathers discarded each year could be used in plastics, … Continue reading →

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400-year-old King James Bible found in English church (Reuters)

Written on March 31, 2011 by Editor - Religion News

LONDON (Reuters Life!) – A printing error helped a 12th century English village church realize it owned a rare 400-year-old King James Bible, the book that changed the world. The edition that had been sitting on a ledge in the … Continue reading →

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Players ask judge for damages in NFL TV case (AP)

Written on March 31, 2011 by Editor - Sports News

MINNEAPOLIS – NFL players have put a number on how much money the league should pay back if it loses a court fight over $4 billion in television revenue. Just what that number is wasn’t disclosed Thursday in court documents … Continue reading →

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More jobs is good news. Period.

Written on March 31, 2011 by Editor - Job News

Some investors may hope the jobs report isn’t too strong. But that’s silly. We need more job growth for the economy to pick up. By Paul R. La Monica, assistant managing editorMarch 31, 2011: 2:30 PM ET NEW YORK (CNNMoney) … Continue reading →

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Dounreay donations for Fukushima

Written on March 31, 2011 by Editor - Top News Stories

31 March 2011 Last updated at 19:47 ET Hand-held radiation survey equipment are among the items being sent to Japan A Scottish nuclear site has donated equipment to Japan for use in dealing with the damaged Fukushima complex. Radiological measurement … Continue reading →

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New education push: 1 million volunteers to help struggling students (The Christian Science Monitor)

Written on March 31, 2011 by Editor - Education News

Community organizers want you. Whether it’s helping out in a classroom, tutoring after school, or mentoring a teenage church group, they’re hoping to galvanize more on-the-ground service to bring up early reading skills and graduation rates. United Way Worldwide (UWW) … Continue reading →

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NY boy, 12, charged with hate crime on Muslim (AP)

Written on March 31, 2011 by Editor - Religion News

NEW YORK – A 12-year-old boy accused of trying to rip the head scarf off a Muslim classmate during recess has been charged in New York City with a hate crime. The boy appeared Thursday in family court with his … Continue reading →

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Przybilla done for the season; Bobcats hurting (AP)

Written on March 31, 2011 by Editor - Sports News

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Charlotte Bobcats backup center Joel Przybilla will miss the remainder of the season with continued pain in his right knee. The Bobcats on Thursday announced Przybilla will undergo another procedure to remove wires inserted in the knee … Continue reading →

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The unexpected foursome arrives for Final Four (AP)

Written on March 31, 2011 by Editor - Sports News

HOUSTON – VCU arrived at the Final Four with its team, its bandwagon and its T-shirt. “There goes my bracket,” it says — an oh-so-fitting statement printed in gold letters and sandwiched between the school logo and the picture of … Continue reading →

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Statement of NHA Executive Director Linda Church Ciocci on Revised FERC-Army Corps MOU

Written on March 31, 2011 by Editor

Making the regulatory process more efficient is one of several crucial policy changes that will enable the expansion of hydropower capacity. With the right policies, the industry could add 60,000 MW of capacity by 2025, growth accompanied by the creation … Continue reading →

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