West is Recovering, Here's How You Can Help:
The West, Texas Disaster Relief Efforts Fund reaches $505,000! - wacofoundation.org
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Source of Fire at West Fertilizer Co. Undetermined
[05/17/2013] - It has been one month since a blast occurred at the West Fertilizer Co., killing 15 people and injuring 200 more. The results of a multi-agency investigation revealed that somewhere between 28 and 34 tons of ammonium nitrate exploded... |
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Baylor Band Gains International Exposure
[05/15/2013] - Many bands dream of becoming an international sensation. This became a reality for The Pacific Swell who saw one of their performances on Youtube gain traction throughout Asia... |
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James Joyce Coin-troversy Reportedly Could Have Been Averted
[05/24/13] - Irish banking officials should have known there were problems with the controversial 10-euro coin commemorating James Joyce, according to Ireland's RTE News. The coin misquotes the author's Ulysses, and bears an image of Joyce that his estate did not approve. Newly released documents from Ireland's... |
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Can This Man Bring Silicon Valley To Yangon?
[05/24/13] - Like a proud father, Nay Aung opens up his MacBook Air to show me the Myanmar travel website he has built. But we wait 30 seconds for the site to load, and nothing happens. "Today is a particularly bad day for Internet," he says. This is life in Myanmar today: Even an Internet entrepreneur can't always... |
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Losers In Chicago School Closings Target Elected Officials
[05/23/13] - A day after school officials approved shutting down 50 schools, the Chicago Teachers Union and community activists say they'll hold a voter registration and education campaign. The union is agitated that Mayor Rahm Emanuel, school board members and some lawmakers failed to listen to parents, teachers and others who called for the schools to remain open... |
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Nutrition Group Says Chocolate Milk Is OK, No Need For Aspartame
[05/21/13] - A controversial petition by the dairy industry to allow milk sweetened with aspartame or other alternative sweeteners to be labeled on the front of the carton simply as MILK is drawing criticism from the nation's leading group of nutritionists. The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics is urging the FDA to reject the petition, which we first told you about in March.... |
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Tornado In Moore, Okla.: Friday's Developments
[05/24/13] - As the residents of Moore, Okla., and surrounding communities continue to recover from Monday's devastating tornado that killed at least 24 people and injured more than 375, we're keeping an eye on the news from there: - Oklahoma City's KOCO-TV reports that "Moore Police will be removing... |
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China's Air Pollution: Is The Government Willing To Act?
[05/24/13] - Denise Mauzerall arrived in Beijing this year at a time that was both horrifying and illuminating. The capital was facing some of its worst pollution in recent memory, and Mauzerall, a Princeton environmental engineering professor, was passing through on her way to a university forum on the future of cities... |
