In Final Iowa Push, Once-Sunny Gingrich Says Romney ‘Will Lie To You’
The Newt Gingrich campaign bus is rolling again Monday morning, leaving Waterloo, where the candidate spent the night and heading …
A Quick Look At The Year Ahead
As the new year gets under way, we take a quick temperature check on some key areas to see what …
Physicists Seek To Lose The Lecture As Teaching Tool
The lecture is one of the oldest forms of education there is. “Before printing someone would read the books to …
An Amazing Trickeration?: Banished Words For 2012
On New Year’s day in 1977, Lake Superior State University in Michigan released its first “List of Words Banished from …
New Year? How About A New Calendar?
Four-hundred and thirty years ago, Pope Gregory XIII gave the West a calendar which divided 365 days into what was …
Romney Meets Friendly Crowd In Ice Cream Capital
A little over three hours outside Des Moines, Iowa, in the northwest corner of the state, is the city of …
Haitians Mark The New Year With A Belly Full Of Soup
Nine years ago, on New Year’s Day, David Gunther faced a mini-epidemic. He’s a family doctor, and at his old …
For Some Tribes, New Year’s Foods Provide A Sacred Link To The Past
Around the world last night, revelers marked the start of the new year. But in the Northwest corner of the …
2012: A Better Year, Unless Europe’s Debt Blows It Up
Last New Year’s Day, most economic forecasters were predicting a good year ahead. But 2011 turned out to be another …
The Changing Face Of America’s Chinatowns
The Chinese New Year begins on Jan. 23. On that day, people will celebrate the Year of the Dragon in …
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