Tampabay: Tropical depression headed for Gulf

ST. PETERSBURG - A tropical depression picking up steam off the coast of Honduras could become the first major storm of the 2005 hurricane season to impact Florida. The tropical depression is not expected to make landfall in Florida, except perhaps the western edge of the...

The School Lunch Lobby by RON HASKINS - Education Next - Summer 2005

Kids may not like the peas and carrots served up by the nation’s school lunch program, but many of the country’s leading food companies enjoy the billions of dollars in sales that bring those vegetables to their plates. Behind the overcooked vegetables and steam-table...

Antibiotics Used by the Ton in Animal Feed Every Year

According to a report released yesterday, 25.6 million pounds of antibiotics are mixed with farm animals’ food every year -- almost all of it concentrated in just 23 states, mainly in the Mid-Atlantic and the South. Nearly 70 percent of all the antibiotics used in the US...

The deserters: Awol crisis hits the US forces

JE McNeil, who heads the Centre for Conscience and War in Washington DC, a Christian group whose members also staff the GI Rights Hotline, said many troops she spoke with had been lied to by recruiters. "I had an 18-year-old who was told he did not have to serve in...

Gardening can work out the mind, body and spirit

When you are working in the yard, more than your muscles get a workout. Working in the yard can be meditative by allowing you to have time to be quiet and to listen to your thoughts. There is no television, no...

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