Newsweek Heaped Praise on Palin... In 2007

Here's how the piece starts out."In 1998, voters in a focus group were asked to close their eyes and imagine what a governor should look like. "They automatically pictured a man," says Barbara Lee, whose foundation promoting women's political advancement sponsored the survey....

The FIZZBOOK has been made for kids aged six to 14 for the UK education

The competition for the 100 $ 1Laptop per child is here for Great Britain. £ 199 the laptop is designed for children's interacting classrooms accross the UK. First time we see a developing world product transfer...

Number Blindness Area of Brain Discovered...!

"Number Blindness Area of Brain Discovered...! Options   Edit Add to group Delete Viewable by anyone ...

Celebrating the world's women: A NowPublic roundup

UPDATE: Take a look at our great photo slideshow of IWD activities all over the world. Today is International Women's Day, and all over the world women (and the men and women who love them) are celebrating...

IBM, AMD and Intel Fight for Supremacy in 45nm Chip Technology

"Intel claims major advancement in the 45nm technology for processors, but IBM and Intel’s rival AMD had already claimed the same thing last December. The 45 nanometer (45 nm) process is the next milestone (to...

Gen. Augusto Pinochet is dead |Breaking News

"Gen. Augusto Pinochet, the army commander who ruled Chile for nearly 17 years and left a legacy of striking economic advancement and utter disrespect for human rights, died"

What's wrong with dressing sexy at work?

"Please settle an argument. My daughter is bright, articulate, and ambitious. She is 26 and has worked her way up from an administrative-assistant job to loan officer at a large bank in Miami, and I really believe (okay, maybe I'm biased) that her talents and excellent people...

Islam and science: 'Nature' journal special (Open Access/Free)

In many countries with large Muslim populations the pendulum of power is swinging away from secular (but mostly undemocratic) government back to where it was for many centuries: to Islamist regimes, and Islamic...

Black Democrats support Steele [against wishes of Democrat Party]

"Former Prince George's County Executive Wayne K. Curry and five fellow black Democrats on the county council excoriated their party yesterday and endorsed Lt. Gov. Michael S. Steele, a Republican, for U.S....

Reclaimed Radio in Oaxaca Speaks for the People

"The state of Oaxaca is 70 percent indigenous and over half the population lives in poverty. The people are not poor in culture or in biodiversity but both of these are being eroded at the hands of corrupt...

NAACP Not Seeing Red over "Survivor" (E! Online)

" Turns out, reinstituting segregation on a national television show isn't something the NAACP is quite ready to get behind. Though the civil rights group has certainly waited long enough to point it out. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People " />...

Language As A Key To Success & Acceptance

Imangine that!A restaurant owner decides to have his employees enroll in English language and speaking classes, and the event is noted in a major Washington D.C. area publication.Shouldn't this calculation and...

Bush to make first NAACP appearance today (AP)

" WASHINGTON - For five years in a row, President Bush " /> SEARCH News | News Photos | Images | Web " /> President Bush has declined invitations to address the annual NAACP convention. This year, with the Senate poised to renew the 1965 Voting Rights Act, Bush said yes. The...

Sex drugs can Net you in trouble

"Some sexual enhancement products sold on the Internet are not only illegal but also dangerous, says FDA."

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