Poll on the economy: Americans gloomier, for now

"As people on Wall Street and Main Street hold their breath to see if a federal bailout of the nation's financial institutions will work, Americans are starting to speak — not whisper — the word "depression." In a sign that anxiety is growing, 33% of 1,011 adults surveyed...

Antwerp World Diamond Centre to host groundbreaking diamond conference

"The conference will be addressed among others by Deputy Prime Minister of Angola Aguinaldo Jaime; South African Minister of Minerals and Energy Buyelwa Sonjica; Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph E. Stiglitz; Kimberley Process chairman Karel Kovanda; Sergey Vybornov,...

Grand Opening Of The Arthur Miller Theatre

"Grand Opening Of The Arthur Miller Theatre To hear Audio2007-03-27 • The new Arthur Miller Theatre opens Thursday at the University of Michigan. As Detroit Public Radio’s Celeste Headlee reports, it is the only theatre in the world to bear the Pulitzer Prize-winning...

Information war: Feds close science libraries

"The NASA library in Greenbelt, Md., was part of John C. Mather's daily routine for years leading up to the astrophysicist's 2006 Nobel Prize for shedding new light on the Big Bang theory of universal origin. He researched existing space hardware and instrumentation there...