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...federal government is most likely to create a safety net for the falling housing market with a plan that will allow people to stay in their homes by reducing their monthly payments. The FDIC and some members of Congress assume that residential real estate prices will decline slower this way and eventually begin to increase in value if houses are kept out of foreclosure. That may be true, but the plan could be quickly flanked by rising unemployment and the realization by people who can stay in their homes with federal help that they will never have the equity...
...Despite the potential threat chimpanzees pose, many U.S. states, including Connecticut, legally allow people to raise them as pets. Primatologists like McCann argue that chimpanzees should never be kept privately, and the WCS supports the Captive Primate Safety Act, a bill pending in Congress that would ban the private selling of primates as pets. The bill has stalled since it was introduced in 2005, but the Stamford assault may well renew its debate. "This is a tragedy for the families involved, for the animal and for the community - but it's not a unique story," says McCann. "When humans keep...
Other institutions such as Yale, Columbia, MIT and Stanford have already adopted “open courseware” programs that allow the general public free access to lecture notes, exams and videos online...
...Galvin said Harvard notified SEIU 615—which represents the custodians—of the planned cuts in January. The University later decided to delay the layoffs until April to allow SEIU to discuss the reductions...
...move endangers both the rule of law and women's rights. "We condemn it," says Iqbal Haider, co-chairman of the Pakistan Human Rights Commission and a former law minister. "It is an illegal, unconstitutional and discriminatory act to further promote religious fanaticism in Pakistan. The constitution does not allow a parallel legal system. And there is no guarantee of peace - the militants are not party...