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...investigators begin to dig deeper into this next level of Madoff's crime, let's hope our eyes now stay wide open...
...heavyweight and lightweight crew teams opened their seasons this weekend, and both teams turned in strong performances. Racing in San Diego, the heavyweight team captured two top-three finishes, while the lightweight team was able to hold off ranked opponents Cornell, Penn, Georgetown, and Columbia in D.C. to begin the season...
...would say the mood is one of mourning right now," Bryan English, spokesman for the conservative Iowa Family Policy Center, told the Associated Press, even as he promised to lobby legislators hard to begin an amendment process. But that process, in Iowa, is a lengthy one - and unlike in California, the constitution can't be amended by a simple vote of the people. Both houses of the legislature must approve it, and most legal experts agree that the process could be put before voters no sooner than 2012. (See TIME's video: "Iowa: Gay Marriage in the Heartland...
...English, the spokesman for the conservative family group, said he's already begun lobbying for an amendment campaign to outlaw gay marriage again. "The first thing we did after internalizing the decision was to walk across the street and begin the process of lobbying our legislators to let the people of Iowa vote," he said...
...human beings, wild animals and domestic animals begin to live in closer and closer to one another, the chance of pathogens jumping - and amplifying - between species will only increase. Sinai's researchers will be able to monitor the population in the Pantanal for zoonotic diseases, providing a needed early warning system for new and emerging pathogens. It will also be a valuable learning experience for Mt. Sinai's students. "We see a really close interface between the health of human populations and conservation efforts," says Paul Klotman, chairman of the department of medicine at Mt. Sinai. "This will allow...