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...local newspaper is more than an organ for delivering news and information. It's a habit, a watering hole, a local landmark. It's a unifying force, even if that's just because, like a loud uncle, it gives everyone something to complain about. It's the hub that connects many people to their community. "The News was like an old friend. You weren't sure why you spent time with it, but you did, because it was such an old friend," says Charles Eisendrath, who runs the Knight-Wallace Foundation at the University of Michigan. How does a city...
...more secure spot. By November, it was once again at the shrine, ready for the outpouring of piety during this year's Feast of the Assumption. Last week, at a corner of the church, people kept filling bags, paper towels and handkerchiefs with earth from a small hole in the ground. The location is where Catholics believe the statue - miraculously hidden in a tree - was rediscovered by a woodcutter following the Dutch persecution. They believe the earth contains miraculous healing powers. "This is holiest of the holiest for us; the Virgin has always kept us safe," says Benedict Perera...
...currently are no discussions of further custodial cuts in FAS.SEIU officials have said for months that the University has failed to provide the union with adequate and transparent communications throughout the budget cutting process."They say there's open communication, but it's like falling down the rabbit hole here," said Wayne M. Langley, director of higher education for SEIU Local 615. "Sometimes I can't even get a returned phone call, and we represent almost 1,000 workers."Langley said that he continues to believe that hours reductions and layoffs are "unnecessary" and unjustified, and that the University...
...named Fred Hoyle came up with it during a popular science radio broadcast and he was essentially putting the theory down. He was really almost laughing at the idea. Take the concept of a black hole - this thing that nothing can get out of. Even if that idea doesn't quite fit with reality, the concept itself takes on a life...
...things people fear is that it's going to produce black holes. If it did produce black holes, they'd be extremely small ones. Black holes aren't like a vacuum cleaner, sucking everything in and getting bigger and bigger. A small black hole actually caves in. It disappears. I think it's reasonable for people to be worried, just because it is pushing things further than we ever have before. It's the biggest, most complicated machine ever made. But when you look at the details there are enough reassuring aspects to say that it isn't going...