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Online community covers unrest in Iran, post by post

Online community covers unrest in Iran, post by post
From coffee shops in Ridgewood, N.J., his home in Wayne, N.J., and anywhere there is cell service, a 28-year-old Iranian is broadcasting the ongoing uprising in his home country - one of a growing number of people intent on helping share with the world what happens on the streets of Tehran.… Post the First Comment

Recession pushes parents to enroll at community colleges along with kids

Recession pushes parents to enroll at community colleges along with kids
Lucy Horton - just one of the millions of Americans out of work - rushes out of English class at Harper Community College, a requirement for the associate's degree she is seeking in search of a better life. As the 49-year-old leaves the Palatine, Ill., campus, her 19-year-old daughter is just arriving - same subject, different generation.… Post the First Comment

Buried alive: Half of Earth's life may lie below land, sea

Buried alive: Half of Earth's life may lie below land, sea
While astronomers scour the skies for signs of life in outer space, biologists are exploring an enormous living world buried below the surface of the Earth. Scientists estimate that nearly half the living material on our planet is hidden in or beneath the ocean or in rocks, soil, tree roots, mines, oil wells, lakes and aquifers on the continents.… Post the First Comment

Chuck Shepherd's News of the Weird

Lead Story Big-time traffickers who smuggle illegal immigrants into the U.S. from Mexico rely on GPS devices to evade the Border Patrol, but starting in June, border-jumpers who travel on their own can have protection, too. Three University of California, San Diego faculty members have designed inexpensive cell phones with special software to locate water, churches and medical facilities in the treacherous Southwest desert (while avoiding law enforcement) and will give the devices to Mexican charities.… Post the First Comment

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