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March 14, 2013
Scientists have shown that changes in coat color in mice are the result not of a single mutation, but many separate mutations, all within a single gene. The results start to answer one of the fundamental questions about evolution: does evolution proceed by huge leaps -- single mutations that result in dramatic change in an organism -- or is it the result of many smaller changes that accumulate ...
March 14, 2013
Moments after the Rothenberg Political Report reiterated its “Safe” rating of the now open Michigan Senate race, I started hearing complaints. Some of the questions raised were reasonable — so reasonable that I thought I’d use this space to explain why my colleagues and I decided not to move the race immediately to a more competitive category. Republicans had no chance of defeating Democratic ...
March 12, 2013
Sixty-one percent of National Journal's National Security Insiders say it's possible for members of Congress to conduct proper oversight of drone strikes, even as senators — including those cleared to know details as members of the Intelligence Committee — complain the Obama administration has stonewalled their requests for information on the targeted-killing program.
March 9, 2013
T HEY'VE had dazzling winger Peter Hoekstra as their honorary president, and were once drunk under the table by defender John...
March 7, 2013
Sen. Carl Levin, a six-term Michigan Democrat and one of the Senate's longest serving and most influential members, said Thursday he won't seek re-election in 2014. Mr. Levin, 78, is the sixth senator and fourth Democrat to announce retirement ahead of the 2014 elections. His retirement creates an open seat ...
March 5, 2013
How difficult is it to be a Republican in 2013? About as tough as being President Obama, stymied by a party whose chief uniting principle often can be summarized as opposing what he supports. It would be a lot easier if GOP politicians could stop trying to spot potential purer-than-thou primary opponents over their right shoulders.
February 22, 2013
The top 468 area wrestlers began competition competition in the Sac-Joaquin Section Masters Championship at Stockton Arena. Only 98, 7 per weight class, will advance to the CIF State Championship next week in Bakersfield.
February 20, 2013
edX Expands Internationally and Doubles its Institutional Membership with the Addition of Six New Schools
February 20, 2013
- edX welcomes The Australian National University, Delft University of Technology, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, McGill University, Rice University and University of Toronto to its X University ...
February 18, 2013
LOCAL SCORES COLLEGE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL Central Valley Conference MERCED COLLEGE
