GERMANY
Flood Update: Records fall in Magdeburg and Wittenberge; Solidarity Pact used for flooding
Records set in Magdeburg, Wittenberge, Hitzacker; Hamburg prepares for Elbe, Solidarity Pact for Reconstruction of Region Imagine this photo of the city of Magdeburg. It's a fantastic com...
Posted on 6/10/13 at 6:26 AM
Religious Circumcision for Males is Physical Abuse
A regional court in Germany has just ruled that circumcision for religious reasons is abuse and that faith communities that practice this on infants must now wait until the boy is old enough to decide...
Posted on 6/28/12 at 2:07 PM
UND space scientist helps NASA probe solar system history
In its first global analysis of the giant asteroid Vesta, NASAs Dawn mission has confirmed Vestas status as a special fossil of the early solar system and revealed a world more varied and diverse th...
Posted on 5/10/12 at 1:28 PM
Farming with BOOM and Obvious Spies Spying Obviously
Do you think farming needs more BOOM in it? If so, this marvelous little DuPont booklet on farming with dynamite may be for you! I don't think Farmville has a "dynamite" option yet, but I stopped pl...
Posted on 8/16/11 at 6:00 AM
Random Thursday
*Sadly, two of the great TV parents left us this week. June Cleaver and Mr. Cunningham. June always wore a very nice dress as a stay-at-home mom. She had a very "sly" sense of humor and she could alwa...
Posted on 10/21/10 at 10:28 AM
Stock market closes out its best week since 2009 
The best week for the stock market in more than two years is ending with major indexes nearly unchanged.
By Francesca Levy and Matthew Craft , December 02, 2011
Germany's Merkel says it will take years to implement financial crisis solution
German Chancellor Angela Merkel pushed forward today with what markets see as an emerging plan for more effective action to contain the European financial crisis, urging tougher rules against government overspending. She said next week's European Union summit would take up ways to enforce compliance and write those changes into EU treaties — a drawn-out process.By David McHugh and Melissa Eddy , December 02, 2011
Sarkozy, Merkel to push for EU treaty changes 
The leaders of France and Germany will meet next week and plan to push for fundamental changes to the European treaty governing the currency shared by 17 nations, President Nicolas Sarkozy said today.
By Greg Keller , December 01, 2011
German police, demonstrators clash at nuclear waste protest 
By Juergen Baetz , November 26, 2011
Germany, France to propose changing European Union treaties 
President Nicolas Sarkozy appeared to temper his calls for the European Central Bank to play a bigger role in solving Europe's debt crisis as he agreed to a German effort to unite the troubled 17-nation eurozone more closely.
By Greg Keller , November 24, 2011
Leaders of Germany, France, Italy meeting on Europe debt crisis 
By Greg Keller , November 24, 2011
Portugal's credit lowered to junk status on big strike day 
Portugal's credit rating was downgraded to junk status Thursday just as a general strike virtually shut down public services and mass transit systems in the bailed-out eurozone country.
By Barry Hatton , November 24, 2011
German economy shows signs of weakness 
By Juergen Baetz and Raf Casert , November 23, 2011
'The Flagellation of Christ' painting returned to Berlin by Indiana University 
By Kirsten Grieshaber , November 21, 2011
THEIR OPINION: Germans health-care system offers lessons for Minnesota, nation 
Evidently Germans more readily accept what U.S. economists contend: When health care costs go up for one, they go up for everyone.
By Star Tribune Editorial Board , November 09, 2011
'It's unreal': 22-year-old German wins $8.2 million World Series of Poker prize 
By Oskar Garcia , November 09, 2011
Race to develop plant-based omega-3 oils now includes Cargill-BASF partnership
By Mike Huglett , November 03, 2011
Banks nowhere near deal on Greece
A top bank lobbyist insisted today that banks and the eurozone are far from reaching a deal to cut Greece's debt, despite claims by eurozone finance ministers that they will ask banks to take steeper losses on their Greek bonds.By Gabriele Steinhauser , October 22, 2011
'Drummer_Young_Free': Beatles audition offered in 1960 Paul McCartney letter 
By Gregory Katz , October 17, 2011
Stocks trim gains as worries about Europe return
An early rally is fading on Wall Street as traders worry about Europe's ability to contain its debt crisis.By Chip Cutter , September 28, 2011
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