YellowBrix Top Science

  • Carnegie Science Award winners announced
    Feb. 05--Two Tribune-Review reporters are among the winners of the 2012 Carnegie Science Awards, which recogni...
  • Lynchburg on pace with VA growth since last census
    Feb. 04--Lynchburg is keeping pace with Virginia's growth since the last census and Bedford County is trailing...
  • Potshots from a sceptical scientist
    SCIENCE: The Science Delusion, By Rupert Sheldrake, Hodder & Stoughton, 382pp. THE SCIENCE DELUSIONis the lat...
  • Heritage hot spots: History, nature, art, environment
    National Botanic GardensThe National Botanic Gardens are both a sanctuary within easy reach of Dublin city cen...
  • Lubrizol seeks to give grants to area science teachers
    Feb. 03--The Lubrizol Corporation, along with Partners in Science Excellence, is sponsoring a program that ho...
  • Oklahoma Energy Resources Board launches new campaign during Super Bowl
    Feb. 03--The Oklahoma Energy Resources Board will unveil a new advertising campaign Sunday during the Super Bo...
  • Ukrainian ministry says shipping toxic waste to Poland via UK safest way
    Text of report by news and analysis Ukrayinska Pravda website on 3 February The [Ukrainian] Ecology [and Natur...
  • Creation science shows resurgence of state's legislative hubris COMMUNITY COMMENT
    In 1897, the Indiana Legislature was on the verge of passing legislation that would have set the value of pi ...
  • Fremont school wins spot in national science finals
    Feb. 02--A team from Irvington High School in Fremont has won a regional science bowl and will proceed to the ...
  • Apex court bats for auctions in awarding natural resources
    Feb. 03--The Supreme Court verdict on Thursday has set the stage for the government introducing transparency t...

    YellowBrix Top US News

  • Giants Fans Say Indy is Their Kind of Town
    Dan Strasser of Upper Saddle River has attended three previous Giants Super Bowls in traditional warm-weather ...
  • NFL notebook: Irsay insists he and Manning are fine
    Maybe, just maybe, the Colts and Peyton Manning are done stealing headlines during Super Bowl week. The simmer...
  • Most women agency serves just receive a physical breast exam
    Related Story: Komen drops plans to cut Planned Parenthood grants To many people, breast cancer screening mean...
  • Chinese TV discusses possibility of Israeli strike on Iran's nuclear facilities
    The 4 February 2012 edition of "Focus Today", a 30-minute current affairs program broadcast daily at 2130-2200...
  • Russia, China veto gets mixed reactions in Syria - Xinhua
    Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) Damascus, 4 February:...
  • Pushing Kagan out of the healthcare case
    The clamor for Justice Clarence Thomas to withdraw from hearing the challenge to President Obama's healthcare ...
  • Riverview's David Baas extends Manatee-Sarasota Super Bowl streak
    Feb. 05--Every youth football player dreams of playing in the Super Bowl. The latest is Riverview High produc...

    YellowBrix Top Headlines

  • Egypt files criminal charges against NGO workers, including 19 Americans
    CAIRO -- Egyptian investigators filed criminal charges Sunday against at least 40 international civil society ...
  • Documentarians die in helicopter crash
    Two filmmakers who worked with director James Cameron on his deep-sea documentary films died in a helicopter c...
  • Way back when: Today in history
    Feb. 05--1927 -- Skyscrapers planned Plans for the construction of Tulsa's tallest building -- a 21-floor stru...
  • American NGO workers sent to Egypt court
    About 40 charity workers were referred to a criminal court in Egypt on charges of illegally funding a civil so...
  • Lawyer: Egypt official innocent of murder
    A lawyer for a former top Egyptian security official argued in court Sunday his client is innocent of murderin...
  • Candidates campaign in Nevada on eve of caucuses ; Gingrich accuses Romney of being "Obama lite."
    Read profiles of each Republican candidate, watch a video on Oklahoma's new voting machines and see all the el...
  • Arab League pledges to continue efforts to end Syria crisis
    Text of report in English by Qatari government-funded aljazeera.net website on 5 February; subheadings as publ...
  • Wahhab: Assad committed to preserving Druze community
    Feb. 05--BEIRUT -- Head of the Tawhid Party Wiam Wahhab met Sunday with a number of Druze religious leaders, i...
  • Pakistan daily opposes Israel's reported plan to attack Iran
    Text of editorial headlined "Israel about to attack" published by Pakistani newspaper The Nation website on 5 ...
  • China commentary says UN veto aims at political solution to Syrian crisis
    Text of commentary in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) Beijing, 5 Februa...

    YellowBrix Top Entertainment

  • Programme summary of Russian Rossiya 1 TV "Vesti Nedeli" news 1600 gmt 5 Feb 12
    Presenter Yevgeniy Revenko160330 The presenter says that more than 130,000 people turned up at the pro-governm...
  • 'Chronicle,' 'Woman' top box office
    "Chronicle" and "The Woman in Black" debuted at No. 2 in weekend U.S. box office receipts with $22 million an...
  • NBC sees pay dirt with Super Bowls ads, spin-offs
    Feb. 05--NBC Sports, now owned by Comcast Corp., has sold a record $250 million in advertising for Sunday's Su...
  • Super Bowl fans face off
    Feb. 05--Name: Jeremy Flores When Jeremy Flores was 12 years old, he adopted the New England Patriots as his o...
  • A Super Bowl victory could separate Patriots QB Brady from the bunch
    Feb. 05--INDIANAPOLIS -- True greatness in sports isn't easily gauged. The latter level is for those who rise...
  • Fighter featured in 'Contender' killed by MBTA train
    Feb. 05--A local boxer who gained fame on a reality TV show and who was fighting to make a comeback after batt...
  • Tom Brady, Eli Manning playing for Super history
    INDIANAPOLIS -- New England quarterback Tom Brady's competitive juices were stewing in the locker room, and ev...
  • Legacy time for Giants' Manning and Patriots' Brady
    INDIANAPOLIS -- Amazing what we choose to remember and how much we tend to forget. That's the best explanation...
  • Alleged mastermind of Juarez rehab massacre arrested
    Feb. 04--A man believed to be the mastermind in the massacre of 17 people at a drug rehabilitation center in J...

    YellowBrix Top Technology

  • Cyber sleuths hacked
    Anonymous, the hacking collective behind a series of embarrassing Internet attacks, released a 15-minute recor...
  • FBI-Scotland Yard conference call leaked by the hackers they're after
    THE FBI and Scotland Yard suffered an embarrassing security breach yesterday when hackers from Anonymous broke...
  • Facebook IPO filing helps tech stocks
    LOS ANGELES - Facebook's long-awaited IPO filing lifted the stocks of many Internet companies, including rec...
  • Polish government postpones ratification of anti-piracy deal
    Text of report in English by Polish national independent news agency PAP Warsaw, Feb. 3: Poland will postpone ...
  • Apple wins halt to Motorola injunction
    Apple said it could resume selling older models of its iPhone and 3G-based iPads on its German online shop yes...
  • FBI confirms conference call compromised
    The hacking group Anonymous intercepted a telephone conference call between the FBI and Scotland Yard and post...
  • Xooms sold on Woot.com may contain previous owners' data
    Feb. 03--A small number of refurbished Motorola Xoom tablets sold on flash sale site Woot.com late last year m...
  • Sumner 'TOONS IN Viacom chair hopes SpongeBob revives ratings
    It's SpongeBob to the rescue. Cable powerhouse Viacom, struggling with an ad slump at its Nickelodeon network...
  • The Facebook bounce: Zynga and LinkedIn shares jump after IPO filing
    Feb. 02--Investors will have to wait months to buy stock in Facebook, so they did the next best thing Thursda...
  • Customs agents in El Paso seize more than $200K in counterfeit sports items
    Feb. 03--Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents seized more than $200,000 in counterfeit sports-related ge...

    YellowBrix Top Health

  • Raw-milk advocates not swayed by reports
    Feb. 05--Producers and retailers of nonpasteurized milk say reports linking raw milk from a Chambersburg farm ...
  • Komen foundation's change of heart delights local Planned Parenthood backers
    Feb. 05--FORT WORTH -- The annual Fort Worth fundraiser for Planned Parenthood of North Texas unexpectedly tur...
  • Bishop of Ogdensburg rallies opposition to contraception rule
    Feb. 04--OGDENSBURG -- Bishop Terry R. LaValley is asking Roman Catholic Diocese of Ogdensburg parishioners to...
  • Komen restores Planned Parenthood funding
    Feb. 04--Planned Parenthood representatives and supporters credited a massive outcry among the public in getti...
  • Raw milk's popularity grows, despite potential dangers
    Feb. 04--Pete Kennedy supports what he calls a growing "back-to-local food" movement in America, and considers...
  • Komen foundation's quick reversal could minimize rift
    Feb. 04--The Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation bowed to intense public criticism and reversed its decisio...
  • Planned Parenthood, Komen bond in Mass.
    Feb. 03--The national furor over a breast cancer charity's plans to eliminate funding for Planned Parenthood h...
  • Map pinpoints areas of Lyme disease
    A tick survey shows a risk of Lyme disease in the Northeast from Maine to Virginia, but most of the South free...
  • Minnesota company recalls hard-cooked eggs contaminated with listeria
    Feb. 03--A Minnesota company announced today its expanding a recall of listeria-contaminated eggs sold to food...