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Indiana Senate panel OKs creationism teaching bill
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana Senate panel has approved a bill that would allow creationism to be taught in Indiana's public schools.
The Times of Munster reports (http://bit.ly/yKZdgN) the Republican-controlled Senate Education Committee voted 8-...Tags: Politics, U.S. Senate
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Indiana Senate backs teaching creationism in public schools
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana's public schools would be allowed to teach creationism in science classes as long as they include origin of life theories from multiple religions under a proposal approved Tuesday by the state Senate.
The Senate passed...Tags: Cults and Sects, Scientology, Elections, U.S. Supreme Court, Genesis (music group)
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ACLU says teaching creationism in public schools unconstitutional
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana's top lawyer said Thursday that a bill pending that would allow schools to teach creationism in science classes clearly violates the U.S. Constitution and invites legal challenges....Tags: U.S. Supreme Court, American Civil Liberties Union, Politics, Luke Kenley, Religion and Belief
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Woman works to rescue turtles from Indiana highways
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — On her daily drive to classes at St. Mary-of-the-Woods College, Amber Slaughterbeck kept encountering a sad scene alongside the highway. The remains of turtles, killed by vehicular traffic, littered the roadway. "I saw all...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Highway Transportation, Conservation, Health and Safety at School, Conservation
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Indiana exempted from 'No Child Left Behind' requirements
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — It could be the beginning of the end for No Child Left Behind. The goal was lofty: Get all children up to par in math and reading by 2014. But the nation isn't getting there, and now some states are getting out. In a sign of...Tags: Labor Legislation, White House, Washington, DC, Executive Branch, Justice System
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Darwin Day: Michigan State event honors Charles Darwin, rock star
![<span style="font-size: small;">EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Sunday <span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}">is Darwin Day, the 203rd anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin. Many science organizations, museums and schools throughout the world will hold events to celebrate the scientist</span> -- schools like Michigan State University, which wants the world to know the evolution science pioneer was a rock star first.</span>](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2012-02/68038279-12055058.jpg "<span style=\"font-size: small;\">EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Sunday <span class=\"messageBody\" data-ft=\"{"type":3}\">is Darwin Day, the 203rd anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin. Many science organizations, museums and schools throughout the world will hold events to celebrate the scientist</span> -- schools like Michigan State University, which wants the world to know the evolution science pioneer was a rock star first.</span>")
EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Sunday is Darwin Day, the 203rd anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin. Many science organizations, museums and schools throughout the world will hold events to celebrate the scientist -- schools like Michigan State...Tags: Charles Darwin, Arts and Culture, Museums
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Last full lunar eclipse for 3 years this weekend
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The last total lunar eclipse of the year is Saturday. And there won't be another one for three years. Viewers in the western half of the United States will have the best views Saturday well before dawn, Pacific and...Tags: NASA, Astronomy
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4 students burned in Minn. science class
MAPLE GROVE, Minn. (AP) — Four ninth-grade students have been taken to a hospital after suffering burns during a science exercise at Maple Grove Junior High School. A spokeswoman for the Osseo (AH'-see-oh) School District says the students...Tags: Students, Health, Hospitals and Clinics, Teaching and Learning
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Murphy named associate dean at Notre Dame
SOUTH BEND — David Murphy has been appointed associate dean for entrepreneurship for the University of Notre Dame’s Colleges of Science and Engineering and director of the university’s Engineering, Science and Technology Entrepreneurship...Tags: Colleges and Universities, University of Notre Dame, Engineering, Corporate Officers, Technology
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Biologist to study Cass Co. deer with bulbous snout
A deer with an unnaturally large muzzle was shot by a Goshen hunter in Cass County recently, the Kalamazoo Gazette reports. The animal caught the attention of a Georgia wildlife pathologist who studies deer diseases. The researcher, who requested the...Tags: Biology
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New school year, new way of learning for New Tech students and teachers
SOUTH BEND -- South Bend students head back to school today. For many it means a new teacher, a new classroom and new classmates. For South Bend New Tech High School students it means a new way of learning.
This is the first year for this brand new...Tags: High School Sports, Colleges and Universities, Students, Science and Technology, High Schools
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Tap into brainpower: Pre-Seed Workshop nurtures entrepreneurs
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterMichiana’s second Pre-Seed Workshop gathered seven potential companies’ “idea champions” with teams of legal, business, financial and other experts for intense focus on how - or whether - to move forward. The repeat performance by...Tags: St. Joseph County (Indiana), Colleges and Universities, University of Notre Dame, Cancer, Richard Taylor
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