Get ready to start surrendering more of your rights to government. You knew the Nannycrats wouldn't stop at smoking, fast food and foie gras. Now they've got their crosshairs zeroed in on that modern-day horror, the thing most of us
WASHINGTON -- A landmark bill to forbid discrimination against people whose genetic information shows a predisposition to certain illnesses won final U.S. congressional approval on Thursday.
Nearly 60 percent of African-American children can't swim, almost twice the figure for white children, according to a first-of-its-kind survey which USA Swimming hopes will strengthen its efforts to lower minority drowning rates and draw more blacks into the sport.
A CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey released Thursday indicates that 71 percent of the American public disapprove of how Bush is handling his job as president -- setting a new record low. "The previous all-time record in CNN or Gallup polling
Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.): America became a great nation because at key moments in our history our national leaders were willing to make sacrifices to preserve freedom and opportunity for future generations. Yet, that tradition is being abandoned today in
WASHINGTON -- A gas tax holiday proposed by U.S. presidential hopefuls John McCain and Hillary Clinton is viewed as a bad idea by many economists and has drawn unexpected support for Clinton rival Barack Obama, who also is opposed.
Christopher Hitchens: So, a fresh and sly political subtext in a very bizarre campaign season. The two Democratic nominees remain icily calm when in each other's vicinity -- plain as it is that they cordially loathe and despise one another--while
Matt Taibbi: Of the three candidates, no one can touch Hillary Clinton for her expertise in dispensing federal pork. She is fast becoming a sort of Heavyweight Earmark Champion of the Beltway -- one think-tank analyst has even dubbed her
FORT WORTH, Texas -- Charles Ray Fuller must have been planning one big record company. The 21-year-old North Texas man was arrested last week for trying to cash a $360 billion check, saying he wanted to start a record business.
A Senate panel has agreed unanimously to block the Defense Department from funding Iraq reconstruction projects worth more than $2 million and to begin to force Baghdad to cover the costs of training and equipping its security forces. The provision,
Attorneys for the American Civil Liberties Union say Daphne Beasley, the principal of a Memphis high school, asked her staff to identify students who were couples because she wanted to cut down on public displays of affection. She's accused of
In a letter sent this morning to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, Mehdi Danesh-Yazdi, Iran's deputy ambassador to the UN, writes that Hillary Clinton's words were "provocative and irresponsible" and represent "a flagrant violation" of the UN Charter. " According
In two states where US attorneys are already under fire for serious allegations of political prosecutions, seven people associated with three federal cases have experienced 10 suspicious incidents including break-ins and arson. These crimes raise serious questions about possible use
SEATTLE -- A musician who was denied a liver transplant because he used marijuana with medical approval under Washington state law to ease the symptoms of advanced hepatitis C died Thursday.
An Antarctic fur seal has been observed trying to have sex with a king penguin. The bizarre event took place on a beach on Marion Island, a sub-Antarctic island that is home to both fur seals and king penguins. Why
After studying abroad last year, members of the popular campus band Plagiarists are set to release a second album that features a fresh sound. "We came back with new instruments, a new palette of ideas and a new approach to
Since the radio program Pipedreams is for people who love organs and the music they produce, it should come as no surprise that St. Olaf's own Holtkamp organ will be featured in an upcoming episode.
Articulation," the second of two senior art shows this spring, opens Sunday. "It has been incredible to work alongside such a talented group of senior art majors and to see the development of such innovative projects," says studio art major
St. Olaf music and chemistry double major Dan Larson '10 is the first person to win the annual Schubert Club competition using the tuba. Listen to him play and hear his interview with Melissa Ousley at Minnesota Public Radio.
Selected senior singers and instrumentalists will each solo with the St. Olaf Orchestra during a May 9 concert. The event will feature a variety of music pieces, including the premiere performance of a composition by St. Olaf Professor of Music
