High-Tech Japanese, Running Out of EngineersAfter years of fretting over coming shortages, the country is actually facing a dwindling number of young people entering engineering and technology-related fields.
Female Sex Offenders Often Have Mental ProblemsBetween 1988 and 2000, 93 women and 8,500 men were convicted of sexual offences in Sweden. Given that previous research has focused on male perpetrators, knowledge of the factors specific to female sex offenders has been scant.
Survivors pulled from rubble of China quakeRescuers pulled survivors from the rubble Friday who had been buried for four days as a strong aftershock sparked landslides near the epicenter of this week’s powerful earthquake.
Communist party membership no longer a fireable offence in CaliforniaThe California Senate yesterday passed legislation that would delete membership in the Communist party as a reason for firing a public employee, a Cold War-era prohibition intended to root out communists.
Analysis: Gay marriage back as campaign issueA California Supreme Court decision clearing the way for gay marriages in the state injects an element of uncertainty into a presidential race in which the Iraq war and the sputtering economy have largely overshadowed social issues.
Man jailed when daughter fails to get diplomaA man ordered by a judge to make sure his daughter hit the books has found himself in jail because she failed to earn a high school equivalency diploma.
Woman mistook naked thief for husbandA Malaysian woman woke up to a real-life nightmare, discovering that the naked man who had slipped into her bed in the middle of the night was a thief, not her husband, a newspaper said on Tuesday.
In world of online moms, can dads come out and play?When one Santa Rosa man signed on to mothers networking group, resounding answer from members was ‘No!’
Judge rules on teen’s petition for guardianshipA recently granted petition for appointment of guardian to a local prominent family filed by a non-relational Mahaska County girl was declared “void and of no effect” last month by Judge James Q. Blomgren.
How NASA’s Phoenix Will Land on MarsNASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander aims to not flame out when it descends to the arctic surface of the red planet in less than two weeks.
Paul Edwards interviews Stephen Baskerville on the state of marriage and divorce in America.
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