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FEATURED ARTICLES Faith No More National Post When celebrity nonbeliever Richard Dawkins finished addressing his hundreds of Godless followers at the American Atheists Convention at Atlanta's Emory ... http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=2704548&p=1 Atheists question spirituality award at National Academy of Sciences USA Today The award of a prize celebrating spiritual scientists at the US National Academy of Sciences headquarters this week has irritated some atheist ... http://content.usatoday.com/communities/sciencefair/post/2010/03/atheists-question-faith-in-science-academy-over-prize/1 State senator urges closing the book on state ed board Houston Chronicle Then, they work to revise Thomas Jefferson's views on separation of church and state.” David Bradley, R-Beaumont, one of the board's social conservative ... http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6927376.html ATHEISM Atheists vow to fight on as Tampa council affirms pre-meeting invocations Tampabay.com The action came after a stream of atheists implored the council to end the practice, saying it discriminates against them. The group has been making its ... http://www.tampabay.com/news/localgovernment/atheists-vow-to-fight-on-as-tampa-council-affirms-pre-meeting-invocations/1080903 Akron City Council defends prayer before meetings Akron Beacon Journal ''What if they were promoting atheism — saying, 'There is no God.' That would be just as egregious. That's the other side of the coin.'' http://www.ohio.com/news/break_news/88485922.html KAIT-Jonesboro, AR-News, weather, sports, classifieds-Atheist Group trying to ... KAIT Entertainment News from AP Here is the latest Missouri news from AP JONESBORO, AR (KAIT) – The word atheist has always had a negative connotation, ... http://www.kait8.com/Global/story.asp?S=12173533 Secular Humanist Takes On New Atheism Huffington Post (blog) March 23, 2010 -- Concerned that his positive vision of humanism is being threatened and perhaps eclipsed with a new brand of acerbic atheism, Paul Kurtz ... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/24/secular-humanist-takes-on_n_512153.html Atheist billboard coming St. Augustine Record By PETER GUINTA Someone in your neighborhood -- perhaps even in your own family -- is a freethinker, humanist, atheist or agnostic. The Washington, DC-based ... http://staugustine.com/news/local-news/2010-03-25/atheist-billboard-coming BOOKS, FILM, THEATRE, TV, YOU TUBE YouTube - The Evolution of the Eye The fact that you use the words "constucted" & "construct this body" may tell you, even with todays science, we have NO idea how its done... evolution is ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TEKDWAe_b8 TED 2010: Sam Harris Claims That Science Can Answer Moral Questions (VIDEO) Huffington Post (blog) Best known as an outspoken atheist and the author of The End of Faith, writer-turned-neuroscientist Sam Harris has echoed the assertion, normally associated ... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/22/ted-2010-sam-harris-claim_n_509052.html EVOLUTION, CREATIONISM, I.D. Smithsonian's Natural History Museum opens its Hall of Human Origins Washington Post The Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History honors its 100 years on the National Mall with a new exhibit space devoted to human evolution. ... http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/18/AR2010031800820.html Evolution of Fairness Driven by Culture, Not Genes Wired News “Once you get cultural evolution going with any strength, you get the enforcement of these norms.” Behaviors interlock in a way that rewards fairness and ... http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/03/evolution-of-fairness/ Atheist group files complaint against Christian school www.kamloopsnews.ca The atheist group's director, Bill Ligertwood, filed his complaint last week, asking the ministry to stop funding faith-based schools teaching evolution ... http://www.kamloopsnews.ca/article/20100323/KAMLOOPS0101/303239984/-1/KAMLOOPS01/atheist-group-files-complaint-against-christian-school 'Man flu' may be all a matter of evolution Times Online Now scientists say that men may have been left by evolution less well-equipped to fend off disease. In an evolutionary twist, it appears that there is a ... http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/article7073376.ece SCIENCE Brain Scans Could Be Marketing Tool of the Future ScienceDaily (Mar. 21, 2010) — Using advanced tools to see the human brain at work, a new generation of marketing experts may be able to test a product's appeal while it is still being designed, according to a new analysis by two researchers at Duke University and Emory University... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/03/100304112233.htm UK Scientists Devise Worldwide Food Alert System ScienceDaily (Mar. 21, 2010) — Countries producing food containing harmful bacteria and toxins could be named and shamed more quickly using a worldwide alert system devised by a team of scientists from Kingston University in South West London. The team, led by Professor Declan Naughton, says the easy to use computer tool can be used to monitor contaminated products... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/03/100304112320.htm Evidence Indicates Humans' Early Tree-Dwelling Ancestors Were Also Bipedal ScienceDaily (Mar. 20, 2010) — More than three million years ago, the ancestors of modern humans were still spending a considerable amount of their lives in trees, but something new was happening... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/03/100319202526.htm Breakthrough for the Quantum Simulator: When Ultra-Cold Atoms Can Be Anything ScienceDaily (Mar. 20, 2010) — For the first time, an international research team from the universities of Stuttgart, Innsbruck and Nottingham have succeeded in describing a quantum simulator realizable with current technology... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/03/100315231554.htm Some Bullies Are Just the Shy Type: New Research Shows a Darker Side to Social Anxiety Disorder ScienceDaily (Mar. 19, 2010) — When you think of people suffering from social anxiety, you probably characterize them as shy, inhibitive and submissive. However, new research from psychologists Todd Kashdan and Patrick McKnight at George Mason University suggests that there is a subset of socially anxious people who act out in aggressive, risky ways... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/03/100318113255.htm Light Twists Rigid Structures in Unexpected Nanotech Finding ScienceDaily (Mar. 19, 2010) — In findings that took the experimenters three years to believe, University of Michigan engineers and their collaborators have demonstrated that light itself can twist ribbons of nanoparticles... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/03/100317112059.htm Students Discover New Species of Raptor Dinosaur in Inner Mongolia ScienceDaily (Mar. 19, 2010) — A new species of dinosaur, a relative of the famous Velociraptor, has been discovered in Inner Mongolia by two PhD students... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/03/100319085257.htm WISE Captures a Cosmic Rosebud Blossoming With New Stars ScienceDaily (Mar. 19, 2010) — A new infrared image from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, shows a cosmic rosebud blossoming with new stars. The stars, called the Berkeley 59 cluster, are the blue dots to the right of the image center. They are ripening out of the dust cloud from which they formed, and at just a few million years old, are young on stellar time scales... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/03/100316183430.htm SEPARATION CHURCH / STATE First Hebrew-language charter school gets approval in Santa Clarita Valley Los Angeles Times (blog) ... the go-ahead this week, after modifications to the charter helped to allay concerns that the institution would violate separation of church and state. ... http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/03/first-hebrewlanguage-charter-school-gets-approval-in-santa-clarita-valley.html Arlington affordable housing dispute morphs into test of church-state separation Washington Post ... is suing the church, the county and Virginia in federal court, saying the development violates the constitutional separation of church and state. ... http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/20/AR2010032003068.html?sid=ST2010032004054 In Texas Curriculum Fight, Identity Politics Leans Right New York Times the History News Network asked, referring to the board's recommendation that Jefferson, who coined the expression “separation of church and state,” be ... http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/21/weekinreview/21tanenhaus.html Group willing to fight for separation of church and state Canton Repository Freedom From Religion is adamant in its belief the authors of the Constitution crafted the First Amendment to ensure a separation between church and state. ... http://www.cantonrep.com/stark/lake/x427979358/Group-willing-to-fight-for-separation-of-church-and-state Church and State Get Too Close for Comfort in Va. NBC Washington A group of nearby residents is suing Arlington County and Virginia, claiming the development would violate the separation of church and state, according to ... http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local-beat/House-Of-Worship-88760372.html School District Will Not Edit Out Cross Video WBAY Last month, the Madison-based foundation asked the school to remove the clip, citing a need for the separation of church and state. ... http://www.wbay.com/Global/story.asp?S=12183968 Teacher's 'God' banners at heart of legal dispute San Diego Union Tribune In a news release, the district said the banners violate the separation of church and state and said other displays touching on religion in other classrooms ... http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/mar/22/educator-teaching-is-honor/ Council Member's Christian Prayer Prompts Complaint News Channel 7 ... that there are people in the audience that are very diverse," says Miles, who is a member of Americans United For the Separation of Church and State. ... http://www2.wspa.com/news/2010/mar/22/5/council-members-christian-prayer-prompts-complaint-ar-68738/ Senator wants to abolish State Board of Education Dallas Morning News (blog) Hinojosa referred in particular to a board decision to not have students study First Amendment language that requires separation of church and state - an ... http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2010/03/senator-wants-to-abolish-state.html White urges Perry to get state board to revisit social studies curriculum Fort Worth Star Telegram ... factions of the board of wanting to downplay Jefferson's contributions because he advocated a "wall of separation" between church and state. ... http://www.star-telegram.com/2010/03/23/2061907/white-urges-perry-to-get-state.html Springs nonprofit hopes billboards spark diversity dialogue Colorado Springs Gazette Citizens Project, a local nonprofit that trumpets separation of church and state, has rented 12 billboards and bus-shelter spaces in Colorado Springs to ... http://www.gazette.com/articles/billboards-96161-springs-diversity.html Buffalo Grove atheist fighting state construction spending Chicago Daily Herald By Timothy Magaw | Daily Herald Staff SPRINGFIELD - A Buffalo Grove atheist claims that $2.3 billion worth of construction grants are unconstitutionally ... http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=368259 MISCELLANEOUS China tightens financial controls on religious groups New Straits Times China officially allows freedom of religion, but in practice, the atheist Communist Party restricts religious groups through a bureaucratic registration ... http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/articles/20100319155012/Article/index_html High demand for Muhammad cartoons The Local However, I must agree that nobody killed IN THE NAME of atheism. Only WHILE BEING an atheist, which is a big difference. If he is profiteering from such ... http://www.thelocal.se/25624/20100319/ Intelligent Design Trial | The Onion - America's Finest News Source The Onion A debate has arisen over a Pennsylvania school board's decision to teach both intelligent design and evolution in the classroom. What are some highlights ... http://www.theonion.com/articles/intelligent-design-trial,8141/ ===========================
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