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Legal Scholarship Doesn't Always Fall on Deaf Ears, Conclude Law ProfessorsSaturday, July 31, 2010 @ 12:08AMTwo law professors who researched the salience of legal research have concluded that, contrary to conventional wisdom, judges increasingly are citing law review articles in their opinions. Analyzing more than 296,000 reported federal circuit opinions filed between 1950 and 2008, David Schwartz and Lee Petherbridge found increased citation to law review articles during the past 20 years ...

Promoting a culture of high aspirationsFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 11:17PM— David Johnston is not someone who looks back.

Tarrant County couple live with Moebius syndromeFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 11:08PMJust about the time Kevin Smant gets close to corralling his squirmy toddler Ethan, the 2-year-old explodes with laughter.

Columbus Insists, There’s Lots of There ThereFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 10:00PMLeaders in Columbus, Ohio, who have long despaired that the city lacks a distinctive image , have embarked on a multiyear quest to define the city’s soul.

Finding God: Students take journey to top of Roan baldsFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 8:14PMROAN MOUNTAIN — For the 77 high school students who hiked on Roan Mountain Wednesday as part of Milligan College’s Youth in Ministry conference this week, the mountaintop experience is great, but the joy is in the journey.

Is Apple God?Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 9:57AMEveryone knows that Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL ) has an insanely passionate following of shareholders and customers. Today, there may be confirmation that that passion has gone a bit too far.

Laughter- certain types- can be the best medicineWednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 9:39AMWe've all heard it said that "laughter is the best medicine," but is this old adage just a myth? When does laughter -- or more specifically, humor-- help you reduce your life stress? The answer may sound like typical psycho-babble, but it's true: "It depends."

$2.4m to aid UH cancer researchWednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 9:38AMCancer researchers at UH were awarded a $2.4 million grant to fund a program that focuses on a multi-disciplinary approach to fighting the disease. The grant is the second awarded to UH by the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT), which manages the state’s new multi-billion dollar cancer research initiative approved by voters [...]

Microbes on the menuWednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 8:56AMThe functioning of marine ecosystems depends on the size and flavor of microbes at the base of the food chain. Changes to the Earth's atmosphere might rearrange that microscopic menu. Microbes that currently are the main course for other organisms might get harder to find in the future, and microbes that are now inconspicuous as members of a "rare biosphere" might become more common.