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Bill Nye warns: Creation views threaten US science

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 24th

By DYLAN LOVANAssociated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - The man known to a generation of Americans as "The Science Guy" is condemning efforts by some Christian groups to cast doubts on evolution and lawmakers who want to bring the Bible into science classrooms. Bill Nye, a mechanical engineer and

UN envoy: Syria war is threatening the region

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 24th

By DAVID STRINGER and RON DePASQUALEAssociated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Syria grabbed the spotlight as world leaders at the United Nations on Monday heard a dire warning from international envoy Lakhdar Brahimi that the war is getting worse and threatening to spill across the Mideast. But he

Bill Nye warns: Creation views threaten US science

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 24th

Clinton urges tolerance amid anti-US protests

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 24th

By MATTHEW LEEAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton appealed Monday to Muslims to show "dignity" and not resort to violence as they protest an anti-Islam film produced in the United States. Speaking at her husband's Clinton Global Initiative before

SAT scores edge down; ACT now more popular exam

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 24th

By JUSTIN POPEAP Education Writer Average national scores on two of the three sections of the SAT college entrance exam edged down for the high school class of 2012, which was the first in which more students took the rival ACT exam than the SAT. The ACT narrowly surpassed the SAT, by fewer

How rising food prices are impacting the world

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 24th

By Dan Murphy Our story begins near Prairie City, Iowa, in the fields of Gordon Wassenaar, who has been coaxing food out of some of the world's richest earth for 57 years. Normally, Mr. Wassenaar is able to harvest about 200 bushels of corn per acre from his land -- bin-bursting crops that are