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Published May 31, 2012
In less than 100 days, Democrats will gather in Charlotte, N.C., for their presidential nominating convention.
Published May 18, 2012
Sen. Lamar Alexander wants to make clear that his amendment to the Lacey Act wasn't intended to justify seizure of instruments made before 2008, and he and the amendment's co-sponsor are writing a letter to authorities to clarify that point.
Published May 18, 2012
About 500 miles north of the U.S.-Canada border in a remote area of Alberta roughly the size of Florida lies the largest single deposit of petroleum anywhere in the world.
Published May 08, 2012
The Alabama Department of Transportation has reversed course, and decided to work with local county officials on installing road signs meant to direct people to a new tornado shelter -- after an official initially resisted on the grounds that shelter signs had not been approved for state roads.
Published May 08, 2012
After waging a lengthy battle with state and federal bureaucrats over the right to have storm shelters, a tornado-stricken county in Alabama is running into another pile of red tape -- this time over the road signs directing people to those shelters.
Published May 07, 2012
The Congressional Prayer Caucus has sent a strongly worded letter to Vanderbilt Chancellor Nicholas Zeppos and Board of Trust Chairman Mark Dalton chastising the university for creating what the lawmakers say is an “environment that is hostile” to the existence of religious groups on campus.
Published May 07, 2012
In the latest sign the culture wars are alive and well, voters going to the polls in North Carolina on Tuesday will decide on a constitutional amendment that would ban same-sex marriage in the state.
Published April 12, 2012
It was seven months ago that federal agents with guns drawn raided the Gibson guitar factories in Nashville and Memphis. A half million dollars worth of Indian rosewood and ebony was seized under the premise that it had been imported illegally. The feds also took a number of guitars and computer hard drives. The factory was shut down for the day and employees told to go home.
Published April 11, 2012
It is the process behind a new boom in domestic supplies of natural gas. Hydraulic fracturing – where thousands of gallons of water, chemicals and sand is pumped into a deep well at extremely high pressure, creating cracks in methane-bearing shale, allowing the gas to flow to the surface.
Published March 29, 2012
Is Vanderbilt University waging a war on religion? Many of the university’s religious student groups think so. They have been told by the administration that they cannot have faith or belief-based requirements for leadership. That means an atheist could run for leadership of a Christian group, a Jew for leadership of a Muslim group, a Pagan for leadership of a Catholic group and on and on.