Detroit Science News Examiner

2013-2014 snowiest winter in Detroit history

U-M astronomer part of team that discovered Kepler-186f

Washtenaw County Elections Examiner

Candidates for federal and state office in Washtenaw County meet filing deadline

County and municipal candidates in Washtenaw County filed by Earth Day

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Here are three strories I found noteworthy enough to both include in the most recent Science Saturday on Daily Kos and to crosspost to ontd_science (all three of them) and ontd_political (the last one for now, but the other two tomorrow).

First, the politics of science.

Agence France Presse via physorg.com: As US cuts back, China aims to be top at science
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Crossposted to obama_2008. I might submit an expanded version to ontd_political.

All of this coverage is from the Los Angeles Times.  Links to the sources in the headlines.

In USC speech, Obama urges 37,500 Democratic voters to 'fight on'
With 11 days to go before the tightly contested midterm elections, the president gives a pep talk to college students, union ( Read more... )

FYI, here is the informational diary I posted two days ago about the election.

League of Conservation Voters Dirty Dozen for 2010: Part 1--House of Representatives

All of us Kossacks who have ever wanted to know the names of the most enviromentally unfriendly candidates running for national office are in luck. Every election season, the League of ( Read more... )

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