Year of the rat August 2008


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Recreation:
Yes, recession has its blessings

Olfactory Diagnostics:
Smelling Bad

Evolution:
Dung beetles provide an object lesson in the speed of natural selection

Education Matters:
3 City Schools, 6 in County Falling Behind

Organized Religion:
Must-See Sermons

Abortion:
Archbishop Disputes Pelosi's Statements

University of Virginia:
Piecing Together John Casteen's Longevity

Housing:
Virginia Foreclosures Nearly Triple in a Year

Environment Matters:
Power-Sector Emissions of China to Top U.S.

Political Economy:
Our Inequality of Outcomes

Homeland Security:
A Way of Life Changes at the Border

Privacy:
Hanover woman partly wins case

Homeland Security:
Changes in Border Town Unsettle Some Residents

War in Iraq:
U.S., Iraqi Negotiators Agree on 2011 Withdrawal

Refusal of Service:
Protections Set for Antiabortion Health Workers

RWSA:
Task Force on Dredging Inspects Silt

Brie Harding:
Charlottesville's Top Model

Thomas Jefferson's Monticello:
Foundation Buys Nearly 29 Acres

Political Economy:
Financial Incentives Trump Social Ties

Animal Husbandry:
Hidden surveillance cameras are making the wilderness less wild

Animal Husbandry:
Signs of Decline: First Honeybees, Now Bumblebees

Organized Religion:
Park & Pray

Civil Society:
Lower Drinking Age Is Criticized

Censorship:
A Book Too Hot Off The Presses

Censorship:
'Unmentionables' Sculpture Is Hung Out to Dry

Marketing and Advertising:
Unabomber Objects to Newseum's Exhibit

University of Virginia:
UVa Researcher Loses His Work Visa

University of Virginia:
UVa Bans All Signs at Athletic Events

Community Public Charter School:
A True First Day of School

In Memoriam:
LeRoi Moore of the Dave Matthews Band

Political Economy:
Fannie's Perilous Pursuit of Subprime Loans

Refusal of Service:
Calif. Court Puts Gays' Care Over Doctors' Faith

Reproductive Choice:
The Dilemma Facing South Dakota Abortion Providers

Honoring History:
Trees Lose on Manassas Battlefield

Energy:
Renewable Power's Growth in Colorado Presages National Debate

Conceptual Art:
In N.Y., Waterboarding as Dark Art

Criminal Justice:
Va. DNA Project Is In Uncharted Territory

Edna St. Vincent Millay:
A Garden of Verses

Blasts from the Past:
OSS Records Bristle With Details About Agents

Progress through Science:
Infant Transplant Procedure Ignites Debate

Reproductive Choice:
Mad Cow Rules Hit Sperm Banks' Patrons

In Memoriam:
Isaac Hayes: Unshackled by History's Chains

Criminal Justice:
Va. Court Grants First-Ever Innocence Writ

University of Virginia:
An Education in the Dangers of Online Research

Voting Matters:
Electronic Voting Machines At Center Of Ohio Lawsuits

Pipelines:
Dangers of the Safe Route

Rev. Rick Warren:
The Next Billy Graham

Paris Hilton:
The President of Hedonism

Gentrification:
Red-light gets the green light

USA at War:
A push to ban psychologists' role in torture

Freedom of Expression:
Court to MIT Students: Don't Tell How You Hacked the MBTA

Freedom of Expression:
Researchers Forced to Cancel Presentation on Transit Fare Payment System

Living in Louisiana:
With Cockfighting Outlawed, a Dying Breed Mourn Their 'Heritage'

Animal Husbandry:
Swarms of swallows take over refuge

Anthrax Terror:
Government Asserts Ivins Acted Alone

Immigration:
In the Under-5 Set, Minority Becoming the Majority

Letters to the Editor:
Uriah Fields offers a non-denominational Prayer to God

Criminal Justice:
Letters to Inform 400 Felons Of DNA Evidence Retesting

Subliminal Advertising:
The BMG Method

Letters to the Editor:
Blake Caravati Says Belief, Not Just Religion, May Spread Like Disease

Privacy in America:
Federal Court Affirms Advancement of Teen Screen Lawsuit

Water Matters:
RWSA Releases Names of Reservoir Task Force Members

In Memoriam:
Russia's Heroic Literary Curmudgeon

In Memoriam:
The Giant of Russian Literature

Social Psychology:
How Terrorist Organizations Work Like Clubs

In Memoriam:
Nobel Winner Chronicled Tyranny of Soviet Union

School Matters:
Fairfax School Menus Add Surveillance

Immigration:
Old Crimes Return to Haunt Legal Immigrants

Homeland Security:
Travelers' Laptops May Be Detained At Border

Organized Religion:
Religious diversity may be caused by disease

Mount Rushmore:
The Awkward History of a Monument

Political Economy:
Commons Sense

Calendar 2008:
Community Historical & Political Events for August