Corporations Giving Big Money to Boy Scouts Despite Anti-Gay Policy

Corporate foundations have given millions to the Boy Scouts of America and its subdivisions in recent years despite that organization’s policy of excluding gays and lesbians. Many of those same foundations have policies against giving to organizations that discriminate based on sexual orientation.

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We Can Turn DNA into Music

An Eastern Washington University professor creates audio interpretations of living things.
Pacific Northwest Inlander  |  Seth Sommerfeld  |  05-17-2013  |  Tech

Triumph for the Humpbacks?

Why a Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council member wants the whales removed from the endangered species list.
Maui Time Weekly  |  Anthony Pignataro  |  05-17-2013  |  Environment
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Antibiotics in Your Organic Apple?

When people think of organics, they think that the food they buy is free from synthetic chemicals of any kind. However, as noted in a recent article in ACRES USA magazine, organic apples and pears may be treated with antibiotics.
Jackson Free Press  |  Jim Pathfinder Ewing  |  05-10-2013  |  Health

Open Season for Animal Abuse Videos

Ashley Nicole Richards, who filmed herself torturing and killing kittens, puppies, cats and dogs, was the first person brought up on revised federal crush-video charges -- which backfired magnificently.
Houston Press  |  Craig Malisow  |  05-17-2013  |  Crime & Justice

A 278-year-old error over the N.C.–S.C. border is riling residents

Unceremoniously marked 278 years ago with a stone here or a notch on a tree there, King George's boundaries leave a portion of Fred Berlinger's Polk County home in South Carolina.
INDY Week  |  Billy Ball  |  05-09-2013  |  Environment