STORY HIGHLIGHTS Lon Morris College was founded in 1854 School officials say "financial and liquidity" difficulties are behind the furloughs "About three months we haven't gotten paid ... we do this because we love it," says a football coach (CNN) -- Nearly all of the staff at the oldest two-year college in Texas was furloughed Wednesday morning because of "financial and liquidity difficulties," according to a letter sent by the college to its staff and obtained by CNN. Lon Morris College, a faith-based private school in Jacksonville, Texas, with an enrollment of slightly more than 1,000 students, notified its employees that -- with the exception of a core group of 11 -- all staff would be furloughed indefinitely. About 100 employees are on the school's ... Continue reading →
It's been more than a year since a massive quake devastated northeast Japan, and the debris believed to be from that disaster is now washing up more than 4,000 miles away in Alaska. Japanese officials estimate up to 70% of the tsunami wreckage has sunk, but the rest, ranging in size from children's toys to a squid trawler sunk by the U.S. Coast Guard off Alaska in April, has been turning up off the coasts of the United States and Canada for more than a month. There are concerns that this trash could be tainted by radiation from the Fukushima nuclear disaster that followed the March 2011 quake. Tests on the first wave of tsunami debris have shown no abnormal levels of radiation. Still, much ... Continue reading →
Official: 125 girls, 3 teachers poisoned at Afghan school From Nick Paton Walsh, CNN updated 11:02 AM EDT, Wed May 23, 2012 STORY HIGHLIGHTS NEW: "They are more traumatized," a hospital director says The alleged poison was a type of spray, official says 40 of the girls remain hospitalized Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Some 125 girls and three teachers were admitted to an Afghanistan hospital on Wednesday after being poisoned in their classes with a type of spray, a Takhar provincial official said. The incident occurred in the provincial capital of Talokhan, in the Bibi Hajera girls school, said Dr. Hafizullah Safi, the province's director of public health. Forty of the girls were still hospitalized, he said, with symptoms including dizziness, vomiting, headaches and loss ... Continue reading →
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A new era in space exploration dawned Tuesday as a slender rocket powered into the dark Florida sky before sunrise, carrying the first private spacecraft bound for the International Space Station. Track Dragon in orbit "We're now back on the brink of a new future, a future that embraces the innovation the private sector brings to the table," NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said. "The significance of this day cannot be overstated." The unmanned SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida at 3:44 a.m., carrying 1,300 pounds of food, clothing and scientific experiments on a demonstration mission to gauge the company's ability to safely and efficiently deliver supplies to astronauts staffing the orbiting station. If successful, the test could open the door to ... Continue reading →
