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Recent Tax Law Changes May Affect People Giving to Charity: IRS Offers
This fact sheet discusses changes from summer 2006 legislation that "offers older owners of individual retirement accounts [IRAs] a new way to give to charity. It also includes rules designed to provide both taxpayers and the government greater certainty in determining what may be deducted as a charitable contribution."Topics include a new tax break for IRA owners and rules for deducting clothing and household items and monetary donations. From the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Staying Active And Drinking Moderately Is The Key To A Long Life, Stud
People who drink moderate amounts of alcohol and are physically active have a lower risk of death from heart disease and other causes than people who don't drink at all, according to new research. People who neither drink alcohol nor exercise have a 30 to 49 percent higher risk of heart disease than those who either drink, exercise or both. "That Laboratory of Abolitionism, Libel, and Treason": Syracuse and th
This exhibit explores the role of Syracuse, New York, in the Underground Railroad, the system that helped African American slaves escape to freedom. "Syracuse served as an important station along this freedom trail because of its central location on the Erie Canal and its associated waterways and travel routes."Includes digitized historical documents, maps and charts, and images of local abolitionists and reformers. From the Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Library. Subtypes Of Ependymomas Arise From Rare Stem Cells In The Nervous Syst
Finding suggests that new drugs to treat ependymoma and other types of solid tumors should be designed to target the specific signal pathways that cause uncontrolled replication of cancer stem cells, according to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Jerry Burchfield: Primal Images
Collection of images of botanical subjects made in the Amazon using the lumen print process, which is a cameraless form of photography. Includes an introductory essay that provides an overview of the use of lumen prints and other alternative photographic recording and printing methods. From the California Museum of Photography, University of California, Riverside. Rants: Stop, Look and Listen
Readers sound off about spying on nannies and weigh in on online music services. Plus: Links to our most commented-upon blog posts. The Mystery of Pump-and-Dump Spam
Inbox brimming with penny stock recommendations? The deluge baffles execs at some of the companies touted so gracelessly. In Epicenter. Researchers Gather Data In Tsunamis' Wake
Researchers from the University of Delaware's Disaster Research Center (DRC) have returned from South Asia after a social science reconnaissance mission mounted in the wake of the devastating tsunamis that struck in December. Post-Tsunami Thailand Yields Lessons For Coastal Construction
An inspection of Thai villages and ports struck by tsunami waves has uncovered some engineering lessons that might reduce casualties and destruction in future oceanic upheavals, a Johns Hopkins researcher said. AMBER Looks Into The Cradle Of Planets
Two international teams of astronomers, among them researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy, have captured new views of the immediate environment of stars, where new planets form from gas and dust. The researchers used a new instrument called AMBER, part of the Very Large Telescope Interferometer at the European Southern Observatory (ESO).
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