Michigan Budget Crisis Hits Schools
Layoffs, program cuts, classroom consolidation, outsourcing, retirement buyouts, cutting health care and retirement benefits, and even bankruptcy are all on the table, said members of the School Board of Ypsilanti in a public meeting May 23 at Ypsilanti, Michigan's East Middle School.
Changing constitutional interpretations will lead Japan to wars
The government on May 18 held the first meeting of an advisory panel led by former Ambassador to the United States Yanai Shunji to consider ways for Japan to exercise the right of collective self-defense that the Constitution prohibits.
For the deaf who won't listen
World cereal production is on track to reach a record level in 2007. In spite of this, supplies will be barely adequate to meet increased demand, boosted by the development of the biofuels industry.
