Stuff for parents and kids (Old Colony Memorial & Plymouth Bulletin)
See what's happening in the area for parents and kids.

Flaherty considers additional tax reductions (CTV Winnipeg)
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said Ottawa and Canada's banks will create a working group to loosen tight consumer credit, which has been the "number one concern" voiced during pre-budget consultations.

O Brave New World That Has Such Avatars in It! (Washington Post)
The virtual world Second Life, a landscape of primping avatars, ballroom dancing bears, space stations and vampire castles, has a new -- and maybe even more surreal -- inhabitant: the Arlington County government.

Full Transcript Of Stephanie's Interview With Government (Wrestling News)
Below is a transcript of an interview government officials conducted with Stephanie McMahon Levesque on Friday, December 14, 2007 largely regarding steroid use in World Wrestling Entertainment. McMahon also goes into great detail on the behind the scenes aspects of WWE.

Johns Hopkins Scientists Pull Protein's Tail To Curtail Cancer (Medical News Today)
When researchers look inside human cancer cells for the whereabouts of an important tumor-suppressor, they often catch the protein playing hooky, lolling around in cellular broth instead of muscling its way out to the cells' membranes and foiling cancer growth.

Gene by gene, scientists dig for the triggers (PhysOrg)
James Thomson knew that to send a cell back to its past was no trivial matter. Like generations of biologists, the University of Wisconsin-Madison stem cell pioneer had been taught that development was a one-way street; it began with an embryo and finished with all the mature cells that make up the body. Yet in the summer of 2007, Thomson and scientists around the globe were racing to do what ...

Got the sniffles? Try our readers' remedies (MSNBC)
At the first sign of a scratchy throat or runny nose, we all have our go-to strategies to keep from catching a full-blown cold. Some strategies just might be stranger than others.

Bush's Legacy in Gaza: Inexcusable Neglect (Time Magazine)
The Bush administration's inexcusable neglect is partly responsible for the carnage we're seeing in Gaza today.

The Year in Cincy Recordings (Cincinnati CityBeat)
A look back at the best Cincy-related CDs of 2008 Shit, has it really been six years since The Sundresses erupted all over the Cincinnati scene? In that time, the trio has amassed some impressive stats, including four consecutive SXSW appearances and a ton of wildly successful opening gigs and tours.

HIV Skeptic Christine Maggiore Dead at 52 (The Advocate)
The HIV-positive activist spent her life convinced that HIV does not cause AIDS.