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After a decision by Maine's governor, a mural is removed

Maine labor mural comes down on governor's orders http://www.boston.com/news/local/maine/articles/2011/03/28/maine_labor_mural_comes_down_on_governors_orders/ Maine Arts Commission http://mainearts.maine.gov/ Detroit Industry: The Murals of Diego Rivera http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=103337403 The public can't be trusted to commission...

https://scout.wisc.edu/report/2011/0401
After a long period of decline, the travel agent makes a comeback

Travel Agents Make A Return Trip http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/04/23/travel-agents-make-a-return-trip/ Is the Best Travel Search Engine Around the Corner? http://frugaltraveler.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/14/is-the-best-travel-search-engine-around-the-corner/ Shared Heritage Travel Itineraries http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/ American Journeys http://www.americanjourneys.org/ Better...

https://scout.wisc.edu/report/2012/0427
After a protest in San Francisco, civil libertarians and others raise concerns over BART's actions

FCC to Investigate BART Cell Service Shutdown http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2391168,00.asp FCC: Wireless Services: Cellular Services: Operations, Blocking & Jamming http://wireless.fcc.gov/services/index.htm?job=operations_2&id=cellular BART statement on temporary wireless service interruptions in select BART stations on August...

https://scout.wisc.edu/report/2011/0819#IntheNews
After a series of negotiations with political party leaders, Germany decides to phase out the use of nuclear power

Nuclear power in Germany: The reasons behind Chancellor Merkel's U-turn http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-13595171 France Criticizes German Nuclear Retreat http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-05-30/areva-s-lauvergeon-says-germany-will-import-nuclear-power.html German nuclear energy history: a timeline http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15117199,00.html Nuclear Power Global Status...

https://scout.wisc.edu/report/2011/0603
After a tempest of controversy regarding a popular theater production, a retraction and conversation.

Daisey revises 'Steve Jobs' Monologue After Dispute Over Facts http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/19/daisey-revises-steve-jobs-monologue-after-dispute-over-facts/?hpw Mike Daisey speaks out against media in Apple controversy http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2012/03/mike-daisey-speaks-out-against-critics-in-apple-controversy.html This American Life:...

https://scout.wisc.edu/report/2012/0323
After almost fifty years, planners and citizens ask "What's next?" for World's Fair site

Seattle Post-Intelligencer: 1962 World's Fair [pdf] http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/specials/worldsfair/ HistoryLink Essay: Century 21 http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=2290 See You in Seattle [iTunes, Quick Time] http://www.seattlehistory.org/av_files/seeyouinseattle.mp3 Clips: World's Fair 1962 http://gridskipper.com/359625/worlds-fair-1962 Century 21...

https://scout.wisc.edu/report/2008/0328
After an absence of seven decades, the Second Amendment appears again in the Supreme Court

Nation awaits D.C. handgun ruling http://www.washingtontimes.com/article/20080317/METRO/510890365/1004 Statement of Paul Helmke President of the Brady Center on Supreme Court Oral Arguments http://bradycampaign.org/media/release.php?release=970 Fighting for Our Right to Bear Arms http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=9285 Guns Out of...

https://scout.wisc.edu/report/2008/0321
After an official declaration of famine in Somalia, supplies begin to arrive

Somali-Americans Join Fight Against Drought http://www.voanews.com/english/news/africa/Somali-Americans-Join-Fight-Against-Drought-in-the-Horn-of-Africa-126392493.html With famine in Somalia, a case of leadership (not compassion)...

https://scout.wisc.edu/report/2011/0805
After another veto, supporters of increased funding for embryonic stem cell research regroup

Bush's second veto frustrates supporters of stem cell research http://www.sltrib.com/ci_6187759 NIH Stem Cell Information Home Page [pdf] http://stemcells.nih.gov/ NPR: Key Moments in the Stem-Cell Debate http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5252449 NOVA: Stem Cells [Real Player, Quick Time] http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/3209/04.html Embryonic Stem Cell...

https://scout.wisc.edu/report/2007/0622
After Columbus: Four-Hundred Years of Native American Portraiture

The New York Public Library's early efforts to collect Native American portraiture were greatly aided by gifts and purchases made by Dr. Wilberforce Eames and J.P. Morgan. Morgan was a sponsor of Edward S. Curtis's massive survey of North American Native Americans and Eames was the Library's bibliographer. This particular digital collection from the Library brings together some of these early...

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/collections/after-columb...
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