EPA to spend $13 million to help stop Asian carp http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/79254102.html Officials in US Look for Fixes to Carp Problems http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/2009-12-14-voa2.cfm Single Asian Carp Found in Canal as Cleanup Continues http://www.greatlakes.org/Page.aspx?pid=1001 National Invasive Species Information Center...

Gold panners digging up a new income in Mariposa County http://www.mercedsunstar.com/167/story/1131302.html?storylink=omni_popular Gold Panning Instructions http://www.goldgold.com/panninginstructions.htm N.A. Chandler California Gold Rush Era Letters http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/collection.php?alias=/cng Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic...

The Civil War started in the Panhandle http://www.journal-news.net/page/content.detail/id/558998/The-Civil-War-started-in-the-Pan---.html Civil War faces live again at Library of Congress http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/civil-war-faces-live-again-at-library-of-congress/2011/03/31/AFtg7vfC_story.html Civil War anniversary: Songs, literature and films about the Civil...

The Harvard Kennedy School's Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation has the worthy goal to foster "creative and effective government problem-solving." The Institute uses research, education, international programs, and government innovations awards to affect such problem solving. Users can choose to read some of the publications the Institute puts out, peruse recent news and...

Colbert Ends White House Bid: A Nation Tries to Heal http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=14&entry_id=21706 Colbert Shut Down http://www.unlvrebelyell.com/article/2007/11/05/colbert-shut-down/ Campaign 2008: The Presidential Field http://projects.washingtonpost.com/2008-presidential-candidates/ Summary of Findings: Modest Interest in 2008 Campaign News...

Located on the campus of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), the Atomic Testing Museum is an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution. The Museum brings together many aspects of atomic culture through interactive presentations, a short film, and a wide-ranging collection of ephemera from the Cold War period and before. First-time visitors can click on the "Enter The Museum" tab, and they...

The Black Americans for Democracy (BAD) Times started publication in 1971, growing out of the activist efforts and movement started in the late 1960s on the campus of the University of Arkansas. The BAD organization started life in 1970 in the old student union building on campus, and became well known for their activism and calls for greater integration of student life, university programs, and...

Court upholds ban on inmate playing Dungeons & Dragons http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2010/01/court-upholds-ban-on-inmate-playing-dungeons-and-dragons/1 The Volokh Conspiracy: 7th Circuit Upholds Prison Rule Forbidding Inmates to Play Dungeons and...

For law students, learning about the world of legal citations is key. For many years, the standard reference work on legal citation was a manual known as "The Bluebook". This work has been revised numerous times over the years, and this online version appeared in May 2007. It is offered here as a public service, by the Legal Information Institute (LII) at Cornell University's Law School, and it...

First created in 1992, this guide is intended to help cultural institutions prepare for emergencies and disasters that may strike their regions. This latest version of the report, prepared by FEMA and the National Endowment for the Arts, provides summary descriptions and contact information for 15 federal grant and loan programs. The report also includes an additional number of sources of federal...