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By Bryan Bender, Globe Staff WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration today has more research to help make its case for allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly in the armed forces.

PHILADELPHIA, NOVEMBER 9, 2009 A- A nutritionist whose research was instrumental in adding fruits and vegetables to the federal Women, Infants and Children food subsidy will receive the March of Dimes Agnes Higgins Award for outstanding achievement in the field of maternal-fetal nutrition.

Astronomers have identified a type of supernova that appears to be a type predicted in theory but never actually observed before.

Forget Wii parties. Wii-habilitation is where it's at. The popular Nintendo device for playing games like virtual bowling or tennis has turned into a rehab tool at cutting-edge health care centers around the country .

A new type of supernova a ' the explosive death of a star a ' has been discovered in which helium detonates on the surface of a white dwarf star.

John is a Big Four CPA with over 10 years of diversified accounting, project management, internal controls, and financial consulting experience.

Saving mankind is a tall order, I know. However, a few research studies will be underway that will measure the effect of video games and how they may help Parkinson's or help players lose weight while playing certain games.

A new class of supernova was discovered by scientists at Berkeley and may be the first example of a new type of exploding star.

A New study on Tuesday Confirmed that the giant geological crack opened few years ago at the barren Volcanic face in Ethiopiaa TMs Afar region is indeed the beginning of a process which will split the African Continent into two by creating a new ocean.

The U.S. Army is financing a new research center at the University of Illinois to develop technology for computer networks used on battlefields and in other similarly difficult environments.

In 2005, a gigantic, 35-mile-long rift broke open the desert ground in Ethiopia.

Kerry Kennedy, founder of the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Human Rights, and chair of the Amnesty International USA Leadership Council, will talk about her book and campaign, "Speak Truth To Power" http://www.speaktruth.org/ on Thursday, November 5 at 8:00 p.m. at UC Santa Barbara's Campbell Hall.

Anand Ramachandran Posted: Saturday, Oct 31, 2009 at 2059 hrs IST Updated: Saturday, Oct 31, 2009 at 2059 hrs IST : It was 1969, the year Jimi Hendrix played 'The Star Spangled Banner' at Max Yasgur's farm, the year the Beatles broke up, the year man landed on the freakin' moon.

Secretary of the Army John McHugh told the Army Times Sunday that he does not believe lifting the military's gay ban would have detrimental effects on the Army.

John is a Big Four CPA with over 10 years of diversified accounting, project management, internal controls, and financial consulting experience.

On this day in 1969, what would became the Internet was used for the first time--and crashed.

What do you get when PETA teams up with Chuck D of Public Enemy and his wife, Dr.

Santa Barbara city leaders made it official yesterday, stripping away the title of "interim" fire chief and appointing Andrew DiMizio as the head of the Santa Barbara City Fire Department.

John is a Big Four CPA with over 10 years of diversified accounting, project management, internal controls, and financial consulting experience.

Earlier this month, the Commission on Military Justice delivered to Congress its recommended changes to the Uniform Code of Military Justice.