Astrology and science clash in public view
Newsday notes that 8 percent of Americans consult astrologers while polls show widespread scientific illiteracy. Scientists warn the mingling of astrology with policy makes democracy harder to steer. They cite Miller's 1985 survey of 2,000 adults and other studies showing gaps in understanding of molecules, radiation, and the sun.
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Newsday II
Gary Trudeau
Doonesbury
Donald Regan
Jon D. Miller
Northern Illinois University
Miller
Reagan
Richard Berendzen
American University
Washington, D.C
Berendzen
Reagans
University of Illinois
Alan Lightman
Harvard-Smithsonian Center For Astrophysics
Cambridge
Mass
National Science Foundation
U.S
TV leverage quiets inmates at Wende Prison
At New York’s Wende Correctional Facility, threats to cut television access have reduced violence and drug use among 800 inmates. The program, begun after inmates offered to give up outside packages for personal TVs, keeps prisoners in their cells and improves security, with guards noting safer conditions and calmer conduct.
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Alden
N.Y
Wende Correctional Facility
Dominic Mantello
Wende
Robert McClellen
George Kamp
Criminal Justice Institute
Mantello
Buffalo
Man admits decades of obscene phone calls in Fontana case
Bobby Gene Stice, 54, of San Bernardino, jailed on $100000 bail after arraignment on lewd and annoying phone call charges. He allegedly made tens of thousands of obscene calls dating to 1960 in Oklahoma and continuing after moving to San Bernardino in 1965. Police traced 18 calls to his work or home numbers using electronic traps. Fontana officers say thousands of complaints came yearly from the area.
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Frank Scialdone
Scialdone
Stice
Oklahoma
San Bernardino
Fontana
Los Angeles
Looks Can Be Deceiving About Child Mood
Aimed at parents, the piece warns mood problems in children rise with stress and may appear as school trouble withdrawal or substance abuse. It cites St. Luke's Hospital as a leader in treating youths and urges quick action to prevent worsening.
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St. Luke’s Hospital