links for 2011-01-11

• Uniforms and single-sex education up for discussion at Clary Middle School
  The plan to separate the schools based on gender has been in talks for about two years
• Gov. Cuomo distances himself from Dem. split
  Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo is distancing himself from a split among Senate Democrats by members who said they had his support.
• Liverpool school board hears alternative idea
  A group of parents in the Liverpool School District presented their plan to keep schools from closing.
• Shooting revives gun control proposals in Congress
  The shooting in Arizona that killed six people and injured 14 others — including Democratic Rep. Gabrielle Giffords — is reviving legislation to impose tighter controls on guns and ammunition.
• Hong Kong researchers store data in bacteria
  Students at Hong Kong's Chinese University are making strides towards storing such vast amounts of information in an unexpected home: the E.coli bacterium better known as a potential source of serious food poisoning.
• Is TV cheap prison guard?
  Questions about whether convicts should have TV privileges have been around for a long while, but it opens the door on what's likely to be a broader debate this year — over downsizing the state's vast system of prisons and juvenile centers.

Print this entry