Obama to salute US problem-solving, non-Washington style, on Tuesday

October 6th, 2009 Madhulata Patna, October 6 A prisoner diesalmost every second day in Bihar owing to very pathetic living conditions and alarming health facilities prevailing in jails, according to an official report. According to an official report, a total of 175 prisoners died in various jails of Bihar last year, followed by 180 in 2007 and 164 in 2006 while the number of custodial death cases in 2005 was 205.

September 29th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Simians may outsmart spotted hyenas but when it comes to cooperation and problem solving, hyenas easily beat chimps hands down, says a new study. Captive pairs of spotted hyenas that needed to tug two ropes in unison to earn a food reward, cooperated successfully and learned the manoeuvres quickly with no training.

September 29th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Spotted hyenas have been found to outperform chimpanzees in cooperative problem-solving tests in a new study. Christine Drea, an evolutionary anthropologist at Duke University, says that captive pairs of spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta) that needed to tug two ropes in unison to earn a food reward cooperated successfully, and learnt the manoeuvres quickly with no training.

September 22nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Scientists go on to find answers to different questions by merging creativity with model based studies, according to a research. Dr. Nancy J. Nersessian has studied the cognitive processes that underlie scientific creativity by observing scientists at work in their laboratories.

September 21st, 2009 Obama: Unemployment a problem at least 1 more yearNEW YORK — President Barack Obama says he expects unemployment will be a "big problem" for at least another year. Speaking during taping of "The Late Show" with David Letterman, Obama called the $787 billion economic stimulus program that Congress enacted earlier this year a "tourniquet" that stopped the economic bleeding.

September 16th, 2009 Obama meets with Canadian prime ministerWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is taking part in both public and private events on Wednesday. In the morning, he's conducting a one-on-one session with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

August 27th, 2009 Taps, rifle salute planned for Kennedy's burialWASHINGTON — With a bugler playing taps, a rifle squad firing a salute and pallbearers representing each branch of the military, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy will be laid to rest in a private funeral at Arlington National Cemetery on Saturday.

August 20th, 2009 Seinfeld to salute Cosby with top humor prizeWASHINGTON — The comedian who kept NBC viewers entertained on Thursday nights well after "The Cosby Show" was gone will salute Bill Cosby when he receives the nation's top humor prize. Jerry Seinfeld will honor Cosby on Oct.

August 5th, 2009 Obama returning to New Hampshire for town meetingWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will push his policy priorities next week in New Hampshire, a state that has presented him with mixed political blessings. White House officials said Wednesday that Obama will hold a town-hall style event in the Seacoast town of Portsmouth, N.H, next Tuesday.

July 22nd, 2009 Washington, July 22 (ANI): When it comes to style, US President Barack Obama has admitted that he's "a little frumpy". While on Today show, the commander-in-chief made the announcement following a light-hearted question about the baggy jeans he wore to throw out the first pitch at the All-Star game last week, dubbed by some as "dad jeans" and "nerd jeans," E!Online reported.

July 22nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - When it comes to style, US President Barack Obama has admitted that he's "a little frumpy". While on Today show, the commander-in-chief made the announcement following a light-hearted question about the baggy jeans he wore to throw out the first pitch at the All-Star game last week, dubbed by some as "dad jeans" and "nerd jeans," E!Online reported.

June 26th, 2009 Obama: Solving factional split big issue in IraqWASHINGTON — Despite continuing violence in Iraq, President Barack Obama says he thinks the bigger challenge there is finding political agreement among Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds. Obama says the security situation in Iraq is actually showing improvement, and that the level of violence is not what it once was.

June 17th, 2009 Italy official in row over apparent fascist saluteROME — Italy's tourism minister faced calls for her resignation Wednesday after a video posted by an Italian newspaper apparently showed her making a fascist salute. Michela Vittoria Brambilla, a former beauty queen and close ally of Premier Silvio Berlusconi who was made tourism minister weeks ago, said she was "astounded" at the accusations.

June 9th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A leading expert on the positive benefits of napping says that Rapid Eye Movement (REM) sleep enhances creative problem-solving. Dr. Sara Mednick, assistant professor of psychiatry at UC San Diego and the VA San Diego Healthcare System, says that these findings may have important implications for how sleep, specifically REM sleep, fosters the formation of associative networks in the brain.

April 11th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Teaching basic concepts behind maths problems is more beneficial for students than the exact procedures to solve the problems, according to a new study by Vanderbilt University researchers The results may offer teachers new insights on how best to shape maths instruction to have the greatest impact on student learning. "Teaching children the basic concept behind math problems was more useful than teaching children a procedure for solving the problems - these children gave better explanations and learned more," said Bethany Rittle-Johnson, assistant professor of psychology and human development at Vanderbilt University's Peabody College.