Researchers have demonstrated for the first time that the progression of Type-1 diabetes can be halted — and possibly reversed — by a stem cell transplant that preserves the body’s diminishing ability to make insulin, according to a study published today.
The experimental therapy eliminated the need for insulin injections for months or even years in [...]

With debates raging over the U.S. conflict in Iraq, McKinley High School American History students have been looking at another controversial U.S. military campaign.
Students in the gifted program studied a unit in Suzanne Bentley-Smith’s class on the military draft of the 1970s, watched documentaries on the Vietnam war and studied some of the parallels involving [...]

1689 William III and Mary II were crowned as joint sovereigns of Britain.
1814 Napoleon Bonaparte abdicated as emperor of France and was banished to the island of Elba.
1898 President William McKinley asked Congress for a declaration of war against Spain.
1899 The treaty ending the Spanish-American War was declared in effect.
1921 Iowa became the first state [...]