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National League home to the only exciting playoff races this fall
By Parker Gabriel | Sep. 15, 2010
BREAKING NEWS: Nelson, Kleefisch win Lt. Gov. primaries
By Molly Reppen | Sep. 14, 2010The Associated Press has called the primary races for lieutenant governor. State Representative Tom Nelson of Kaukauna was declared winner in the Democratic field, while former news anchor Rebecca Kleefisch of Oconomowoc claimed victory in the Republican primary. Keep checking dailycardinal.com for further updates.
Indecisive politics threatens UW research
By Miles Kellerman | Sep. 13, 2010Last Thursday, the Obama administration formally challenged a court order by U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth to suspend the federal funding of stem-cell research. Lamberth's injunction, issued on Aug. 23, blocked President Obama's push for public endowment on the basis that such funding violates the Dickey-Wicker Amendment. The amendment was a ""rider"" to a 1995 bill, meaning that it would never have passed as its own legislation, and thus was added onto a distantly related proposal. Dickey-Wicker specifically bars public funding for the creation and endangerment of embryonic cells for research purposes.