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Danish filmmaker Lars Von Trier, who has never been to America, is being criticized for his latest film Dogville -- a picture some say is "anti-American." NPR's Bob Mondello says that while the film's portrait of human nature is unflattering, that human nature is more or less universal.

NPR's David Baron reports that an international group of scientists has issued a warning that synthetic chemicals in the environment may be harming children's intelligence and behavior. This concern stems from ongoing studies of chemicals -- such as PCBs and dioxins -- that may disrupt hormones in the body. Skeptics say the evidence of harm is sketchy and comes mostly from animal experiments using far higher levels of the chemicals than most people encounter.

NPR's Mary Kay Magistad reports that China is proceeding full speed ahead with construction of a gigantic dam at the site in the central part of the country. Chinese officials said the Three Gorges dam will help alleviate periodic flooding that rountinely kills thousands of people in China, but many environmentalists dispute that. They say the dam will disrupt the lives of thousands of people and do severe damage to the environment.

The company pointed to an increasingly challenging business and legal environment in China.

The head of a suburban Chicago school district that evacuated because Legionella was found says there is a lack of public health guidance for schools to…

One McLean County Board member says she hopes the Enbridge oil pipeline through central Illinois can be made more secure. Victoria Harris is urging county…

NPR's David Baron reports on the effects on the environment in Atlanta that will result from the staging of the Olympic Games there this month. Some of the benefits include the planting of more trees, extra traffic lanes and improved traffic control mechanisms. Yet fast-growing Atlanta will get a taste of its future as it tries to cope with the strains on its sewage system, air quality, and traffic that the large crowds and Olympic contigents will create.

These ingredients appear in the nutrition labels of all kinds of foods. But what, exactly, is the difference between them? It turns out the biggest distinction may be in the marketing.

Middlebury College Professor Dr. Carly Thomsen said there is a disconnect between the desires, logics, and strategies of LGBTQ people in the rural Midwest…

Long before he was a professor of psychology, Travis Langley was a budding geek."I was born a nerdy child," Langley confessed wryly. "Seriously, my baby…