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Boca Raton: Area students earn degrees
Following are recent area graduates: Brian Henry Adler graduated from Gettysburg College with a bachelor's degree in political science.
Butterfly bush has a dark side to its bright flowers
Question: I think butterfly bush is really beautiful, and I've had it in my yard for years.
Forest Biotechnology Obstructed By Anti-Biotech Groups
Main Category: Water - Air Quality / Agriculture Also Included In: Genetics ; Biology / Biochemistry Article Date: 01 Jul 2009 - 6:00 PDT The potential of forest biotechnology to help address significant social and environmental issues is being "strangled at birth" by the rigid opposition of some groups and regulations that effectively preclude ...
Phantom fax just one obstacle to planning Oregon's water future
Irrigation has transformed desert near Hermiston into farmland, one way that water resources play a crucial role in Oregon.
Central Point bat tests positive for rabies
Health officials say a bat found in Central Point last week has tested positive for rabies.
Bite into a juicy watermelon that has become a hallmark of the Hermiston area and you'll be chewing on 100 years of history.
Oregon State University-Cascades Campus has started a master of arts in teaching program for middle and high school teachers.
West Richland mosquitoes test positive
Mosquitoes in West Richland have tested positive for the West Nile virus - the first confirmation of the virus in Benton County this year.
Bush's court appointments emphasized ideology over diversity
The judicial appointments of former president George W. Bush suggests that his motivation for appointing nontraditional judges was driven more by ideology and strategy than concerns for diversity, a new analysis shows.
Closely Supervised Foster Care Linked With Reduced Pregnancy Rates For Delinquent Teens, Study Says
For the study, researchers followed 166 girls ages 13 to 17 with court orders to receive treatment for criminal behavior in either specialized foster care or a group-care facility.
'Bycatch' whaling a growing threat to coastal whales
Scientists are warning that a new form of unregulated whaling has emerged along the coastlines of Japan and South Korea, where the commercial sale of whales killed as fisheries "bycatch" is threatening coastal stocks of minke whales and other protected species.
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Benton County Man Pleads Guilty to Possession of Child Pornography at ...
Cory Michael Papp, 33, formerly of Benton County, Oregon, pled guilty today in federal court to knowingly possessing computer disks and computer generated media that contained visual depictions of actual minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct.
Sharing Cars Can Save Money, Earth
Didn't your mother teach you how to share? If so, you might already have the key to having some wheels without the aggravation of actually owning a car.
World wheat crop threatened by fungus
Ok, who out there knows that St. Paul is home to a Cereal Disease Laboratory , and if so, did you know that the USDA facility is helping combat a potentially catastropic wheat fungus, projected by some scientists as capable of demolishing most of the world's supply of the vital grain? A recent LA Times article details the threat of the fungus, ...
Robots that will help treat shrapnel injuries on the battlefield come closer to reality
Some plants can increase ozone production by 50 times Some plants can increase the rate of ozone production by up to 50 times, according to a study.
Oregon higher education: Invest as if we had a future
In the state budget, higher education takes its traditional beating --a strange strategy for the 21st century Someday, this recession will be over.
School program cuts problem behaviors in fifth graders in half
A study by Oregon State University researchers suggests that school-based prevention programs begun in elementary school can significantly reduce problem behaviors in students.
Knight Science Journalism Tracker
Dinosaurs and Birds: Two announcements, opposite sense, media don't square them off
Spot news that sticks with the spot that made the news can make for pointillist reading.
Close monitoring may help troubled teen girls avoid pregnancy
Placing teenage girls with a history of juvenile delinquency in specialized foster-care programs had an unexpected consequence: It kept them from getting pregnant, researchers found.
Man with Oregon ties photographs aftermath of Iran's disputed election
Robert Hrdinsky, 25, a South Salem High grad and Oregon State University alum, is in Tehran photographing the country's response to the disputed election results.