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7 hrs ago | Philly.com

June was coolest in a dozen years

Thanks to a conspiracy of generous cloud cover and persistently wet soil, this June will end up being the coolest in 12 years.

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Related Topix: Philadelphia, PA, Penn State University Park, Weather

Sat Jul 04, 2009

Glasgow Daily Times, Glasgow, KY

Finalists named for Education Commissioner

The Kentucky Board of Education has named four out of state applicants as finalists for commissioner of education.

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Related Topix: Kentucky, Penn State University Park, University of New Mexico

New Pittsburgh Courier Online

Pushed along road to success

Andre McGee, left, and Jason Rivers show the students statistics of Black male unemployment rates and educational attainment levels.

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Related Topix: Prison, Penn State University Park

Thu Jul 02, 2009

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

PSU fighting for U.S. stimulus

Penn State University wants the Obama administration to stop Gov. Ed Rendell from reclassifying it and three other state-related universities as non-public and ineligible for $42 million in federal stimulus aid.

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Related Topix: Penn State University Park, Ed Rendell, US Governors, Pennsylvania, University of Pittsburgh, Temple University

Tue Jun 30, 2009

Media Law Prof Blog

The ISP as Speaker and Conduit

Rob Frieden, Pennsylvania State University, College of Communications, and Dickinson College of Law, has published "Invoking and Avoiding the First Amendment: How Internet Service Providers Leverage Their Status as Both Content Creators and Neutral Conduits." Here is the abstract.

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Related Topix: Internet Service Providers, Speakers, Penn State University Park, Dickinson College, Business News, Federal Communications Commission

ScienceBlogs

PAwnd [Dynamics of Cats]

Speculations on astronomy, astrophysics, news I find interesting, theoretical issues, science and science policy.

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Related Topix: Penn State University Park, University of Pennsylvania, Ed Rendell, US Governors

Mon Jun 29, 2009

ResearchBuzz

CiteSeerX Now Holds Over One Million Journal Articles

UPI had a brief article on CiteSeerX, the article and citation search engine, on June 2 so I thought I'd mosey over and see how it was doing.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Internet, Penn State University Park

Sat Jun 27, 2009

Austin American Statesman

Will the new GM be a government-ownership success story?

Government-backed companies once brought blackouts to Eastern Europe and produced Russia's clunky Lada car.

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Related Topix: GMC GM, GMC, Penn State University Park

Philly.com

Penn State extends reach worldwide with international programs

At first blush, Penn State - tucked away in the mountains hours from a major city - may not seem a likely locale for a worldly program.

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Related Topix: Penn State University Park, Sport Movies, Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, College, Pittsburgh Metro

Thu Jun 25, 2009

Times News

Trillion Dollar energy baby

Courtesy of Marcellus Shale Committee of Pennsylvania Marcellus Shale is a geologic formation found about a mile below the ground.

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Related Topix: Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Government, Penn State University Park, Geology, Science

Tue Jun 23, 2009

Boston Globe

Where is my brother?

WHEN President Obama meets today with Chile's President Michelle Bachelet, I hope he will demand an accounting on the fate of my brother, Professor Boris Weisfeiler.

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Related Topix: South America, Chile, World News, Michelle Bachelet, Penn State University Park, Opinion

Philly.com

Art: The Michener marks its two decades

The slumping economy has provoked retrenchment at some American art museums, but not in Doylestown.

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Related Topix: Doylestown, PA, Bucks County, PA, Penn State University Park, Entertainment

Sun Jun 21, 2009

Freerepublic.com

Microbe Wakes Up After 120,000 Years in Ice

After more than 120,000 years trapped beneath a block of ice in Greenland, a tiny microbe has awoken.

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Related Topix: Penn State University Park

Fri Jun 19, 2009

The Tennessean

Fisk University names provost

Fisk University has named M. Christopher Brown II as its next provost and executive vice president.

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Related Topix: Fisk University, University of Nevada-Las Vegas, Penn State University Park, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, Illinois

Wed Jun 17, 2009

Toxicological Sciences

Differential Hepatic Effects of Perfluorobutyrate Mediated by Mouse and Human PPAR-{alpha}

ToxSci Advance Access originally published online on April 9, 2009 Toxicological Sciences 2009 110 :204-211; doi:10.1093/toxsci/kfp077 Published by Oxford University Press 2009.

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Related Topix: Penn State University Park, University-Park, PA

Tue Jun 16, 2009

Xinhuanet

Microbe awake after frozen for 120,000 years

A tiny frozen microbe has awoken after being trapped under glacial ice in Greenland for more than 120,000 years, media reports said Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Penn State University Park, E. Coli, Health

Mon Jun 15, 2009

Telegraph Herald

The Rest of the story

A study suggests that napping could provide a number of health benefits to children when they reach ages 4-5. A developing child's daily nap could provide more health benefits than initially thought.

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Related Topix: Sleep, Health, Penn State University Park, Family, Kids

Sun Jun 14, 2009

Science Blog

A tiny frozen microbe may hold clues to extraterrestrial life

A novel bacterium that has been trapped more than three kilometres under glacial ice in Greenland for over 120 000 years, may hold clues as to what life forms might exist on other planets.

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Related Topix: Penn State University Park, Microbiology, Biology, Science, E. Coli, Health

Philly.com

Master gardeners spreading joyful seeds

Kim Labno, master gardener coordinator, shows Wonnaya McFarland and Chyna Mitchell how their beans are growing atEmlen School in East Mount Airy.

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Related Topix: Home Gardening, Home, Life, Food, Local Food, Vegetables, Nutrition, Family, Kids

Fri Jun 12, 2009

The Horse

Preventing Metabolic Disorders through Early Nutrition

Maternal nutrition and early foal nutrition could impact the development of the organs and systems that control energy metabolism later in life, suggest the authors of a recent research report.

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Related Topix: Life, Nutrition, Food

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