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McNamara, defense secretary during Vietnam, dies

Robert S. McNamara, the cerebral secretary of defense who was vilified for prosecuting America's most controversial war and then devoted himself to helping the world's poorest nations, died Monday.

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Sun Jul 05, 2009

Newsday.com

Jackson memorial gets 1.6M ticket requests

Luis Benguria of Spain signs a poster at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The venue is the planned location for late pop star Michael Jackson's memorial service scheduled for Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment, Pop/Rock, Michael Jackson, Los Angeles County, CA, Entertainment

MyFox St. Louis

NASA astronaut grew up in rural Missouri with dream of going to space

A Missouri native had his lifelong dream realized this year when he became part of the 2009 class of NASA astronauts.

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Related Topix: Missouri, Science / Technology, Space

Boston Globe

Clerics defy leader on Iran election, ask for nullification

The most important group of religious leaders in Iran has called the disputed presidential election and the new government illegitimate, an act of defiance against the country's supreme leader and the most public sign of a major split in the country's clerical establishment.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election

Sat Jul 04, 2009

KHQ-TV

Lenoar Foster, Interim Dean of the WSU College of Education, Dies

Lenoar "Len" Foster, newly appointed interim dean of the Washington State University College of Education, died unexpectedly late Thursday or early Friday at his home in Pullman.

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Related Topix: Family, Adolescents and Pre-Teens, Washington State University, University of Nevada-Reno

Fri Jul 03, 2009

EurekAlert!

Rare sheep could be key to better diagnostic tests in developing world, says Stanford study

The newest revolution in microbiology testing walks on four legs and says 'baa'. It's the hair sheep, a less-hirsute version of the familiar woolly barnyard resident.

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Related Topix: Stanford, CA, Microbiology, Biology, Science, Startups, Stanford University

Thu Jul 02, 2009

Earth Times

Pacific Edison Expands Its Executive Team

Michael brings extensive solar industry experience to Pacific Edison. In this role, Michael will be responsible for developing large-scale renewable energy projects on behalf of key strategic clients both domestically and internationally.

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Related Topix: Alternative Energy, Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy, California, California Government

InterestAlert.com

In the Eye of the Storm: Why Some People Stayed Behind

Hurricane Katrina was the largest natural disaster in U.S. history, claiming the lives of more than 1,800 victims and causing well over $100 billion in damage along the Gulf Coast.

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Related Topix: Hurricane, Natural Disasters, Psychology, Science

The Aspen Times

Experts: Forecast isna ...

Republicans better hope the Democrats screw up sometime soon. Without the party in power self-destructing, Republicans will likely face a tough time in the next two elections, according to two political experts speaking Wednesday at the Aspen Ideas Festival.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US News, US Politics, George Bush, Abortion

EurekAlert!

Schizophrenia linked for first time to chromosome region in study led by Stanford scientists

Stanford University School of Medicine scientists have played a major role in an international effort that has shown, for the first time, that modern genetic technologies can solve the riddle of how gene variations lead to schizophrenia.

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Related Topix: Startups, Stanford University, Genetics, Biology, Science

Wed Jul 01, 2009

Science Blog

Stanford discovery pinpoints new connection between cancer cells, stem cells

A molecule called telomerase, best known for enabling unlimited cell division of stem cells and cancer cells, has a surprising additional role in the expression of genes in an important stem cell regulatory pathway, say researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine.

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Related Topix: Stem Cell Research, Science / Technology, Startups, Stanford University

Wine Business Online

Press Release: Peter Mondavi Sr. Receives Lifetime Achievement Award

Peter Mondavi Sr. of Charles Krug Winery is one of three wine luminaries who will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award from the California State Fair this year.

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Related Topix: Drink, Wine, California, UC Berkeley

Tue Jun 30, 2009

Detroit Free Press

High court curves in conservative direction

In the term that ended Monday, the Supreme Court shifted more to the right, making it harder for people to bring civil rights claims, rejecting challenges by environmentalists and raising the standard for older workers alleging bias on the job.

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Related Topix: US News, Harvard University, Sonia Sotomayor, Samuel Alito

Mon Jun 29, 2009

EurekAlert!

Stanford researchers publish comprehensive model for medical device development

Five-phase stage-gate model captures process complexity from product ideation through postmarket surveillance WASHINGTON, DC-In an effort to increase understanding of the medical device development process and help companies execute the bench-to-bedside process of product development more effectively, researchers at Stanford University have ...

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Related Topix: Startups, Stanford University, Healthcare Law, Law

Scanews.com

Peter Raven Chronicles Botanical Garden's Remarkable 150-Year History

An internationally-renowned conservationist and professor of Botany at Washington University, 1999 RCGA Right Arm of St.

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Related Topix: Home Gardening, Home

Sat Jun 27, 2009

Ledger Dispatch

Energy Secretary Chu warns of the dangers of climate change, while inspiring hope

U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu speaks at the Marriott hotel in San Francisco, Calif., on Thursday, June 25, 2009.

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Related Topix: San Francisco Metro, Weather

KFSM-TV Fort Smith

Study shows gains among Arkansas charter school students over peers

Gains in math and reading test scores for Arkansas open-enrollment charter school students were significantly better than the ones for their peers in traditional public schools.

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HendersonvilleNews.com

A Ham Radio Weekend for Talking to the Moon

The first two are easy, but sending a voice signal 239,200 miles to the moon and back is not quite as simple.

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Related Topix: Life, Hobbies, Ham Radio, Princeton University

Fri Jun 26, 2009

Palo Alto Weekly

Doctor may serve jail sentence in Colorado

Palo Alto Online News A San Mateo County Superior Court judge will decide Wednesday whether a Colorado doctor sentenced to nine months in jail for illegally prescribing anti-depressants to a Stanford University student who later committed suicide will serve his sentence in California or Colorado.

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Related Topix: Palo Alto, CA, San Mateo County, CA, Startups, Stanford University, Suicide, Stanford, CA

Raw Story

Homeschooling goes from fringe to mainstream in US

When Elizabeth Dean was four, her mother took her out of kindergarten to teach her at home because she could already read the children's classic "Charlotte's Web" while the other kids were just learning how to write the letter "C". That was 10 years ago and homeschooling was "still on the fringe of acceptability", Elizabeth's mother Lisa Dean told ...

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Related Topix: Family, Kids, Mathematics, Science

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