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55 min ago | A-Infos Radio Project

Fourth World Radyo: Earth Changes (05.22.2013), Segment 1

TheAngryindian speaks on Oklahoma, Afro-Indios and the worsening state of the planets limited resources.

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Related Topix: University of Alaska Fairbanks

8 hrs ago | Newswise

Middle East Expert Mednicoff Named Lead Investigator for $1 Million Research Study

AMHERST, Mass. - David Mednicoff, assistant professor of public policy and director of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, has been awarded a $1.01 million grant to be principal investigator for interdisciplinary research on legal development and practices in Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.

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Related Topix: Amherst, MA, World News, Qatar, Middle East, United Arab Emirates, Amherst Center, MA

18 hrs ago | Roll Call

Partisans Ignore the Facts on America's National Debt | Commentary

Since 2010, conservatives have used a 2010 paper in the American Economic Review by Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff to claim spending cuts should be made to preserve the economic and fiscal futures of America.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Ron Paul, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Chris Van Hollen, Democrat

Thu May 23, 2013

On Wall Street

Growing in a Time of Debt

Our theory is that the U.S. will remain the most credible example of how to grow in a time of debt, buoyed by the strength of the consumer, as we wait for the handoff of central bank stimulus to the U.S. industrial base in the form of capital expenditure growth.

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Wed May 22, 2013

Budget Travel

A New England Must-See

Emily Dickinson's home, in Amherst, Mass., offers beautiful grounds and a peek into the life of one of America's greatest writers.

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Related Topix: Amherst, MA, Arts, Poetry

Tue May 21, 2013

Sentinel & Enterprise

UMass student trustees: No more tuition hikes

University of Massachusetts student trustees are pushing for the Senate to join the House and Gov.

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Related Topix: Deval Patrick, US Governors, Millbury, MA, UMass Boston, UMass Dartmouth, UMass Lowell

Mon May 20, 2013

A-Infos Radio Project

Radio Ecoshock Show: Who will control the world's climate? , Segment 1

All interviews by Alex Smith of Radio Ecoshock. Clips of Julie Brigham-Grette from You tube at University of Massachusetts, Amherst, presented by www.frontierscientists.com, University of Alaska, Fairbanks.

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Related Topix: University of Alaska Fairbanks

Sun May 19, 2013

Boston.com

First Fridays Artswalk energizes downtown Pittsfield

It's late on Friday afternoon and a small crowd has gathered at Mary's Carrot Cake on Union Street.

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Related Topix: Pittsfield, MA, Cake, Baked Goods, Life, Dessert, Food, Painting, Arts, Lenox, MA, Travel

EurekAlert!

Bacteria use hydrogen, carbon dioxide to produce electricity

Researchers have engineered a strain of electricity-producing bacteria that can grow using hydrogen gas as its sole electron donor and carbon dioxide as its sole source of carbon.

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Related Topix: Microbiology, Biology, Science

Sat May 18, 2013

BeSpacific

A Toxic Flood: Why We Need Stronger Regulations to Protect Public...

"In this report - A Toxic Flood: Why We Need Stronger Regulations to Protect Public Health from Industrial Water Pollution, 2009 Toxics Release Inventory data and the Risk-Screening Environmental Indicators model are used to identify the entities most responsible for the total hazard from industrial water pollution in the United States.

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Truthdig

Arctic Tundra 'Will Turn to Forest'

An ice-free Arctic, the disappearance of tundra and forests up to the edge of the newly open ocean is how the north will look as the natural world reacts to the new climate caused by carbon dioxide reaching 400 parts per million in the atmosphere, according to analysis of new lake sediments.

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Related Topix: Global Warming, Weather, Environment, Science, US News, Liberal Political News

Fri May 17, 2013

The Recorder

Slowinski-Schatz

Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Slowinski of Colrain announce the engagement of their daughter, Angela Marie, to John Brian Schatz, son of Mr.

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Related Topix: Colrain, MA, Acton, MA, Wheelock College, Boxborough, MA

The Gleaner

Fake deficit hawks as ideological austerity-pushers

By Wilberne Persaud, Financial Gleaner Columnist Hawks, falcons, eagles - raptors - are majestic creatures, even the smallest of them.

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Related Topix: Massachusetts

Thu May 16, 2013

New Times SLO

You've got male! And female! And ...

The second annual Gender Symposium, "Gender in the 21st Century: Putting Theory into Practice," is set for May 18 from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Orfalea College of Business, building 3, at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo.

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Related Topix: San Luis Obispo, CA, Transgender

Examiner.com

Why the SATs are still important

The growing number of SAT optional schools is leaving students confused about the importance of standardized admissions tests.

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Related Topix: Standardized Testing, Education

Common Dreams

Food & Water Watch: Electric Utilities Top List of U.S. Toxic Water Polluters

May 16 - The Ohio Valley Electric Corporation, Ferro Corporation, American Electric Power, the U.S. Department of Defense and the Southern Company top the list of the most hazardous polluters of U.S. surface water, according to a report released today by the national consumer advocacy organization Food & Water Watch and the Political Economy ... (more)

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Related Topix: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Frank Lautenberg, Liberal Political News

Sojourners

'Bring Our War Dollars Home'

YEAR AFTER YEAR, more than 50 percent of the federal discretionary budget goes to the Pentagon, while only one-third of the non-defense discretionary budget is invested in struggling states and communities-a contrast at the heart of this year's congressional budget battles.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, Des Moines, IA

Wed May 15, 2013

Community Advocate Newspaper

Richard Quitadamo, 55

On May 27, 1957, Richard was born to Virginia Quitadamo and the late Ralph Quitadamo.

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Related Topix: Worcester, MA, Amherst, MA, Westport, MA, Holden, MA, Oak Bluffs, MA

The Recorder

Recorder/Paul Franz Bernard R. Kubiak is retiring as Town Administrator for the town of Deerfield.

On June 28, Town Administrator Bernie Kubiak will walk out of the front doors of 8 Conway St.

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Related Topix: Deerfield, MA, South Deerfield, MA, Amherst, MA, Belchertown, MA, Hadley, MA

Tue May 14, 2013

MassLive.com

UMass president Robert Caret's salary ranks 59th highest in Chronicle of Higher Education survey

University of Massachusetts President Robert L. Caret ranks 59th when it comes to highest salaries earned by the nation's public university leaders.

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Related Topix: University of Connecticut, Amherst, MA, UMass Lowell, UMass Boston