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15 hrs ago | USA Today

Accused Americans could be stuck in Brazil for months

Three U.S. graduate students arrested last month for suspected poaching and visa violations could be stranded in a remote corner of Brazil for months as their case goes through the courts, their lawyer says.

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Related Topix: South America, World News, Brazil, University of Minnesota Duluth,

Yesterday | Bit-tech.net main Feed

The best way to clean your keyboard

According to a study run by the University of Arizona , the average computer keyboard contains more bacteria - 400 times more - than the average toilet.

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Related Topix: Keyboards

Sat Jul 04, 2009

PR-inside.com

SourceGas Names New CFO

SourceGas LLC announced today that Manjit Cheema has joined SourceGas as Chief Financial Officer.

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Related Topix: Energy, State University, AR

Fri Jul 03, 2009

Payvand News of Iran

MESA's letter to Ayatollah Khamenei on the developments in Iran

Middle East Studies Association of North America 1219 N Santa Rita Ave The University of Arizona Tucson AZ 85721 USA mesana@u.arizona.edu www.mesana.org June 30, 2009 Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran c/o H.E. Mohammad Khazaee Ambassador of Iran to the United Nations Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of ...

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Related Topix: Iran, World News, Middle East, Tucson, AZ, Activism

East Valley Living

UA Foundation Hires Shaun Sommerer as Vice President

" The University of Arizona Foundation has hired Shaun O. Sommerer, PhD, to serve as Vice President for Arizona Health Sciences Development.

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Related Topix: Arizona, Arizona Government, University of Nevada-Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV Metro, Chemistry, Science

Thu Jul 02, 2009

RedOrbit

Phoenix Mission Study Points to Martian Climate Cycles

Four papers in the journal Science this week offer new details about the history of water on Mars, gleaned from the 2008 NASA Phoenix Mars Mission that was operated from The University of Arizona.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, NASA, Robots

PhysOrg Weblog

Tamiflu-resistant swine flu patient found in Japan: govt

A genetic mutation of swine flu that is resistant to the anti-viral Tamiflu has been discovered in Japan, the first such case in the country, the health ministry said.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, World News, Japan, Medicine, Influenza, Science / Technology, Space, NASA

Cincypost.Com

Colleges Focus On Veterans As GI Bill Ups Numbers

With a fattened GI Bill covering full tuition and more, the number of veterans attending college this fall is expected to jump 30 percent from last year to nearly half a million.

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Related Topix: Life, Veteran Affairs, US Military, US Army, Fort Campbell, Cleveland State University, University of West Florida, US Air Force, Eglin Air Force Base

Wed Jul 01, 2009

Library Journal

The LIS Placement Gap

Placement support - an example of "what is broken" By John N. Berry III, Editor-at-Large, jberry@reedbusiness.com -- Library Journal, 6/30/2009 Help with career planning and placement was high among the many things a group of students told me was missing from their LIS education.

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Related Topix: Libraries

Tue Jun 30, 2009

ABC News

Why Would Kids Want Their Stepfather Dead?

Nathan Gann, a clean-cut honors student who attended the University of Arizona, was a self-described computer geek.

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Related Topix: Family, Kids

Tucson Region

Law and Order

A Tucson woman admitted Monday to participating in a deadly robbery to raise bail money for her boyfriend, who was in jail on car-theft charges.

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Related Topix: Tucson, AZ, Pima County, AZ, Death Penalty, Federal Prisons, Prison

Mon Jun 29, 2009

Computerworld

Scientists develop mind-controlled wheelchairs

Toyota Motor Corp. today announced that its researchers have developed technology that will allow human brainwaves to steer an electric wheelchair.

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Related Topix: CPU, Science / Technology, Toyota Motor, Automakers, Computers, Robots

Sun Jun 28, 2009

KPHO-TV Phoenix

Police: Booted Ariz. Frat Was Out Of Control

Pledges at a University of Arizona fraternity were slapped, yelled at and made to drink beer until they vomited, according to a police investigation.

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Related Topix: Student Society, Fraternities, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Sigma Phi

Free Republic

Lies and corrections about HB2439, Petty Offense

Howard Fischer's latest screed against self-defense. I've posted the article in the Star, plus my comment.

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Related Topix: Life, Self Defense, Guns, Tucson, AZ, Criminal Defense Law, Law

Los Angeles Times

Frank J. Low dies at 75; one of the fathers of infrared astronomy

Astronomer Frank J. Low, the experimental genius who developed and distributed sensors for infrared astronomy and performed the first successful observations above the Earth's atmosphere, died June 11 in Tucson after a long illness, the University of Arizona announced.

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Related Topix: Astronomy, Science, Arizona, Science / Technology, Space, NASA

Sat Jun 27, 2009

Daily News Sun

Senators OK concealed weapons on campuses

Saying it will make people safer, state senators voted to let people with concealed weapons permits carry them onto college and university campuses where they are now forbidden.

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The Arizona Daily Star

University of Arizona grad student researchers arrested in Brazil

Three U.S. researchers - including two University of Arizona graduate students - are free on bail in Brazil after being jailed on suspicion of illegally prospecting for minerals, federal police said Friday.

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Fri Jun 26, 2009

Yuma Sun

Pharmacy camp plants seed for professional career

A summer camp that not only offered fun but a unique opportunity to gain valuable experience and skills came to Yuma for the first time this season thanks to the University of Arizona Pharmacy School.

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Related Topix: Family, Adolescents and Pre-Teens, Yuma, AZ, Education Etc.

The Frederick News Post

Second challenger to enter race against Bartlett

PROFESSION/EMPLOYER: Salesman/Three Amigos Inc. He is a former television journalist.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Roscoe Bartlett, Frederick, MD

Thu Jun 25, 2009

PR-inside.com

CyraCom Announces a Partnership with the University of Arizonaa s National Center for Interpretation

CyraCom, the Tucson-based language services company, and The University of Arizonaa TMs National Center for Interpretation today announced a new collaboration to benefit local Spanish/English healthcare interpreters.

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Related Topix: Tucson, AZ

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