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52 min ago | The State

Nat'l parks seek to share of profitable science

A soon-to-be-implemented policy for scientists who are permitted to conduct research in national parks will give the National Park Service a share of any profits from their work.

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Related Topix: US National Parks, Yellowstone National Park, Chemistry

5 hrs ago | WJBF-TV Augusta

Ga Woman Arrested For Having 4 Kids In Filthy Home

A Georgia woman has been arrested for having four children in a filthy home. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that an arrest warrant says 37-year-old Casey Abigail Robinson of Acworth faces charges of contributing to the deprivation of a minor because of the condition of the home.

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Related Topix: Atlanta Metro, Acworth, GA, Entomology

9 hrs ago | The Straits Times

Aim to reduce sheep burps

AUSTRALIAN scientists are working to breed a sheep that belches less, as they look for ways to reduce harmful methane emissions from the country's woolly flocks, a researcher said on Sunday.

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Related Topix: Global Warming, Agriculture

14 hrs ago | Irish Examiner

Minister witnesses flood devastation first-hand

Agriculture Minister Brendan Smith today witnessed first hand the devastating impact of the recent floods on farmers in Co Galway.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Flood, Agriculture

Sat Nov 28, 2009

WLS-TV Chicago

Monday is deadline for Wis. no-call list

Monday is the last day for Wisconsin residents to sign up for the list that bans telemarketing calls that goes into effect Jan.

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Related Topix: Wisconsin, Wisconsin Government, Direct Marketing, Agriculture

Boston Globe

Rat pack: Scientists warming up to African rodent

Naked mole rats don't get cancer. They shrug off brushes with acid and age so well, some are older than the college-aged researchers handling them.

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Related Topix: University of Illinois Chicago, Illinois, Apiculture

The Mercury

Strong quake north of New Zealand

Singapore - A strong earthquake measuring 6.1 was measured near an uninhabited island north of New Zealand on Saturday, the United States Geological Survey said.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Earthquake, Geology

WTIC-TV Hartford

Recession has older Americans heading to soup kitchens, food pantries for first time

Older Americans who were raised on stories of the Great Depression and acquired lifelong habits of thrift now find themselves crowding soup kitchens and food pantries in greater numbers for the first time after seeing retirement funds, second jobs and nest eggs wiped out by recession.

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Related Topix: Personal Finance, Retirement, Fort Lauderdale Metro, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Miami Metro, Agriculture, Life, Charity

ClipSyndicate

Girl Finds Dinosaur Bone at Md. Park

A new dinosaur park located near Laurel, Maryland hasn't been open very long, but already one of its visitor's finds is headed to the Smithsonian.

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Related Topix: Dinosaur, Paleontology, Laurel, MD, Video

Fri Nov 27, 2009

WRIC-TV Richmond

Small Quake Shakes Central Va.

Virginia Tech's Seismological Observatory says a small earthquake that struck central Virginia prompted numerous reports of weak to light shaking but it didn't cause any damage.

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Related Topix: Earthquake, Natural Disasters, Technical Services, Geology, Amherst, VA, Amherst County, VA

WisInfo

Blue Marble Family Farm dairy products prompt Wisconsin consumer alert

MADISON - The state has issued a consumer alert about Blue Marble Family Farm dairy products because it may not be properly pasteurized.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Barneveld, WI

Gouverneur Times

Food stamps estimate raises debate over 'poverty'

How could it be true in the land of plenty, in the midst of an obesity epidemic, skeptics wondered.

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Related Topix: US News, United States Department of Agriculture, Agriculture, Cornell University

Gouverneur Times

NY apple growers leaving more fruit on trees

With the best of the crop off to market, growers say this year it's cheaper to leave leftovers on the trees than to pick and sell them for juice.

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Related Topix: Life, Fruits, Food, Agriculture, Orleans County, NY

Fox 8 - WJW

In Virginia, where tobacco was once king, restaurants prepare to go smoke-free on Dec. 1

The bluish haze that has hung over the Third Street Diner's bar and booths for decades finally lifts next month as a new anti-smoking law takes hold in Virginia, a huge shift for a state whose tobacco habit dates to the Jamestown settlement some 400 years ago.

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Related Topix: Smoking, Medicine, Health, Virginia, Agriculture, Restaurant Management

WTOL-TV Toledo

Experts to help ID final body from Cleveland home

Authorities in Cleveland have asked a leading anthropologist and a forensic artist to help identify the remains of an 11th woman found inside the home of a suspected serial killer.

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Related Topix: Anthropology, Kent State University

Thu Nov 26, 2009

WSAW

Farmers Allowed to Carry Heavy Loads on Roads

Gov. Jim Doyle has issued an executive order giving farmers another month to transport heavy harvest loads.

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Related Topix: Wisconsin, Wisconsin Government, US Governors, Jim Doyle, Agriculture

KHOU-TV Houston

Quake shakes El Salvador, Guatemala

A strong earthquake struck off El Salvador's Pacific coast Thursday, sending people running from buildings in this Central American nation and in neighboring Guatemala.

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Related Topix: Earthquake, Natural Disasters, World News, El Salvador

Fort Frances Times

Researchers find that regular gratitude can promote health, happiness

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Bill Golden survived more than 20 years in the U.S. Army and another 30 in law enforcement.

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Related Topix: Tampa Metro, Medicine, Arthritis, Health, Psychology, UC Riverside

KAIT-TV Jonesboro

Riceland sales at $1.3B for fiscal year

Stuttgart-based Riceland Foods Inc. says its sales for the fiscal year are up by 8 percent from the year before.

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Related Topix: Agriculture

Science Daily

Cosmic 'dig' reveals vestiges of the Milky Way's building blocks

"The history of the Milky Way is encoded in its oldest fragments, globular clusters and other systems of stars that have witnessed the entire evolution of our galaxy," says Francesco Ferraro from the University of Bologna, lead author of a paper appearing in the November 26 issue of the journal Nature.

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Related Topix: Astronomy, Drink, Cocktails, Archaeology, Anthropology

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