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Filling canals to restore Barataria marshes
ABC26 NewsZipping in an airboat over a thick mat of water hyacinths floating in an old oil and gas service canal in the Barataria Preserve, David Muth pointed to wispy trees lining the banks and raised his voice to be heard above the roaring motor. "These are 90...Tags: National Parks, Invasive Species, Natural Resources, Energy Resources, Petroleum Industry
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Computer specialist contends his views cost him his job at JPL
David Coppedge's co-workers at one of the nation's most prominent scientific institutions didn't have to guess his theory as to how the universe was created. He offered to lend them DVDs advocating intelligent design. An evangelical Christian, he also...Tags: Conservation, Science, Judges, Separation of Church and State, Trials
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Federal center pays good money for suspect medicine
Thanks to a $374,000 taxpayer-funded grant, we now know that inhaling lemon and lavender scents doesn't do a lot for our ability to heal a wound. With $666,000 in federal research money, scientists examined whether distant prayer could heal AIDS. It could...Tags: Ginkgo Biloba, Stanford University, Cancer, Herbal Supplements, Medical Specialization
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Burke's idea to continue free water is all wet
Change of SubjectFriday's print column, below, is a revised and extended version of a blog posting yesterday Ald. Ed Burke, 14th, made a splash, so to speak, Wednesday when he called for allowing religious schools and houses of worship to continue getting...... -
Critics say new wild horse panel is pro-livestock
RENO, Nev. (AP) - A panel of experts chosen to spend two years generating the definitive study on wild horse management in the West is kicking up controversy before it even gets out of the chute. Mustang protection advocates contend the committee...Tags: Conservation, Genes and Chromosomes, National Government, Science, Biology
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Veterans Day 2011 Deals and Events
WTKR-TV3Natural Elements Spa & Salon will host its third annual "Operations Veterans Appreciation" on Friday November 11, 2011, from 10 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. as they join forces with Fortis College and Chrysm Institute for Esthetics to honor our Men and Woman in...Tags: Harris Teeter, Inc., Business, Human Interest, Oil Changes, Veterans Day
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Study: Overfertilizing corn undermines ethanol Rice University researchers find feeding crops too heavily bad for biofuel, environment
HOUSTON -- Rice University scientists and their colleagues have found that when growing corn crops for ethanol, more means less. A paper in the online edition of the American Chemical Society's journal Environmental Science and Technology shows how...Tags: Australia, Science, Mississippi, Ethanol, Chemicals
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Gulf oil spill: National parks, fish & wildlife directors head to gulf
GreenspaceInterior Secretary Ken Salazar on Sunday dispatched the head of the National Park Service, Jon Jarvis, to Mobile, Ala., and the acting head of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Rowan Gould, to Houma, La., to help with recovery efforts...... -
Jean-Lou Chameau: Cooking up ideas
I hope Jean-Lou Chameau gets to sleep late this morning. Friday, at his third graduation ceremony as president of Caltech, he also announced $30 million in gifts to that singular institution, where Albert Einstein and Richard Feynman worked their mighty...Tags: National Government, France, Students, Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara, California), Colleges and Universities
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Ronald Bracewell, 86; developed techniques used in CT, MRI scans
Ronald Bracewell, the Stanford University polymath who developed mathematical techniques for producing images with radiotelescopes that are now widely used in CT and MRI imaging for medicine, died of a heart attack at his home on campus July 12. He was...Tags: Australia, Entertainment, Science, Stanford University, World War II (1939-1945)
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With Charm And Money, The Scientific Elite Join The Battle. The Uconn Embryologist Vies With His Own Mortality.
The Hartford CourantDressed in a dark wool coat that protects him against the bitter November wind of the North China plain, Xiangzhong ``Jerry'' Yang looks down at his grave site as television cameras record the moment. The right half of his face, the half not disfigured...Tags: University of Connecticut, National Government, Values, Mitt Romney, Science
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