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Variety of items on IID agenda
Staff WriterA number of items that may have far-reaching implications are on the agenda at today’s Imperial Irrigation District Board of Directors meeting. The board will consider renewing General Manager Kevin Kelley’s contract in closed session. His... -
Restaurant meals overloaded with salt, fat, calories, study says
Want to satisfy your full day’s requirement of salt, fat and calories? Sit down in a restaurant and order a meal. After an exhaustive analysis of 3,507 possible ways to order 685 meals at 19 restaurants chains in Canada, researchers found that the...
Tags: Heart Disease, Medical Research, Hamburgers, High Blood Pressure, Heart Failure
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State Universities Getting Short End Of The Stick
The Hartford CourantAs the legislative session heads toward a close, Connecticut citizens and legislators should question why the state provides much higher subsidized public support to students at the University of Connecticut than to those in the Connecticut State...Tags: Career and Workplace, Teachers, Students, Services and Shopping, Education
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Labor official brings minimum-wage push to Baltimore
The fight over the federal minimum wage is coming to Baltimore. The head of the U.S. Department of Labor plans to swing into town Tuesday to talk to low-wage workers about how they make — or don't make — ends meet. Seth D. Harris, the agency'...
Tags: Business, Small Businesses, Social Issues, Employment Opportunities, Career and Workplace
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Radioactive tuna from Fukushima? Scientists eat it up
Marine biologist Dan Madigan stood on a dock in San Diego and considered some freshly caught Pacific bluefin tuna. The fish had managed to swim 5,000 miles from their spawning grounds near Japan to California's shores, only to end up the catch of local...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Conservation, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Ecosystems, Sushi and Sashimi
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Five decades after JFK's assassination, the lucrative conspiracy theory industry hums along
AP National WriterOn the very day John F. Kennedy died, a cottage industry was born. Fifty years and hundreds of millions of dollars later, it's still thriving. Its product? The "truth" about the president's assassination. "By the evening of November 22, 1963, I found...Tags: John F. Kennedy Assassination (1963), Organized Crime, Jesse Ventura, The Washington Post, Movies
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UC faculty leader warns of more exits if research loses ground
The systemwide leader of the University of California’s faculty said Friday that he hoped that the announced move of prominent neuroscience researchers from UCLA to USC reminds government leaders in Sacramento of the importance of research at UC....
Tags: Career and Workplace, Teachers, Science, University of California, Los Angeles, Science and Technology
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USC steals 2 star brain researchers from UCLA
In a major case of academic poaching involving crosstown rivals, USC has lured away two prominent neuroscientists from UCLA with a promise to expand their internationally renowned lab that uses brain imaging techniques to study Alzheimer's disease,...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Boston, Barack Obama, Medical Research, Politics
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SeaWorld's shares details of cuisine at Antarctica's new Expedition Cafe
Theme park foodies will soon have a new eatery to add to their list, with the opening of the eclectic Expedition Cafe, which is part of SeaWorld's new Antarctica expansion. The restaurant will feature a variety of food from around the world, mirroring...
Tags: Antarctica, Restaurants, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Dining and Drinking, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Grazing together: Ranch wisdom put to the test
BROOKINGS - SDSU Extension Specialists and South Dakota cattle producers are teaming up to apply research to a generations-old idea that for every cow grazing on rangeland, a ewe can be added and not have a negative impact on forage quality or...Tags: Health Insurance Cost, Science and Technology
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Field trial results released
BROOKINGS - During the 2012 growing season, SDSU Extension staff researched the effectiveness of fungicide seed treatments, cultural controls and foliar fungicides to manage plant diseases. The results are now available for growers to review at iGrow.org....Tags: Medical Specialization, Trials, Plant Diseases, Pathology
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West Virginia Water Research Institute awards $40K to groups for water quality monitoring
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Ten groups are sharing $40,000 in funds from the West Virginia Water Research Institute. The institute is part of the National Research Center for Coal and Energy at West Virginia University. Officials say the funding will...Tags: West Virginia University, U.S. Geological Survey
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