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Ohio school district sues over air pollution
(AP) -- A school district near Cincinnati is suing a plastics plant, accusing it of continuing to release chemicals in the air that exceed government safety standards.
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For stars, high-tech gaffes hard to hide
(AP) -- So, you fail to take a deep breath and to count to 10 - and you post something you probably shouldn't on Twitter or Facebook, or somewhere else online.
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Text-a-Tip programs allow tipsters to help police
(AP) -- A mother in Boston tells police her 8-year-old boy was shot to death in their apartment by gunmen in hooded sweat shirts during a home invasion.
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Rat pack: Scientists warming up to African rodent
(AP) -- 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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Hajj devil stoning ritual biggest swine flu risk
(AP) -- Millions of Muslim pilgrims, many wearing surgical masks, jostled together shoulder-to-shoulder furiously casting pebbles at stone walls representing the devil Saturday - the hajj ritual of highest concern to world health authorities watching for an outbreak of swine flu.
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NASA: Floating 'junk' no threat to space station
(AP) -- NASA says a piece of old space junk that it's been tracking for a few days is no threat to the International Space Station.
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GPS cell phone apps challenge standalone devices
(AP) -- The growth of cell phones with global-positioning technology is making life uncertain for the makers of personal navigational devices that help drivers figure out where they are and where to go.
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Understanding the pros and cons of health overhaul
(AP) -- Maybe you've been reading the health care bill in your spare time. Then perhaps you can answer this question:
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iPhone's debut in S.Korea means paradigm shift: experts
Apple's top selling iPhone made its debut in South Korea Saturday with experts saying the iconic smartphone is likely to serve as a wake-up call for an IT industry basking in an isolated market.
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Japan launches 5th spy satellite
(AP) -- Japan launched its fifth spy satellite into orbit Saturday in a bid to boost its ability to independently gather intelligence, the government said.
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What a grind: Bruxism at night likely a sign of stress by day
You can practically track Steve Barkley's stress by the level of activity in his temporomandibular joint, or TMJ, the hinge joint that connects the lower jaw to the temporal bone of the skull and helps one chew, talk and yawn.
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Teachers begin using cell phones for class lessons
(AP) -- Ariana Leonard's high school students shuffled in their seats, eagerly awaiting a cue from their Spanish teacher that the assignment would begin. "Take out your cell phones," she said in Spanish.
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Signal fading on radio traffic reports
(AP) -- For more than 20 years, Mike Nolan was known to radio listeners as the "eye in the sky." He flew over Southern California freeways in his single-engine plane, reporting on the nation's worst traffic.
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Golden Oldie: Key Role for Ancient Protein in Algae Photosynthesis
The discovery that an ancient light harvesting protein plays a pivotal role in the photosynthesis of green algae should help the effort to develop algae as a biofuels feedstock. Researchers with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have identified the protein LHCSR as the molecular "dimmer ...
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Overeating can set stage for obesity, researchers say
It doesn't seem like a fair fight. In one corner loomed the Thanksgiving table, groaning with poultry, pie and mashed potatoes.
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Government delays new ban on Internet gambling
(AP) -- The Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve are giving U.S. financial institutions an additional six months to comply with regulations designed to ban Internet gambling.
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Fujitsu Develops Technology for Low-Temperature Full-Service Direct Formation of Graphene Transistors on Large-Scale Sub
Fujitsu Develops Technology for Low-Temperature Full-Service Direct Formation of Graphene ...
physorg.com — Fujitsu Laboratories today announced, as a world first, the development of a novel technology for forming graphene... transistors directly on the entire surface of large-scale insulating substrates at low temperatures while employing chemical-vapor ... (more) Fujitsu Develops Technology for Low-Temperature ...
'Avatar' video game to expand film's alien world
(AP) -- James Cameron was thinking beyond the big screen when he created the alien world of Pandora. The "Titanic" director worked in tandem with video game developer Ubisoft Montreal on the game based on his upcoming sci-fi epic "Avatar."
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Herschel takes a peek at the ingredients of the galaxies
(PhysOrg.com) -- The European Space Agency has today released spectacular new observations from the Herschel Space Observatory, including the UK-led SPIRE instrument. Spectrometers on board all three Hershel instruments have been used to analyse the light from objects inside our galaxy and from ...
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New tools for prediction of disease progression in acute childhood leukemia
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Uppsala University and University Children`s Hospital in Uppsala have devised powerful new tools for typing cells from children with acute lymphatic leukemia and for prediction of how children with leukemia will respond to chemotherapy. The study was recently ...
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