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On the Town: A fundraiser on Wisteria Lane
After a hugely successful eight-year run that earned numerous Emmy, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild wins, ABC's “Desperate Housewives” wraps production on its final episode this week. The two-hour series finale, slated to run on Sunday,...
Tags: Human Body, Drama (genre), Teri Hatcher, Felicity Huffman, Concerts
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Burb's Eye View: It's getting easier to find the right genes
The steps leading down to the quiet storefront added to the intimidation. He remembers it not as a cellar, exactly, but it was a small, dense room underneath the street-level life pulsing away in the evening. Leo Myers, then just a teen, approached the...Tags: Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Slavery, Human Body, Abraham Lincoln, PBS (tv network)
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Ready for the ride of her life
LOS ANGELES — Kristina Harrison received a gift from her daughter prior to the biggest competition of her life.
Taking part in the dressage equestrian event at the 2003 Pan American Games as a member of the Team U.S.A., Harrison carried with her...Tags: Awards and Prizes, Alabama, Wayne, Dressage, Idaho
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Former Packer and Stockyards official discusses industry competition
Fort Pierre Livestock shared their business site on Friday, May 18, with R-CALF USA and the South Dakota Stock Growers to host J. Dudley Butler, the former administrator for the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration. The theme of the...Tags: Consumers, Charles Grassley, Crime, Law and Justice, Republican Party, Barack Obama
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Other Voices
While the U.S. economy as a whole remains sluggish, the farm sector has been doing well. Exceptionally well, in fact. Last year, net farm income was a record $101 billion, and it's expected to be only slightly off the pace in 2012. With the national...Tags: Pat Roberts, Trade Policy, U.S. Senate, Symptoms, Barack Obama
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Father Ted turns 95, reflects on years at Notre Dame
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterSOUTH BEND -- The Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh will spend Friday, his 95th birthday, as he spends every birthday -- fishing for bass, walleye and northern pike in northern Wisconsin. "The years are tough and they get tougher. But at the end of the year, you...Tags: Henry Ford, Colleges and Universities, Education, Religion and Belief, University of Notre Dame
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Genetically Engineered Salmon Move One Step Closer to Human Consumption
Channel 2 NewsThe U.S. Senate moved the country one step closer Thursday afternoon to something that the world has never seen before: approving a genetically modified, or GM, animal for human consumption. The Senate passed a bill approving reauthorization of the...Tags: Genetic Engineering, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Politics, Science and Technology, Allergies
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Everyone's talking about the Jones girl
I have to hand it to Lolo Jones, her marketing agent, Brandon Swibel, and the edgy promotional gurus at Red Bull. I can't think of another athlete with such a slim competitive resume becoming such a pre-Olympic star and attracting such an impressive...
Tags: Los Angeles Times, Twitter, Inc., Facebook, Social Media, Maria Sharapova
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UCLA team develops math relationship that explains leaf veins
By comparing leaves from around the world, UCLA botanists have developed a mathematical formula that explains how the major veins in leaves grow. The finding helps explain why flowering plants took over from cycads and conifers as the planet's dominant...
Tags: Science and Technology, Science, Paleontology, Waterway and Maritime Transportation Industry, University of California, Los Angeles
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Mountain lion killed in Santa Monica was probably seeking a home
In the end, the mountain lion was probably looking for a place to call his own. Scientists believe the male mountain lion roamed his way down the Santa Monica Mountains early Tuesday, likely following a runoff channel. When daylight broke, he found...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Science and Technology, The Getty, National Parks, Science
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Fevers during pregnancy linked to autism, but medication helps
Women who reported having had a fever during pregnancy were more likely to give birth to a baby who would later be diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder or a development delay, says a major new study. But the babies of women who treated their fevers...
Tags: Flu Vaccine, Science and Technology, Behavioral Conditions, Medical Research, Acetaminophen (drug)
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Chambersburg student receives $1,000 scholarship
Lindsay Rae Upperman of Chambersburg, Pa., recently received a $1,000 scholarship from the CHS Foundation, one of the nation’s leading cooperatives, owned by farmers, ranchers and co-ops. Upperman will study animal science and genetics at Butler...Tags: Awards and Prizes
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