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No sign of remains in new Mich. search for Hoffa
ROSEVILLE, Mich. (AP) — Jimmy Hoffa is presumed dead, cocooned in mystery and innuendo and missing for the past 37 years. Patricia Szpunar just hopes that if the former Teamsters boss' remains do turn up, they're not in her backyard. Over the...Tags: Lotteries, James P. Hoffa, Lifestyle and Leisure, Culture, Arts and Culture
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Texas grad student mauled by chimps knew the risks
DALLAS (AP) — A South African hospital says an American anthropology student attacked by chimps he was studying remains sedated after six hours of surgery to clean and stitch his wounds and deal with fractures and other injuries. Andrew Oberle...Tags: Jane Goodall, University of Texas at San Antonio, Culture, Arts and Culture
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SIDS: What's the safest way for infants to sleep?
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterPediatricians and researchers have long recommended crib sleep as the safest infant sleeping arrangement to prevent sudden infant death syndrome, or SIDS. But University of Notre Dame anthropology professor James McKenna says he has uncovered...Tags: Medical Specialization, Physiology, University of Notre Dame, Research, Culture
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Authorities want to know if found bones are human
HAMMOND, Ind. (AP) — A forensic anthropologist is being called in to determine whether three more bones found in a troubled northwestern Indiana cemetery are human. The Lake County coroner's office tells The Times of Munster (http://bit.ly/yea9nX )...Tags: Culture, Arts and Culture
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UPDATE: Human remains found in Van Buren County exhumed
VAN BUREN COUNTY — Skeletal remains found by a tree trimming/logging company Thursday in Van Buren County have been exhumed and are heading to the anthropology department of Michigan State University.
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University declining to release info on fired IUSB professor Otis Grant
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterThe public may never know specifics about why tenured professor Otis B. Grant was fired in late 2011 from Indiana University South Bend. Indiana University isn't required to release any additional details about Grant's dismissal, according to an informal...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Teachers, Indiana University, Crime, Law and Justice, Financial Aid
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Tenured IU South Bend professor Grant fired for alleged misconduct
Otis B. Grant, a tenured professor at Indiana University South Bend, was dismissed for engaging in "serious personal and professional misconduct," according to the university.
Grant's last day of employment on the IU faculty was Dec. 31, 2011.
"The...Tags: Indiana University, Teaching and Learning, Teachers, Crime, Law and Justice, Health and Safety at School
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Old dog, new tricks: Study IDs 9,400-year-old mutt
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A University of Maine researcher has found a bone fragment from what he says is the oldest-known domesticated dog in the Americas. Graduate student Samuel Belknap III says he came across the bone while analyzing a dried-... -
New AP prep tool: pancakes
"Good luck AP test takers" scrolled across Costa Mesa High School's electronic marquee Friday morning. At Newport-Mesa Unified high schools this week, Advanced Placement classes culminated with exams that will determine whether students receive college...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Foods and Beverages, Education, Mountains, High Schools
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Eating bugs: Would you dine on cicadas? Crickets? Buttered beetles?
Mmmm. Just look at that plump little cicada. Can you imagine plucking it off its leaf and popping it in your mouth? Too much? How about after it's flash fried with a little butter, garlic and sea salt? Face it, America. We're inch-worming our way closer...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Restaurants, Sports, Cricket, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Exclusive: Brazil's Rousseff sides with farmers in Indian land fight
ReutersBRASILIA/SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has ordered her government to stop confiscating farmland to create new Indian reservations, government officials say, a policy reversal with major implications for one of the world's top...Tags: Environmental Issues, Crime, Law and Justice, Government, Judges, Brazil
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'Cultural Politics of Seeds' at UCLA on May 17
The UCLA Center for the Study of Women will be presenting a symposium on the "Cultural Politics of Seeds" on May 17, as part of the Life (Un)Ltd project which explores the impact of recent developments in biotechnology and biosciences on feminist studies....
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