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No clear link between organic food, birth defect
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Baby boys whose moms ate organic during pregnancy do not seem to have a lower risk of a birth defect of the penis, a new study finds. The birth defect is known as hypospadias, where the opening of the urethra is on the...Tags: Birth Defects, Arable Farming, Dining and Drinking, Butter, Science and Technology
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Travelers Takes Documentary About U.S. Debt On Tour To University Campuses
The Hartford CourantExactly four weeks before Americans choose their next president, The Travelers Cos. announced it has launched a national campaign to take its documentary about the national debt to university campuses across the U.S. Travelers has said the company is...Tags: Business, Northwestern University, Insurance, Transportation Industry, Politics
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American Scientists Win Nobel Prize In Chemistry
Two American scientists won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for their work revealing protein receptors on the surface of cells that tell them what is going on in the human body. The achievements have allowed drug makers to develop medication with fewer side...
Tags: Human Interest, Science, Science and Technology, Medical Research, Nobel Prize Awards
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Jim Drake dies at 83; aeronautical engineer created the Windsurfer
Aeronautical engineer Jim Drake had already solved the "puzzle" of pairing a surfboard with a sail when a young man who stopped to admire "the Baja Board" in the late 1960s suggested what he called "the perfect name": the Windsurfer. In his Santa...
Tags: Jim Drake, Los Angeles Times, Respiratory Disease, Science and Technology, Sailing
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Luck's on vacation, but Colts sure he's coming along just fine
For Indianapolis Head Coach Chuck Pagano, it has been a long time since he has spent this much time away from somebody he hopes he spends a long future with. However the player/coach relationship is a bit of a different dynamic than the husband/wife...Tags: Clyde Christensen, Andrew Luck, Science and Technology, Chuck Pagano, National Football League
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The Valley Line: A spectacular day for golf, having a party
The annual Fiesta Days celebration is in full force here in our community. Tonight Memorial Park will be jam-packed with locals taking part in the family dinner and fireworks show. I'll be there. Will you? Tomorrow is the grand Memorial Day Parade, where...
Tags: Memorial Day, Jack Nicklaus, Golf, Festive Events, Arts and Culture
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Bluefin tuna carried a little -- very little -- radiation from Japan to California, study says
Los Angeles TimesPacific bluefin tuna carried radioactivity from Japan’s 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster all the way across the ocean to the shores of California, scientists reported Monday. They didn’t bring much — the levels were far lower...Tags: Fukushima (Fukushima, Japan), Japan, Science and Technology, Fishing, Tokyo Electric Power Co.
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PASSINGS: Richard W. Lyman, Johnny Tapia
Richard W. Lyman
Former president of Stanford University
Richard W. Lyman, 88, a former president and provost of Stanford University who clamped down on student protests during the Vietnam War era, died Sunday of congestive heart failure in Palo Alto,...Tags: Students, Human Interest, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Featherweight Boxing, Boxing
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Ivy League schools offering free online classes
KIAHThe times of Ivy League students bragging about being Ivy League students are over. Now everybody can be an Ivy League student for free. Well, sort of... Stanford University has launched "Udacity", an online educational platform that is making waves...Tags: University of Pennsylvania, University of Michigan, Education, Colleges and Universities
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On the frontier of medical pot to treat boy's epilepsy
MODESTO —Topamax. Depakote. Phenobarbital. The list goes on. Before Jayden David turned 5, he had tried a dozen powerful medications to tame a rare form of epilepsy. The side effects were devastating. There were grand mal seizures that lasted...
Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, St. George, Schizophrenia, Justice System, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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British magazine ranks Caltech best university in world
For the second year in a row, Caltech has been ranked the best university in the world by the British magazine Times Higher Education. Harvard dominated the top spot on the magazine's World University Rankings from 2004 to 2010. But Caltech raised to...
Tags: Science and Technology, Education, Periodicals, Harvard University, Google+
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PASSINGS: R.G. Armstrong, Norman Alden, Ted Hinshaw, Neil Reed
R.G. Armstrong Actor a favorite of Peckinpah R.G. Armstrong, 95, a veteran character actor who started his career in the 1950s on Broadway, segued to television, then solidified his standing as a favorite of filmmakers Sam Peckinpah and Warren Beatty,...Tags: Bank Robbery, Warren Beatty, Sailing, High School Sports, Ed Wood (movie)
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