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NDSU hires crop protection specialist
Venkataramana Chapara has joined North Dakota State University as the Extension Service's area crop protection specialist at the North Central Research Extension Center near Minot. He will be working on integrated pest management systems for all crops...Tags: Zoology, Medical Specialization, Science, Science and Technology, Agricultural Research and Technology
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Wife and her twin spend their days texting
Dear Amy: I am married to a 40-year-old woman who is an identical twin. Needless to say, my wife and her sister are close, but I almost categorize it as obsessive and/or excessive. They talk via phone or text just about every hour, and they need to know...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Human Interest
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Study raises concerns about raw-food diet for pets
For The Baltimore SunThe raw-food movement has grown in popularity among pet owners for a few years now, with people eschewing commercially produced food in favor of raw meats, vegetables, bones, and fruits for their furry family members. But a new study in the Journal of...Tags: Fatty Acids, Diets and Dieting, Dietary Supplements, Pets
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Remarkable Woman: Patti Vasquez
Getting paid to be funny is great work if you can get it. And comedian Patti Vasquez knows she's fortunate to be busy. "I'm in Iowa next week and then South Carolina after that," Vasquez said recently. "I mean, it took us two weeks just to coordinate...
Tags: Girls (tv program), Joan Rivers, Lewis Black, Margaret Cho, Lung Cancer
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Remembrance: Roger Ebert, film's hero to the end
This post has been corrected. See below for details. It seems like only yesterday — in fact, it was only yesterday — that I read that Roger Ebert was taking what he called, with typical verbal skill, "a leave of presence" to fight the cancer...
Tags: Roger Ebert, Arts and Culture, Entertainment Events, Sundance Film Festival, Reviews
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A preview of major issues on tap in 2013 in Downers Grove
Several interesting issues are on the horizon for residents of the southeastern DuPage village. Here's a look at topics likely to add another chapter throughout 2013. Competition for Downers Grove Village Council Six people entered the race for...Tags: Bankruptcy, Personal Service, Companies and Corporations, Urbana (Champaign, Illinois), Business Enterprises
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6 candidates vie for Glenbard school board
Three newcomers and three incumbents are competing for seats on Glenbard High School District 87's school board. Here's at look at the candidates seeking a seat in the April 9 election on the board overseeing the four high schools that serve parts of...Tags: YMCA, PTA, Colleges and Universities, Teaching and Learning, Politics
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Play about India call center never makes a connection
"Disconnect," the aptly named new play by Anupama Chandrasekhar at the Victory Gardens Theater, is set in a collection agency in Chennai, India, where smart, ambitious and energetic young Indian workers assume pseudonyms like Jennifer and Michelle and try...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Career and Workplace, Disconnect (movie), Victory Gardens Theatre, Chennai (India)
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Carl Woese dies at 84; evolutionary biologist
Before Carl R. Woese, science divided the living world into two types of organisms: bacteria and everything else. But the University of Illinois professor and colleagues in the 1970s discovered that microbes now called archaea look like bacteria but...
Tags: Science, Nobel Prize Awards, Biology, Pancreatic Cancer, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
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Menu labels may sway those who need them most
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Showing diners how many calories are in restaurant food items may influence how much they eat - especially among the least health-conscious people, a new study suggests. "It's encouraging because the information may help the...Tags: Science and Technology, Education, Dining and Drinking, Colleges and Universities, Restaurants
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Trial date set for Woodridge man accused of killing dad with weed trimmer
Tribune reporterA Woodridge man is scheduled to stand trial next month on charges that he allegedly beat his father to death with a weed trimmer. DuPage County Judge Robert Kleeman on Thursday set Jan. 14 as the trial date for Yashesh Desai, 22, charged with the August...Tags: Trials, Prosecution, Lawyers, Prescription Drugs, Murder
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Rick Kogan on Carl Sandburg's 'A Revolver'
You have, no doubt, heard about the new Carl Sandburg poem. Perhaps you have read it too. It is titled "A Revolver," and it was discovered a few weeks ago by Ernie Gullerud, a former professor of social work at the University of Illinois at Urbana-...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Science and Technology, Poetry, Carl Sandburg, Libraries
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