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Google's products dig deeper into people's lives
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — For Google CEO Larry Page, happiness is a warm computer. "Technology should do the hard work so people can get on doing the things that make them happiest in life," Page told a crowd of 6,000 software developers and...
Tags: Companies and Corporations, Sergey Brin, Marketing, Networking, Computer Hardware
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Buchanan company expects to add 50 jobs by 2016
South Bend TribuneBUCHANAN -- Vickers Engineering is undergoing a very nice growth spurt. Except it's not really a spurt. It's actually steady growth. And the growth will continue, according to Matt Tyler, CEO and president of Vickers Engineering. He said he expects to...Tags: Technology, Petroleum Industry, Energy Resources
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Foes of S. Indiana fertilizer plant cite Texas blast
ROCKPORT, Ind. (AP) — Opponents of a proposed fertilizer plant in southern Indiana are citing safety concerns arising from last month's deadly explosion at a Texas fertilizer manufacturer as they argue that state officials should block the project....
Tags: Metal and Mineral, Plant Openings, Environmental Pollution, Agriculture, Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion (2013)
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High court rules for Monsanto in patent case
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has sustained Monsanto Co.'s claim that an Indiana farmer violated the company's patents on soybean seeds that are resistant to its weed-killer. The justices, in a unanimous vote Monday, rejected the farmer's...
Tags: Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Hampshire, Genetic Engineering, Washington, DC
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'Pause' on Common Core leaves teachers in limbo
GREENWOOD, Ind. (AP) — A legislative decision to pause the rollout of new academic standards is leaving many Indiana teachers in limbo, wondering if they can implement new lesson plans they've spent more than two years creating to meet the...
Tags: Education, Students, Teachers, Teaching and Learning
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Schurz Innovation Award winners named
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- John Quinn thinks reading news on a tablet would be more enjoyable and engaging if it were more like a computer game. A game where the user earns points and wins rewards for rating news articles, sharing content and commenting on stories....Tags: Twitter, Inc., News Agency, Invention and Innovation, Periodicals, Media Industry
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Lieutenant governor visits ND, meets business and agriculture leaders
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- In the shadow of the Golden Dome, Lt. Gov. Sue Ellspermann said she found local business owners enthusiastic to have a dialogue with state officials. "Local business leaders said they saw an ability to work toward economic development...Tags: Health Insurance Cost, Technology, Politics, Local Government, Government
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With a population of 658, Snyder clears way for recently-endangered wolves to be hunted
Additional information from WSBT-TVTRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Rick Snyder signed a bill Wednesday that takes the decision to hunt or not hunt wolves out of voters' hands. It clears the way to schedule Michigan's first gray wolf hunting season since the animal was driven to...Tags: Wildlife, Politics, Natural Resource Industry, Lifestyle and Leisure, Government
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GM CEO to speak at Notre Dame biz school event
SOUTH BEND (AP) — The top executive at General Motors Co. will be the featured speaker for the University of Notre Dame's Mendoza College of Business graduate commencement ceremony. Daniel Akerson is scheduled to speak at the event May 18 at the...
Tags: Corporate Officers, United States Naval Academy, London School of Economics, General Motors Corp., University of Notre Dame
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Voters to decide yes or no on millage proposals for Lakeshore School District
WSBT-TVSTEVENSVILLE--Some people will head to the polls Tuesday and vote yes or no on two new bond issues for Lakeshore Public Schools. Two proposals totaling $53 million are aimed at improving schools but there are some people against the measures. The...Tags: Politics, Stevensville, Elections
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Philly abortion murder trial has national impact
For weeks, jurors in Philadelphia heard grim testimony about deaths and squalor at Dr. Kermit Gosnell's inner-city abortion clinic. While they listened, the murder case reverberated far beyond the courtroom, changing — at least for the moment...
Tags: Health, Politics, Abortion Issue, Medical Procedures and Tests, Kermit Gosnell
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Indiana coal-gas bill stalls C02 pipeline project
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Legislation state lawmakers passed last week that the developers of a proposed Indiana coal-gasification plant say effectively kills their project also has dealt a blow to a Texas company's plans for a pipeline that would carry...Tags: Conservation, Justice System, Coal, Denbury Resources Incorporated, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities
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