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Mildly autistic, 12-year-old takes college physics
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A 12-year-old boy with mild autism is making quite an impression on his classmates, standing out among fellow students in a calculus-based physics class at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. Jacob Barnett says...Tags: Science and Technology, Education, Applied Physics, Health, Indianapolis
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US official: Ease obstacles to breast-feeding
WASHINGTON (AP) — How long a new mother breast-feeds can boil down to hassles at work, whether her doctor ever stressed how super-healthy it is, even whether Grandma approves. The U.S surgeon general is issuing a call Thursday to eliminate...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Elections, Human Body, Breastfeeding, Health
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Study: Spacing babies close may raise autism risk
CHICAGO (AP) — Close birth spacing may put a second-born child at higher risk for autism, suggests a preliminary study based on more than a half-million California children. Children born less than two years after their siblings were...Tags: Family, Asperger Syndrome, Health, American Academy of Pediatrics, Preventative Medicine
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Snow tunnels and forts put children in harm's way
SOUTH BEND — WSBT’s friends on Facebook uploaded a dozen photos of their children building snow forts and snow tunnels. But local firefighters have a warning for parents.
For Don Wilverton, sledding down hills is what winter is all about....Tags: Mass Media, Science and Technology, Facebook, Arts and Culture, Physiology
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Trinity kids get taste of college
In a chemistry lab at Saint Mary's College on Thursday morning, Ryan Busk and Mark Smith, sophomores at Trinity School at Greenlawn, peered into a beaker of boiling water holding test tubes containing emulsifying bits of pepperoni, lunch meat and...Tags: Science and Technology, Chemistry, Pepperoni, Teaching and Learning, Colleges and Universities
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Continental recalling tires used on Ford trucks
WASHINGTON (AP) — Continental Tire says it will recall 390,000 truck tires, most of which are used as original tires on 2008-2009 Ford F-250 and F-350 trucks. Continental says about 330,000 of the tires were used on new Ford trucks while the...Tags: Science and Technology, Washington, DC, Ford, Physiology
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FACT CHECK: Are 82 percent of schools 'failing'?
President Barack Obama declared this week that four of five public schools could be labeled as "failing" this year under the No Child Left Behind Act if Congress does not take action to rewrite the law. "That's an astonishing number," he said Monday...Tags: Science and Technology, Justice System, Elections, Judges, Politics
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Walkerton mother glad to hear son is safe in Japan
"Anything that happens over there scares me," Connie Sult, of Walkerton, said after hearing news of the 8.9-magnitude earthquake that hit Japan overnight. But she was happy to see that her son, Master Sgt. Jim Sult, who is stationed at Yokota Air Base,...Tags: Mass Media, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Disasters and Accidents, Science and Technology, Japan
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Could gene tests tell if kids can be sports stars?
CHICAGO (AP) — Was your kid born to be an elite athlete? Marketers of genetic tests claim the answer is in mail-order kits costing less than $200. Some customers say the test results help them steer their children to appropriate sports. But...Tags: Food and Drug Administration, Online Advertising, Health Organizations, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Explosions
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Penn takes overall honors at Warsaw Academic Super Bowl Invitational
Penn High School has moved from winning spell bowls to winning academic bowls. The school was named the overall champion in the Warsaw High School Academic Super Bowl Invitational, according to a report from the Monday night event.
Wawasee High took...Tags: Science and Technology, Social Sciences, Super Bowl, Multi-Sport Events, Sports
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Saint Mary's College given $10 million
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterSOUTH BEND -- Saint Mary's College has received a $9 million private contribution to fund a major renovation of the campus Science Hall. The gift, from philanthropists MaryAnn and Clayton Mathile, is the largest private gift in the colleges history....Tags: Science and Technology, Elections, Education, Ohio, Unica Corporation
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Coley named new Ivy Tech chancellor
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterSOUTH BEND — Thomas G. Coley, a longtime community college administrator in the Midwest, was named Thursday as the next chancellor of Ivy Tech Community College’s north-central region. He will begin the job June 1. Coley has served as...Tags: Science and Technology, Social Sciences, Elections, Chris Murphy, Politics
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