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Budget cuts pinch Weather Service before hurricane season
WASHINGTON — The nation's cash-strapped weather-forecasting system, though partly spared from federal budget cuts known as "sequestration," is about to get pinched on the verge of a hurricane season expected to be busier than normal. Federal...Tags: Budget Control Act of 2011, Unemployment, Career and Workplace, Hurricanes, Weather Warnings
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Latest Indiana news, sports, business and entertainment
INDIANA CASINOS Indiana lawmakers might not help casinos much INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Some top Indiana lawmakers seem prepared to accept anticipated big drops in business at the state's casinos and to not provide much help as the gambling venues...Tags: Lakes and Ponds, Government, Politics, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Purdue University
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Latest Michigan news, sports, business and entertainment
SPRING FLOODING-MICHIGAN Michigan's swollen Grand River steadily dropping GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Western Michigan's swollen Grand River is steadily receding from record-setting flood levels even as hundreds of people remain evacuated from...Tags: Government, Lakes and Ponds, Explosions, Politics, Weather Warnings
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NOAA expanding dolphin-safe tuna certification requirements
When the World Trade Organization found last year that U.S. labeling requirements for dolphin-safe tuna put Mexican tuna fishermen at a trade disadvantage, marine advocates worried that the federal government would weaken its dolphin-safe standards....
Tags: Government, Politics, National Government, National Marine Fisheries Service , Seafood and Fishing Industry
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New teaching standards delve more deeply into climate change
The politically touchy topic of climate change will be taught more deeply to students under proposed new national science standards released Tuesday. The Next Generation Science Standards, developed over the last 18 months by California and 25 other...Tags: Students, Google Inc., Geography, Science, U.S. Department of Commerce
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Local science teacher selected for fellowship
A teacher at Highland View Academy in Hagerstown is among 27 science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM, educators who were selected for the 2013-14 Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellowship Program, according to the Triangle...Tags: U.S. Congress, Washington, DC, Science and Technology, Engineering, Education
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Geomagnetic storm could hit Earth this weekend
A geomagnetic storm may be on its way this weekend, and it could be dazzling. Forecasters at NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center say there is a good chance that there will be a geomagnetic storm, or a disturbance in the Earth's magnetic field, this...Tags: NASA, Astronomy
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San Francisco: Exploratorium set to reopen at triple the size
The wait is almost over. The Exploratorium, which spent its first 44 years in a dim exhibit hall at San Francisco's Palace of Fine Arts, will reopen Wednesday (April 17) in a new, light-filled home on the Embarcadero. The self-described 21st century...
Tags: Disneyland Park, SunPower Corp., Science and Technology, Museums, Arts and Culture
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Sandy retired from list of hurricane names; replaced with Sara
Sandy is the 77th name to be retired from the World Meteorological Organization's Atlantic hurricane season lists, joining memorable storms to hit Maryland like Irene, Isabel, Gloria and Agnes. Sara will replace it on a list that will next come into use...
Tags: Weather Science, Tropical Storms, Weather, Ocean City, Hurricanes
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Sandy retired from list of tropical storm names
Sun SentinelAfter leaving a trail of death and destruction in the Caribbean and United States last October, Hurricane Sandy’s name has been retired from the official storm list. Sara now will replace Sandy, beginning in 2018, the National Oceanic and...Tags: Hurricane Sandy (2012), Tropical Storms, Natural Disasters, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Hurricane Katrina (2005)
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Early forecasts indicate busy hurricane season
While the National Weather Service (NOAA) and National Hurricane Center forecasts won't be released for another month, some forecasters are already getting an early start on forecasting what will happen during the Atlantic hurricane season. Each year,...
Tags: Tropical Storms, National Weather Service, Weather, Hurricanes, Natural Disasters
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Cherry crop was the pits
Many residents along Northwest Lower Michigan’s coastline are eager for the spring thaw and the end to what some feel is a tortuous, endless and snow-bound winter. But not everyone, and it has nothing to do with snowmobiles, skiing or ice-fishing....Tags: Petroleum Industry, Dining and Drinking, Travel, Farms, Restaurant and Catering Industry
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