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The Most Overlooked Resources In The Fight Against Cancer
Nowadays you hear a lot about cancer: scary statistics, the importance of early detection screenings, risk factors, etc. These are important things to know, sure, but you’ve heard all this before. It’s long past time to go over what most...Tags: Rush University Medical Center, Oncology, Human Interest, Chemotherapy, Radiation Therapy
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Charged Ind. surveyor denies corruption charges
HAMMOND, Ind. (AP) — A longtime northwestern Indiana politician indicted on eight federal corruption counts pleaded not guilty Monday and proclaimed his innocence. Lake County Surveyor George Van Til entered the pleas to six felony counts of...Tags: Trials, Environmental Issues, FBI
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Dollar inches up after Japan economy minister clarifies yen comments
ReutersTOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar edged up against the yen on Tuesday after Japan's economy minister clarified earlier remarks about the yen's weakness that had toppled the greenback from a 4-1/2 year high in the previous session. The dollar rose 0.4...Tags: Industrial Production, Non Ferrous Metal, Political Fundraising, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Career and Workplace
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Healthcare workers set to strike California public hospitals
ReutersBy Ronnie Cohen SAN FRANCISCO, May 20 (Reuters) - Nearly 13,000 healthcare employees at five University of California medical centers plan to strike on Tuesday in a move that threatens to back up emergency rooms and already has forced the postponement of...Tags: Health Treatments, Career and Workplace, Healthcare Contract Issues, Strikes, Pension and Welfare
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Washington Township moves toward allowing chickens in low-density residential areas
waynesboro@herald-mail.comThe flap over chickens continued Monday in Washington Township, Pa., where township supervisors took steps toward allowing hens in backyard coops. Debate about changing an existing prohibition of chickens in most zones lasted an hour during the...Tags: Environmental Issues, Forestry and Timber
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High crop prices entice farms to expand planting
BIGGSVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Clark Kelly plans to spend a lot of time on the links this spring. The Illinois farmer is plowing the Hend-Co-Hills Golf Course near tiny Biggsville into a cornfield. He's not the only one turning over soil in unlikely...
Tags: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Sports, Golf, Farms
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White House urges Senate to cut crop insurance in farm bill
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 20 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate should cut crop insurance subsidies, the most expensive part of the farm safety net, by $1 billion a year before it passes the new farm bill, the White House said on Monday. The five-year farm bill would...Tags: U.S. Senate, Debbie Stabenow, Kirsten Gillibrand, Washington, DC, Deere and Company
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Dead monkey, elephant meat and reptile purses seized at LAX
In what even U.S. Customs officials are describing as a “weird” week of sorts, border protection officers seized nearly half a pound of exotic meat, a dead primate and hundreds of handbags made with reptile skin coming in from Nigeria....
Tags: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Nigeria, Endangered Species, Environmental Issues, Los Angeles International Airport
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READER SUBMITTED: Connecticut Students Earn International Science Fair Awards
StatewideFour Connecticut students captured Grand Awards, Friday, May 17, at the 2013 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF), the world's largest pre-college science fair. The students traveled to the ISEF, in Phoenix, Ariz., to compete with...Tags: Technology, Ecosystems, Teaching and Learning, Awards and Prizes, Global Change
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READER SUBMITTED: Tolland Conservation Commission To Dedicate The C.W. Luce Conservation Area: Residents Invited
TollandThe Tolland Conservation Commission invites residents to the Dedication of the C.W. Luce Conservation Area and is sponsoring a Family Hike to celebrate the opening of this Conservation Area. The ceremony is scheduled for Sunday, June 2 at 1 p.m. at the C....Tags: Tolland (Tolland, Connecticut), Environmental Issues, Wildlife
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Ag calendar
Grazing and Pasture Management — The class will meet Tuesdays from 6 to 8 p.m. May 28, June 4, June 11 and June 25. University of Maryland Extension has developed the course for grazing and pasture management. The course is geared not only to...Tags: Tomatoes, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), The Pennsylvania State University, Franklin County (Pennsylvania), Agriculture
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Record python killed in South Florida
A record-setting Burmese python was killed with a knife in a rural section of southern Miami-Dade County, after a long struggle in which it wrapped itself around a man's legs. The monster snake was 18 feet, eight inches long, beating the previous Florida...
Tags: Florida International University, Endangered Species, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Google Inc., Homestead
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