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Stars React to Steve Jobs Passing
Steve Jobs has died at age 56, according to Apple Inc. Jobs passed away on Wednesday, October 5, after battling cancer and other health issues. He was the co-founder and former CEO of the company.
At the time of publication, the homepage of Apple.com has...Tags: Apple Inc., Apple iPhone, Behavioral Conditions, Billy Ray Cyrus, Artists
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Charles Burford dies at 81; inventor created equipment for baking industry
Charles E. Burford, a prolific inventor whose patents included the equipment that puts twist ties on bread bags, has died. He was 81. Burford died May 16 at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas of what his family said were...Tags: Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Breads
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East Jessamine High School students hope to add more iPads to innovation project
jkleppinger@jessaminejournal.comWith just two weeks left in their sophomore year, East Jessamine High School students participating in an iPad innovation project pleaded with the school board Monday to support expanding the program to buy more devices. But the request came too late in...Tags: Apple iPad, Budgets and Budgeting, Computer Hardware, Students, Teaching and Learning
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Why the medical device tax needs to stay
The chief drawback of a law as complex as the Affordable Care Act, the health insurance reform measure passed in 2010, is that it provides self-interested opponents a multitude of places to stick a wedge in and hammer away. But you'd be hard-pressed...Tags: Employment Opportunities, Politics, Heritage Foundation, Amy Klobuchar, Elizabeth Warren
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COLUMN-Bernanke's dangerous optimism: James Saft
Reuters(James Saft is a Reuters columnist. The opinions expressed are his own) By James Saft May 21 (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is an optimist about economic growth in the coming decades, rejecting "depressing" views about a slowdown to...Tags: Technology, Ben Bernanke, Science and Technology, Federal Reserve, Alan Greenspan
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Abrupt climate shifts spurred Stone Age innovation in Africa
A rapid shift in climate that brought wetter and warmer conditions in southern Africa during the Middle Stone Age helped propel innovation and cultural advances in early man, a study has found. Paleontologists have long known that anatomically modern...
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Forum to focus on developing central Indiana as center for sports, athletics innovation
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Two athletic-oriented groups will hold a public forum next week to discuss ways to turn central Indiana into a hub for sports innovation. The American College of Sports Medicine and the Indiana University School of Physical...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Education, Indiana University, National Collegiate Athletic Association
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Silicon Valley-area city becomes factory town again, with help of high-tech manufacturing
AP National WriterFREMONT, Calif. (AP) — In a busy factory, machinists move sheets of aluminum roll in the back door to be molded, stamped, twisted and notched into high-tech electric cars that sell for more than $60,000 each. Down the road in another plant, crews...Tags: Fuel-efficient Vehicles, General Motors Corp., Sales, Intel Corp., Media Industry
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Making it new in Maryland
Would it surprise you to learn that Fast Company magazine just ranked Maryland the third-most innovative state in the nation? Or that Maryland took the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's No. 1 spot for both innovation and entrepreneurship? It's a fact: In our...
Tags: Corporate Officers, Ciena Corporation, University of Baltimore, Education, New Products
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Elkhart Brass built to last
South Bend TribuneELKHART -- A recent episode of the NBC series "Chicago Fire" featured a product made in Elkhart. Elkhart Brass makes more than 2,000 products used in the fire-fighting industry, including nozzles for hoses, controls, monitors and valves. Established in...Tags: Metal and Mineral, Fires, Science and Technology, Design and Engineering, Technology
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Farmer loses seed patent case
WASHINGTON — Monsanto Co. and other companies that patent seeds may prohibit farmers from growing a second crop from their genetically modified seeds, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously. The closely watched decision was a clear victory for...Tags: Vaccines, Trials, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Monsanto Company, Genetic Engineering
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READER SUBMITTED: Frank T. Wheeler Students Traveled To UConn To Compete In This Year's Invention Convention
PlainvilleFive Frank T. Wheeler Elementary School students traveled to UConn's Gampel Pavilion on May 4 to compete in this year's state Invention Convention. As explained on the official CIC site. "The Connecticut Invention Convention (CIC) is an award winning,...Tags: Plainville, Students, Teaching and Learning, Education, Gampel Pavilion
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