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Drought of 2012 held at bay thanks to advanced food production technologies
If farmers in 2012 had to rely on the technologies they were using in 1956 or in 1988, when there were two previous droughts comparable to this year, the results would have been devastating. For example, the USDA projects a drop in corn production from...Tags: Syngenta AG, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Droughts, Genetic Engineering
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Working to develop beans that tolerate flood
For more than two decades, Tara VanToai, a researcher from USDA's Agricultural Research Service, has studied flood tolerance in soybeans. Her studies have included soybeans grown in greenhouses, laboratories, growth chambers, experimental fields and...Tags: Medical Research, U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Summer's end signals hardening of antlers
The antlers of male deer are bone and are grown as an extension of the animal's skull. They are a single structure that's shed and regrown each year. Horns, however, are two-part structures found on antelope, bighorn sheep, bison and other bovine species.... -
Jesse Jackson Jr.'s bipolar diagnosis could help others who suffer
At first, there were whispers. Where was Jesse Jackson Jr.? Was he drying out in rehab? Was he being treated for exhaustion? And soon, whispers grew into partisan shouts. Was the congressman ducking a U.S. House ethics probe into his dealings with...
Tags: Orlando, Government, Elections, Executive Branch, Hypomania
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Metal recycling firms burgeon in state, but regulators can't keep up
The explosions came one after another, jolting a South Los Angeles neighborhood. "It felt like an earthquake, and then it was just raining fire," recalled Richard Gomez, who watched a metal recycling facility on Slauson Avenue erupt in flames one day...
Tags: Emergency Incidents, Disasters and Accidents, Environmental Issues, Los Angeles Times, Science and Technology
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Mexican gray wolves form 2 new packs in American Southwest
As Tom Buckley tells it, the Mexican gray wolf recovery program in Arizona and New Mexico has suffered some rotten luck in recent years. At last count, some 58 wolves remained in the wild in those two states, scattered across millions of forested acres...
Tags: Conservation, Hunting, Endangered Species, Politics, Environmental Issues
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3-day search in Chicago lake finds no Asian carp
TRAVERSE CITY (AP) — Officials say a three-day sweep turned up no Asian carp in Chicago’s Lake Calumet, where DNA from the invasive fish had been found repeatedly in recent months. A federal and state plan calls for intensive searches in...
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Salem woman turns 105
ReporterWinnie Taylor has 105 reasons to be happy. Today, she turns 105. "I don't know what it's like, just another day," said Taylor. Friends and family gathered to throw a party in her name. She currently lives at Synder Nursing Home in Salem. She moved... -
Palco de prensa: Los pajarracos verdes
El ejército mexicano, durante años fue considerado como una organización gubernamental de auxilio y protección civil. En lugar de armas, portaban picos y palas, que utilizaban para cavar zanjas a fin de desviar corrientes de agua que destruían todo a su... -
Joyce Murtha Breast Care Center celebrates 10th anniversary
The Joyce Murtha Breast Care Center of Windber Medical Center will be celebrating 10 years of service to their patients, families and community on Wednesday, July 18th. Windber Medical Center recognized the importance of providing top-notch breast...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics
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Scientists see AIDS vaccine within reach after decades
ReutersCHICAGO (Reuters) - At an ill-fated press conference in 1984, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Margaret Heckler boldly predicted an effective AIDS vaccine would be available within just two years. But a string of failed attempts - punctuated by a...Tags: Allergies, Science and Technology, Scripps Research Institute, Science, South Africa
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Council will vote on puppy sales ban
Puppy mill prisons came into existence soon after World War I when farmers had lost most of their crops to drought. The farmers simply used their chicken coops and rabbit hutches for the dogs. Today, puppy mills are overseen by the United States...Tags: American Kennel Club, World War I (1914-1918)
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Jul 18, 2012
|Story| Burbank Leader
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