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Big week ahead for SeaWorld
This is a big week for SeaWorld. SeaWorld Orlando on Friday will hold the grand opening for "Antarctica: Empire of the Penguin," which the park bills as the largest expansion in its history. SeaWorld has high hopes for the 3.6-acre land, which...
Tags: Theme Park Vacations, Amusement and Theme Parks, Travel, SeaWorld, Entertainment
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What do we eat? New food map will tell us
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Do your kids love chocolate milk? It may have more calories on average than you thought. Same goes for soda. Until now, the only way to find out what people in the United States eat and how many calories they consume has...
Tags: National Government, New York University, Obesity, Consumers, Nutrition
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U.S. charges 3 NYU researchers in Chinese bribery case
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. authorities brought criminal charges against three New York University researchers on Monday, alleging they conspired to take bribes from Chinese medical and research outfits for details about NYU research into magnetic resonance...Tags: Defendants, Crime, Law and Justice, Political Corruption, New York University, Trials
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AstraZeneca closes in on site for new home in Cambridge
Reuters* Drugmaker eyes Cambridge Biomedical Campus - sources * Relocation centrepiece of new CEO's restructuring plan * New research centre and corporate HQ to cost some $500 mln By Ben Hirschler and Tom Bill LONDON, May 20 (Reuters) - AstraZeneca is...Tags: Elizabeth II, Nobel Prize Awards, AstraZeneca Plc, England, Medical Research
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U.S. pesticide makers seek answers as bee losses sting agriculture
ReutersBy Carey Gillam May 20 (Reuters) - Monsanto Co is hosting a "Bee Summit." Bayer AG is breaking ground on a "Bee Care Center." And Sygenta AG is funding grants for research into the accelerating demise of honeybees in the United States, where the...Tags: Purdue University, Syngenta AG, Bayer AG, Environmental Politics, Environmental Issues
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Researchers reveal robots designed to help vets, others with disabilities
Beaver County Times, Pa.Robotics opened more than a few doors for the disabled. They revealed a whole new world. Researchers at the Human Engineering Research Laboratories in Pittsburgh swung open their doors Thursday as part of National Veterans Affairs Research Week....Tags: Science and Technology, Physical Disabilities, Google Inc., Veterans Affairs, University of Pittsburgh
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Facial recognition technology moving toward identifying almost anyone
The Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewThe Tsarnaev brothers, like anyone in a crowd of strangers, might have expected to be anonymous. But when the FBI released blurry, off-angle images of the two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings, researchers with Carnegie Mellon University's...Tags: Personal Service, Social Security, Crime, Law and Justice, Teaching and Learning, Sports
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City's rankings might matter little to companies
The Augusta Chronicle, Ga.Since 2008, Augusta has appeared in 20 national rankings, receiving high marks for being the "most resilient metro economy," providing its residents with the "best bang for their buck" and having one of the "strongest building markets for housing."...Tags: Business, Labor Markets, Starbucks Corp.
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W.W. Keen Butcher, longtime CEO of Butcher & Singer
The Philadelphia InquirerWilliam Williams Keen Butcher, 97, of Chestnut Hill, CEO of the former Philadelphia brokerage firm Butcher & Singer and former chair of the Committee of Seventy public watchdog group, died at home Wednesday, May 15. A U.S. Army major who served in World...Tags: George W. Bush, Religion and Belief, Ronald Reagan, U.S. Army, Anglicanism
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Plan to put juvenile court in former school moving forward
Winston-Salem Journal, N.C.A proposal to turn the former Hill Middle School into a one-stop shop for juveniles caught up in the criminal justice system could go before the Forsyth County Board of Commissioners next month after a feasibility study is completed. Walter Robbs...Tags: Architecture, Judges, Science and Technology, Crime, Law and Justice, Arts and Culture
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Voice of the People, May. 20
Cancer research We recently heard the revelation that Angelina Jolie had undergone preventive double mastectomy in order to lessen her chance of developing breast cancer. Her DNA carries a genetic defect in the BRCA1 gene that significantly increases her...Tags: Abortion, Social Issues, Ovarian Cancer, Chemical Industry, Kermit Gosnell
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Going gluten-free more common, but not necessarily easier
For more than 20 years, Kristine Kidd tasted what came her way as the food editor at Bon Appetit magazine. But she never felt great. "I had digestive issues my whole life," she says, but 21/2 years ago, the aching joints, bloating, fatigue and digestive...
Tags: Breads, Celiac Disease, Saturday Night Live (tv program), Diets and Dieting, Consumers
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