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Ag geophysical mapping focuses on top six feet of soil INTERNET
Often, growers know why part of their crop field doesn't grow as well as another area. It may be because of poor drainage or a sandy soil type or a chronic nutrient deficiency or even a recurring disease or pest problem. But, sometimes, the cause...Tags: Agricultural Research and Technology, Natural Resources, Environmental Issues, Science and Technology, Agriculture
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Hall of Famer fined for alleged insider trading
An alleged stock tip has gone from a home run to a strikeout for Hall of Fame baseball player Eddie Murray. The onetime Dodgers first baseman agreed Friday to pay $358,151 to settle an investigation into whether he broke insider-trading laws when he...Tags: Leveraged Buyouts, College Sports, Eddie Murray, Sports, Baltimore Orioles
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Consumer protection inspections could be reduced
The state may overhaul the system that protects us from getting ripped off at the gas station, grocery store and even the parking meter. Some lawmakers want to do less-frequent inspections to make sure fuel pumps, home heating oil trucks and parking...Tags: U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations, Politics, Media Industry, Consumers, Downstream Oil and Gas Activities
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Sally Ride dies at 61; first American woman in space
In the early days of the space program, astronauts were ex-Marines, Air Force officers and hot-shot pilots. Sally Ride got there a little differently: She answered a want ad. In the late 1970s, NASA decided that, in addition to pilots, it needed some...
Tags: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Awards and Prizes, Chicago Tribune, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Charles F. Bolden, Jr.
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Eddie Murray settles charges in insider trading probe
The Baltimore SunOrioles Hall-of-Famer Eddie Murray has agreed to pay $358,151 to settle charges that he illegally profited from an insider trading scheme involving former teammate Doug DeCinces, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced Friday. Murray, who...Tags: Brooks Robinson, Eddie Murray, Martha Stewart, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Abbott Laboratories
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Review: Jim Holt's compelling 'Why Does the World Exist?'
-------------------- Why Does the World Exist? An Existential Detective Story Jim Holt Liveright: 310 pp., $27.95 -------------------- "How old is the Universe?" Kurt Vonnegut asked in his 1973 novel "Breakfast of Champions." "It is one half-second...
Tags: Authors, Higgs Boson Search, Cosmology, University of Oxford, Fiction
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Joseph B. Platt dies at 96; founding president of Harvey Mudd College
Launching a new college would "clearly be a great adventure but so is jumping off a bridge," physicist Joseph B. Platt wrote decades after accepting the challenge in 1956 to become the founding president of Harvey Mudd College in Claremont.
Humor was a...Tags: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lake Forest College, Graduation, Teaching and Learning, Students
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Caution labels sought on 85 octane gas
Gasoline retailers in South Dakota that sell 85 octane gas are being asked to put cautionary labels on their pumps. The voluntary labels will warn motorists to check their owners' manuals before purchasing 85 octane fuel. The recommended label will...Tags: Science, Petroleum Industry, Science and Technology
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Officials looking to change octane policy in state; public hearing Friday
Eighty-five octane gasoline has long been sold in western South Dakota, but state officials are now considering policy changes that would make the practice legal. Jenna Howell, staff attorney for the state Department of Public Safety, said when the sale...Tags: Politics, Safety of Citizens, Car Repair and Maintenance Tips, Car Engine Repair, Energy Resources
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Rice professor dies mountain climbing in Kyrgyzstan
KIAHThe sudden and unexplained death of a physics professor has stunned Rice University and the field of physics. Adilet Imambekov was a 30-year-old physics professor and researcher at Rice. He died this week while mountain climbing. He apparently died in...Tags: Science, Climbing, Mountaineering, Science and Technology
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Space pioneer Sally Ride dies
SAN DIEGO -- Sally Ride, the first American woman to fly in space, died Monday at 61 after a 17-month battle with pancreatic cancer, according to the Sally Ride Science website. NASA selected Ride to join the astronaut program in 1978. She was selected...
Tags: University of California, San Diego, Pancreatic Cancer, NASA, Science and Technology
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Dr. Tolman and professor Einstein
FrameworkDr. Richard C. Tolman, left, and Prof. Albert Einstein standing in front of blackboard at California Institute of Technology. Dr. Tolman led a seminar at Cal Tech for over 50 scientists....
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