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Six Democrats in race for House District 94
South Florida Sun-SentinelSix candidates who consider themselves community activists are vying to be the next state representative from House District 94, replacing Democrat Matt Meadows, who isleaving because of term limits. Attorney Roshawn Banks, engineer Eric Hammond,...Tags: Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test, Economic Policy, Colleges and Universities, Sales, Democratic Party
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Howard L. Bachrach, 88; virologist purified the polio and foot-and-mouth disease viruses
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterHoward L. Bachrach, the virologist who purified the polio and foot-and-mouth disease viruses and was the first to use genetic engineering to produce a vaccine, died June 26 in Atlantis, Fla. He was 88 and had been suffering from heart disease, according...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Biotechnology, Death and Dying, Genetics, Research
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One way or another, gliders will make a splash
Sentinel Staff WriterIf the glider they're making actually stays aloft, even for a moment, the team of aspiring rocket scientists from the University of Central Florida will be happy. But a spectacular belly flop into Tampa's Hillsborough River would be a thrill, too -- if...Tags: Technology, Kevin Johnson, Soccer, Jason Dunn, Defense
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Mary Land Miller, 79, shunned spotlight but still made her mark
Sentinel Staff WriterBeing in the Land family in Apopka is sort of like being a Carter in Plains, Ga. With that high profile comes a commitment to give back to the community. While many of her family members helped people by serving in the public light, Mary Land Miller...Tags: Alabama, Schools, Florida State University, Death and Dying, Apopka
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By The River's Rules
Beware the serpent. This is a biblical injunction to avoid reptiles without limbs. Beware the serpentine. This is my geological injunction to avoid building homes on the banks of meandering rivers, which writhe on their flood plains like snakes in the...Tags: Migration, East Windsor, Technology, Conservation, Bodies of Water
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Engineers assess damaged historic Iowa City bridge
Engineers are beginning to assess the extent of flood damage to Iowa City's historic Sutliff Bridge, a portion of which collapsed into the Cedar River. The Sutliff Bridge Authority, a nonprofit organization, has maintained the 110-year-old bridge...Tags: Iowa, Emergency Incidents, Floods
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West Penn sewer plan: To each their own
Special to The Morning CallFaced with the exorbitant cost of building a sewage treatment plant and the infrastructure to connect to its far-flung areas, geographically large West Penn Township may instead build on-lot community systems for four areas. Supervisors from West Penn...Tags: Schuylkill County, Waste, Volleyball, Technology, Plant Openings
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Videos provide glimpse of Ky. plant shooting
Newly released surveillance videos provide a glimpse of a shooting at a western Kentucky plastics plant that left five people and the gunman dead last month. Police in Henderson released the videos to The Associated Press on Tuesday. Wesley N. Higdon,...Tags: Ohio, Murder, Atlantis Plastics Incorporated, Crimes, Material Science
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Franklin Twp. weighs ban on left turns from McCall Bridge
Special to The Morning CallA revised traffic signal plan tabled by Franklin Township supervisors Tuesday would no longer allow traffic to turn left from the Thomas McCall Bridge onto Canal Street to enter Weissport, officials said. After a full review, officials said, the township...Tags: Baseball, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Little League Baseball, Heavy Engineering
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IBM will invest $1.5B to expand NY operations
Associated Press WriterIBM Corp. will invest $1.5 billion to promote nanotechnology research and to create and retain jobs in New York, Gov. David Paterson said Tuesday. The state is giving IBM $140 million in economic development grants to support creation of as many as 1,...Tags: Economic Policy, Colleges and Universities, Electronics, Technology, David A. Paterson
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