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32 min ago | Ithaca Journal

Myrick doesn't prime City Hall spot, so it gets public seating instead

If you liked "Gasland-The Movie" you may may like this.Our Marcellus Shale reporter Jon Campbell noted that a version of this puppet show was From left, C.J. Randall and David West of the Upstate Research Group, a planning company, and Josh Lower chat in the the mayor's Park space outside City Hall Thursday.

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2 hrs ago | Energy Tribune

Fracking's Interstate Pollution Needs U.S. Rules

Air and water pollution from natural- gas and oil production using hydraulic fracturing moves across state lines, so the drilling should be regulated by the federal government, a Cornell University scientist said.

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Related Topix: Science, Ecology

6 hrs ago | National Public Radio

Bloomberg's Sugary Drink Ban May Not Change Soda Drinkers' Habits

When New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced last night he wants to ban sodas and many other sugary drinks in 16 ounce servings sizes and up, the reaction was swift and predictable.

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Related Topix: North Carolina, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Drink, Coffee

8 hrs ago | Newswise

Energy Scholars Program at Rensselaer Connects Students with Industry

Newswise - Troy, N.Y. - The Center for Future Energy Systems at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has launched the new Energy Scholars Program to foster research collaborations between undergraduate students and industry.

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Related Topix: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Rensselaer, NY

12 hrs ago | The Jersey Journal

Jersey tomatoes in winter? Maybe

It's a dream for now, but one that inched closer to reality on Wednesday when scientists announced they mapped the fruit's genome sequence, hastening the path for breeders to improve the taste, yield, growing season and nutrition of the fickle crop.

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Related Topix: Life, Fruits, Food, Agriculture, Science, Vegetables, Genetics, Medicine, Entertainment

17 hrs ago | Suburban Weekly

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The Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University and The Louis Berger Group Inc.

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17 hrs ago | Daily Mail

Bigger, tastier tomatoes could be on the menu as scientists unravel...

Bigger, tastier tomatoes - or even new colours of the fruit - could be on sale soon, after scientists 'cracked' the genetic code of the fruit.

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Related Topix: Life, Fruits, Food, Genetics, Medicine

Wed May 30, 2012

The GMAT Club Journal

The Consortium MBA Application: Benefits

The Consortium for Graduate Study in Management is an organization that has formed alliances with many of the best U.S. business schools and major corporations.

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Related Topix: UC Berkeley, UC Los Angeles, Carnegie Mellon University, Dartmouth College, Emory University

Science Daily

Tomato genome gets fully sequenced -- paves way to healthier fruits, veggies

The full genome sequence, as well as the sequence of a wild relative, is jointly published in the latest issue of the journal Nature .

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Related Topix: Life, Fruits, Food, Supplement, Tomato, Nutrition, Agriculture, Science, Genetics, Medicine

Lincoln Daily News

Gettysburg Address goes on display starting Friday at presidential museum

One of the most famous documents in United States history goes back on display at 9 a.m. Friday in the Treasures Gallery at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum in Springfield.

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MacMegasite

Tour the Finger Lakes with CulinartMedia's new iPhone/iPad travel app

CulinartMedia, Inc. today is pleased to announce the release and immediate availability of Tour the Finger Lakes 1.0, its new travel app for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.

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Related Topix: iPod touch App, iPad App, iPhone and iPad App, iPhone App, Google Earth, Ipad, Science / Technology, iPhone, Life, Food, Dining

The Daily Caller

TheDC Morning: We give away free guns - even postmen may apply

Jamie Weinstein is Senior Editor of The Daily Caller. His work has appeared in The Weekly Standard, the New York Daily News and The Washington Examiner, among many other publications.

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Related Topix: 2012 Presidential Election, US Politics, US News, Mitt Romney, Conservative Political News

RedOrbit

Engineered 3-D Microvessels Provide Better Way...

Image Caption: Researchers made a functional microvessel that spells the letters "UW." The white bar measures 100 micrometers, about the width of a human hair.

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Related Topix: University of Washington

Fox News

Get a good night's sleep

Add white noise. "Background noise is good for two reasons," said Dr. David Neubauer, associate director of the Johns Hopkins Sleep Disorders Center, in Baltimore.

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Philly.com

Young couples wed, despite pressure to wait

A few weeks after Courtney Mirenzi's wedding, the 24-year-old made a pit stop while driving to Pennsylvania on a camping trip.

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Related Topix: Wedding, Pennsylvania, Johns Hopkins University, Trinity College, University of Maine

Tue May 29, 2012

Circulation

Epistatic Rescue of Nkx2.5 Adult Cardiac Conduction Disease...

From the Institute of Child Health , University College London, London, UK; Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics ,University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Department of Metabolism and Experimental Therapeutics , Rayne Institute, University College London, London, UK; King's College London , BHF Centre, St Thomas' Hospital, London, UK; ... (more)

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Related Topix: Genetics, Medicine, Biology, Science

Pensions & Investments

Cornell endowment takes a interim' off title of new CIO

A.J. Edwards was named chief investment officer of Cornell University 's $5.3 billion endowment, confirmed Claudia Wheatley, a spokeswoman for the Ithaca, N.Y., endowment.

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Watkins Review and Express

Welliver project gets national recognition

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Related Topix: Montour Falls, NY

Science Blog

Dinner together does not a healthy family make

The family meal is often touted and encouraged for its social and health benefits, but a new Cornell University study questions the nature of this association, finding that the perceived benefits may not be as strong or as lasting once a number of factors are controlled for.

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Related Topix: University of Minnesota

DNAInfo.com

City to Launch New 'Mini MBA Program' to Boost BioTech

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Related Topix: New York University

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