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2 hrs ago | The Baltimore Sun

Foose unveils new strategic plan for Howard schools

For years, the Howard County Public School System has had two goals: that each student meet rigorous academic standards and perform at or above grade level, and that each student will do so in a safe and nurturing environment.

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Related Topix: Education

6 hrs ago | Science Daily

Printing tiny batteries

The printed microbatteries could supply electricity to tiny devices in fields from medicine to communications, including many that have lingered on lab benches for lack of a battery small enough to fit the device, yet provide enough stored energy to power them.

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Related Topix: Hybrid, Electric Vehicle, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, Illinois, Science / Technology, Robots

6 hrs ago | WTAJ

Possible Autism/Pollution Link

A new Harvard University study finds pregnant women who are exposed to high air pollution levels may be at increased risk of having an autistic child.

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6 hrs ago | Examiner.com

Smog reported to increase autism risk

Los Angeles is known for its sunny climate, fine beaches-and smoggy air. A new study has found that mothers' exposure to air pollution during pregnancy increases the risk of autism spectrum disorder on their child.

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Related Topix: UC Davis, Columbia University, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

10 hrs ago | Montreal Gazette

McGill University's fundraising tops $1 billion

McGill University obliterated its goal of a $750 million fundraising campaign and succeeded in raising more than $1 billion over the last nine years to boost support to students and research - an historic achievement for the university and the most raised by a Canadian university in that amount of time.

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13 hrs ago | Burnaby News Leader

Burnaby Mountain city's top-ranked public school: Fraser Institute

When it comes to public schools, Burnaby Mountain secondary is the top-ranked high school in the city, according the Fraser Institute's annual rankings.

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Related Topix: Standardized Testing, Education

17 hrs ago | Tech Review

Redesigning Product Design

The Media Lab's Neri Oxman, PhD '10, wants designers not just to dream up new products but to change the way they're made.

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Related Topix: Arts, Industrial Design (Product Design), Tufts University

19 hrs ago | Bangkok Post

US study links pollution to autism risk

Pregnant women who were exposed to high levels of air pollution were twice as likely to have a child with autism as women who lived in low pollution areas, a US study said.

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Related Topix: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Mon Jun 17, 2013

Wall Street Journal

Major Study Examines Meat-Diabetes Link

People who increased their consumption of red meat during a four-year period were more likely to develop Type 2 diabetes in a subsequent four-year period, according to an analysis involving about 150,000 people.

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Related Topix: Diabetes, Health, Medicine, Life, Food, Meat, Indonesia, World News, Beef

The Independent

Whitey Bulger 'broke my heart', former hitman tells Boston court

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Related Topix: Santa Monica, CA

Wall Street Journal

Testing Asthma Drugs on a Microchip

Forget lab rats. Some researchers are now testing medicines on a silicon chip that could provide a better read on how a drug will work.

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Related Topix: Cornell University

WIAT-TV Birmingham

MGN Online

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Researchers at Harvard University and the University of Utah say merely thinking about money can lead to unethical behavior.

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Related Topix: Birmingham, AL, University of Utah

Eastern Wake News

Five Minutes With ... Jon Wall

Working toward his Harvard University law degree, Jon Wall wants to one day return to Wake County and address the disparities he sees within the county school system.

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Related Topix: Wake County, NC, Knightdale, NC, Morehouse College, Zebulon, NC, Raleigh, NC

Science Daily

People attribute minds to robots, corpses that are targets of harm

Now, new research suggests that victimization may be one condition that leads us to perceive minds in others, even in entities we don't normally think of as having minds.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Robots

WVEC-TV Norfolk

Supreme Court rulings on gay marriage expected

Three states have approved same-sex unions just in the two months since the Supreme Court heard arguments over gay marriage, raising questions about how the developments might affect the justices' consideration of the issue.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, US News, Anthony Kennedy, Death Penalty

The Inter-Mountain

Accomplished musicians to lead first week of Augusta

The Augusta Heritage Center of Davis & Elkins College has tapped a slate of seasoned professionals to teach and share their experiences during the first of this year's five-week summer sessions of music, dance, craft and folklore.

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Related Topix: Davis & Elkins College, Recreational Vehicle, Award, Randolph County, WV

Journal Gazette

Keeping it personal in Defiance

Or you might know he's approaching by the greetings from students, many of whom call him by one of his nicknames: Prez or PG.

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Related Topix: Defiance College, Ohio, University of Detroit Mercy, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Columbia University

Sun Jun 16, 2013

BroadwayWorld.com

Carla Gugino, Caroline Aaron and More Set for LCT3's a Kid Like Jake

Caroline Aaron , Michelle Beck , Peter Grosz and Carla Gugino will be featured in the cast of the upcoming LCT3/ Lincoln Center Theater world premiere production of A KID LIKE JAKE, a new play by Daniel Pearle , directed by Evan Cabnet .

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Related Topix: Theater, Arts, The New School

The Lantern

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Dr. Andrew Thomas, medical director of University Hospital, an internal medicine doctor and associate dean of OSU's College of Medicine graduate medical education, will start at his new position July 1, announced by the , who has been in the role since 2001 and who will continue to teach at OSU and practice medicine, according to Columbus Business ... (more)

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The Huffington Post

Just Thinking About Money Leads To Corruption: Study

Money is so corrupting that even the simple act of thinking about it can lead people to act in unethical ways, according to a recent study from the University of Utah and Harvard University.

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Related Topix: University of Utah