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2 hrs ago | Medical News Today

Sensors For Heart Devices, Consumer Electronics, Vulnerable To Certain Security Risks

Main Category: Medical Devices / Diagnostics Also Included In: Cardiovascular / Cardiology ; Public Health Article Date: 20 May 2013 - 0:00 PDT The type of sensors that pick up the rhythm of a beating heart in implanted cardiac defibrillators and pacemakers are vulnerable to tampering, according to a new study conducted in controlled laboratory ... (more)

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Related Topix: University of South Carolina, Bluetooth, Health

6 hrs ago | Insurance Journal West

Maguire Agency's Sundeen Named Minnesota Agent of the Year

Matt Sundeen, vice president of sales and commercial lines producer at Maguire Agency, has been named Agent of the Year for 2013 by the Minnesota Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers .

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Related Topix: Roseville, MN

10 hrs ago | World Magazine

Ball State investigating intelligent design class

Ball State University is looking into complaints by evolutionists that a science and religion class using material on intelligent design material is promoting Christianity to its students.

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Related Topix: Evolution Debate, Ball State University, Family, Adolescents and Pre-Teens, University of Chicago

11 hrs ago | The Atlantic

The Tyra Banks Matriarchy: A Scholar's Take on America's Next Top Model

In honor of the beloved reality show's 10th birthday, a conversation with Rhonda Loverude, who wrote her doctoral dissertation on hegemonic heterosexuality in ANTM Over the course of its run, the dramatic Tyra Banks-hosted modeling competition-in which contestants try to out-fierce one another on the runway and in photo shoots to win a contract at ... (more)

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Related Topix: America's Next Top Model, Reality TV, Entertainment

15 hrs ago | Business Journal

Top 10 tips for grads from Steve Blank

The decision to be an entrepreneur came when he chose to "Do" rather than to "Be." That bit of advice and nine other insights grabbed us from the speech he gave to University of Minnesota engineering graduates last week.

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23 hrs ago | The Modesto Bee

Polygraph device can easily produce errors

Police departments and federal agencies across the country are using a certain type of polygraph despite evidence of a technical problem, McClatchy Newspapers has found.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law, Psychology, Science

Sun May 19, 2013

Star Tribune

The Markingson Case: A Tragedy But Not A Scandal?

Bill Gleason is an Associate Professor at the University of Minnesota in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology.

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Patch.com

Eastview High School Student Receives Scholarship to Study in China

Katerina Wong, an Eastview High School student, is one of two Minnesotans to have received a prestigious National Security Language Initiative for Youth scholarship-which will enable her to study in China for a single year.

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Related Topix: Apple Valley, MN, Lakeville, MN, Education Etc.

Reading Eagle/Reading Times

About Jack Gulati

Born Ashok Kumar Gulati on Sept. 20, 1942, in Gujranwala, India. Son of Jagjit Lal and Leela Wanti Gulati.

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Related Topix: World News, India, Berks County, PA

Sat May 18, 2013

KAAL-TV Austin

UMR's First Graduation

Four years ago, the University of Minnesota-Rochester started their first program.

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Northfield.org

Teresa Jensen, new Director of Library and Information Technology Services

The Friends of the Northfield Public Library welcomed Teresa Jensen, our new Director of the library and IT, with a gathering at the library.

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Related Topix: Hennepin County, MN, Northfield, MN

Patch.com

St. Louis Park Ranks 67th in Speeding Tickets Per Capita

Legend Green pins: 0 to 500 tickets Yellow pins: 500 to 1,500 tickets Red pins: 1,500 or more tickets Police departments that cover multiple cities have a pin in each of the cities they cover.

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Related Topix: St. Louis Park, MN, Minnetonka, MN, Golden Valley, MN, Richfield, MN, Minneapolis, MN

Monster.com

5 Questions You Should Never Ask in a Job Interview

By Catherine Conlan, Monster Contributing Writer Hiring managers and HR pros will often close out a job interview by asking an applicant if he or she has any questions themselves.

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Minnesota Monthly

Going Green

Event: The Nature Conservancy's Green Tie Affair was held Thursday, April 25, at the Nicollet Island Pavilion in Minneapolis.

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Related Topix: Nicollet, MN, Minneapolis, MN

Fri May 17, 2013

TwinCities

Legislature sends higher ed bill to Dayton; includes 2-year tuition freeze

A bill that freezes tuition at both of Minnesota's public higher-education systems for the next two years is on its way to the governor after passing the state Senate and House on Friday, May 17, by comfortable margins.

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Related Topix: Minnesota, Minnesota State Colleges and Universities

CBS Local

Gopher Ace Windle En Route To MLB?

Every team needs an ace, and the Gopher baseball team relies on Tom Windle, a left-hander who may have a future beyond college.

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KARE-TV Minneapolis

Minn. Senate backs U of M, MNSCU tuition freezes

ST. PAUL, Minn. - The Minnesota Senate has voted to freeze tuition rates at the state's public colleges and universities for the next two years.

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Furniture Today

Groovystuff announces latest student design winners

The students participated in "Groovystuff by Design: Connecting Education with Industry Challenge" at the April 20-25 High Point Market, a contest by manufacturer Groovystuff.

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Related Topix: Appalachian State University, North Carolina State University, University of Idaho, Interior Design

Business Journal

Cellectis benefits from two new genome patents

Genome engineering specialist Cellectis has been issued two new patents enabling it to solidify and expand the market position of its TALEN gene-editing product.

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Related Topix: University of Iowa

Minnesota Monthly

Style Doctor

By Ellen Burkhardt Styled by Faith Brue & Christina Holm-Sandok, Style-Architects Hair and Makeup by Margo Gordon, Haircut by Justine Hornick Going from the classroom to the real world is never an easy transition, especially when your classroom involves wearing scrubs most of the time.

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