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1 hr ago | Private Label Buyer

RadioShack Private Brands To Enter College Stores

RadioShack has entered into a five-year agreement with NACSORP,a subsidiary of the National Association of College Stores, to offer brand name electronics and exclusive private brand products, including Enercell portable power and AUVIO headphones and Bluetooth speakers, to college store customers.

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Related Topix: Headphones

13 hrs ago | LiveScience

'Crazy' Ants Driving Out Fire Ants in Southeast

Invasive fire ants have been a thorn in the sides of Southerners for years. But another invasive species, the so-called "crazy" ant - that many describe as being worse - has arrived and is displacing fire ants in several places.

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Fri May 17, 2013

Star-Telegram.com

Regents bill is a rebuke, but Perry still should sign it

When it comes to the University of Texas, political party allegiance is no match for the ferocity of Longhorn loyalty.

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Related Topix: Texas Government, Texas, Rick Perry, US Governors

CBS News

Drone technology myths, facts and future feats

It's not just birds and planes in the sky anymore -- drones are on the rise. But how much do we know about the flying machines? As the technology progresses, it appears that the aerial devices are also getting smarter.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Computer Security

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Internet Use Among Older Adults: Association With Health Needs,...

The University of Texas at Austin, School of Social Work, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States Namkee G Choi, PhD The University of Texas at Austin School of Social Work The University of Texas at Austin 1925 San Jacinto Blvd Austin, TX, 78712 United States Phone: 1 512 232 9590 Fax: 1 512 471 9600 Email: Background: ... (more)

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Related Topix: Austin, TX

Thu May 16, 2013

EurekAlert!

LLNL scientist finds topography of Eastern Seaboard muddles ancient sea level changes

The distortion of the ancient shoreline and flooding surface of the U.S. Atlantic Coastal Plain are the direct result of fluctuations in topography in the region and could have implications on understanding long-term climate change, according to a new study.

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Related Topix: University of Chicago

Star-Telegram.com

All Saints' Episcopal unveils new program for high school students

All Saints' Episcopal School is launching a new program designed to better equip their top high school students for higher education and global citizenship.

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Related Topix: Education Etc., Stanford University, Texas Christian University

EurekAlert!

Invasive crazy ants are displacing fire ants in areas throughout southeastern US

Tawny crazy ants were first discovered in the U.S. in 2002 by a pest control operator in a suburb of Houston, and have since established populations in 21 counties in... AUSTIN, Texas - Invasive "crazy ants" are displacing fire ants in areas across the southeastern United States, according to researchers at The University of Texas at Austin.

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Inhabitat

Climate Change and Melting Ice are Shifting the Polar Poles

Every year since 2005, the North Pole has shifted several centimeters, and researchers have now attributed those rapid changes to climate change .

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Examiner.com

Shifting of North and South Poles blamed on climate change . . . huh

Richard Lovett of Nature Magazine writes, and researchers at the University of Texas, Austin suspect, that climate change has shifted the locations of Earth's North and South Poles, and increased melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet and other ice losses worldwide, helping move the North Pole several centimeters east each year since 2005.

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Wed May 15, 2013

The Countywide

Grads told to excel in life by taking chances

Coastal Bend College honored its graduates Friday with commencement ceremonies in both the morning and afternoon - dividing it out by degree type.

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Related Topix: Bee County, TX, Pawnee, TX, Three Rivers, TX

Business Journal

Jericho Systems partners with UT on health privacy initiative

Dallas-based tech company Jericho Systems Corp. will work with the Health Information Technology program at the University of Texas at Austin in a national pilot program that explores ways to give patients control of their own health records.

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Related Topix: Health Care Provider, Health

Retailing Today

RadioShack courts college kids

RadioShack is courting the college market and has entered into a five-year agreement with NACSCORP, a subsidiary of the National Association of College Stores.

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Related Topix: Headphones

MySanAntonio.com

House OKs bill on university regents' roles

The Texas House approved a bill Tuesday whose purpose, according to sponsor Rep.

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Related Topix: LaCoste, TX

KMID

Campus Carry Bill Passes Senate Committee

After hearing testimony from faculty, students and law enforcement officers Tuesday, a panel of state senators passed along a bill allowing college students, faculty and staff to carry concealed handguns on college and university campuses around the state.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Texas, University of Texas Medical Branch

Tue May 14, 2013

Scientific American

Climate Change Has Shifted the Location of the North and South Poles

Increased melting of the Greenland ice sheet and other ice losses worldwide have helped to move the North Pole several centimeters east each year since 2005 Global warming is changing the location of Earth's geographic poles, according to a new study in Geophysical Research Letters .

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Related Topix: Pasadena, CA

Wall Street Journal

Tiger Babies Bite Back

This past Sunday was Mother's Day. But for Asians everywhere, yesterday was Tiger Mother's Day, when kids whose handmade cards have been rejected as half-assed traditionally turn in second drafts, desperately hoping that this time, their craftsmanship will meet muster.

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Related Topix: Kids, Family, Parenting

Customer Interaction Solutions

Clariant Oil Services Invests in an Enhanced Oil Recovery Technology and Services Company

Clariant, a world leader in Specialty Chemicals, today announced its investment in Ultimate EOR Services, a provider of enhanced oil recovery solutions based on proprietary technologies developed within the Center for Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin .

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Newswise

Couples' Thoughts During Disagreements Affect Relationship...

People who are unhappy in their romantic relationship spend more time during a disagreement thinking about how angry and frustrated they are, but happy couples coordinate their thoughts so that when one partner has many emotional thoughts, the other has few, according to a new study recently published online in the National Communication ... (more)

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Tyler Morning Telegraph

Junior high selected for Bush Institute program

The curriculum at Lindale Junior High School could be enhanced after it was selected to participate in a national program aimed at improving graduation rates and student success by improving teaching and learning methods at the middle school level.

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Related Topix: Adolescents and Pre-Teens, Lindale, TX