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Michigan Looks For Money In The Mines

jmalewitz@ts-si.org (Jim Malewitz (Stateline)) — Sat, 26 May 2012 07:00:00 +0000

Marquette, MI, USA. Michigan wants to control the tax revenue mineral mining brings in. Some local governments on the Upper Peninsula see that as a violation of their rights. It’s a long drive from...

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Device May Inject a Variety of Drugs Without Using Needles

jchumit@ts-si.org (Jennifer Chu (MIT)) — Fri, 25 May 2012 13:00:00 +0000

Jet-injected drugs could improve patient compliance, reduce accidental needle sticks. — MIT News Cambridge, MA, USA. MIT researchers have engineered a device that delivers a tiny,...

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Great Lakes Mining Boom Prompts Environmental Concerns

jmalewitz@ts-si.org (Jim Malewitz (Stateline)) — Fri, 25 May 2012 07:00:00 +0000

Big Bay, MI, USA. Mining is a thriving industry again in the upper Midwest. But questions remain about whether current state regulations can handle the environmental impact. For thousands of years,...

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Crowdsourcing

rmunroe@gmail.com (Randall Munroe) — Fri, 25 May 2012 05:01:00 +0000

Parenthetically SpeakingWe don't sell products; we sell the marketplace. And by 'sell the marketplace' we mean 'play shooters, sometimes for upwards of 20 hours...

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America's Sick Public Sector

terry.madonna@fandm.edu (G. Terry Madonna & Michael L. Young) — Thu, 24 May 2012 13:00:00 +0000

Lancaster, PA, USA. Public sector unemployment has reached epidemic levels. National unemployment might be in the six percent range if public sector losses were not counted. The economic statistics...

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Fever Doubles Pregnancy Risk for Autism or Developmental Delay

tssinews@ts-si.org (TS-Si News Service) — Thu, 24 May 2012 07:00:00 +0000

Sacramento, CA, USA. Pregnant mothers with fevers were twice as likely to have a child with autism or developmental delay than mothers of typically developing children. Findings from a new study...

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Wisconsin Recall Campaign Turns on Job Creation

dvock@stateline.org (Daniel C. Vock (Stateline)) — Wed, 23 May 2012 07:00:00 +0000

Madison, WI, USA. Republican Scott Walker promised if elected to be the job-creation governor. Two years later, he is struggling to prove he deserves the job-creator label. There are a lot of...

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Bel-Air

rmunroe@gmail.com (Randall Munroe) — Wed, 23 May 2012 05:01:00 +0000

Parenthetically SpeakingAaron Sorkin has been tapped to write the TV movie about the aging prince's eventual election to Pat Toomey's Senate seat, currently titled either FRESHman Senator or...

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Human Origins and the Search for Missing Links

jkrause@ts-si.org (Johannes Krause) — Tue, 22 May 2012 13:00:00 +0000

Tübingen, Germany. Johannes Krause reviews John Reader's history of paleoanthropology, a story of exciting discoveries, contentious disputes, and immense promise. Humans are naturally fascinated by...

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Facility Prices Outpace Inflation For Privately Insured

tssinews@ts-si.org (TS-Si News Service) — Tue, 22 May 2012 07:00:00 +0000

Washington, DC, USA. Rising care prices were the chief health care cost driver for privately insured Americans in 2010, according to data from three of the largest health plans. The per capita...

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