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    May 29, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Companies are removing oil from their products to cut costs

    With crude prices bouncing around above $90 a barrel, many companies are trying to wring the oil out of their operations.
    With crude prices bouncing around above $90 a barrel, many companies are trying to wring the oil out of their operations. Ford Motor Co.is using soybean foam in its upholstery.McDonald's Corp.is testing paper cups for hot drinks in place of polystyrene...

    Tags: Companies and Corporations, Entertainment Events, Natural Resources, PepsiCo Inc., Ford

    2. May 12, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Tobacco company ads take aim at Proposition 29

    Every morning when UC San Diego physicist Herbert Levine laces up his running shoes and chugs alongside Mission Bay, his earphones crackle with radio ads opposing a proposed $1-per-pack cigarette tax to raise money for cancer research.
    Every morning when UC San Diego physicist Herbert Levine laces up his running shoes and chugs alongside Mission Bay, his earphones crackle with radio ads opposing a proposed $1-per-pack cigarette tax to raise money for cancer research. The ads are funded...

    Tags: Companies and Corporations, Finance, Agricultural Research and Technology, Heart Disease, Science and Technology

    3. Jan 18, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Wylie W. Vale Jr. dies at 70; researcher helped discover stress hormone

    Wylie W. Vale Jr., a professor at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla and an internationally renowned expert on brain hormones who led a team of Salk researchers that discovered the brain hormone that triggers the body's reaction to stress, has died. He was 70.
    Wylie W. Vale Jr., a professor at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla and an internationally renowned expert on brain hormones who led a team of Salk researchers that discovered the brain hormone that triggers the body's reaction to...

    Tags: Medical Research, Stress, Diabetes, Heart Disease, Human Body

    4. May 22, 2012 | Orlando Sentinel

  4. Orange honors 97 seniors admitted to top colleges

    Sentinel School Zone - Orlando Sentinel
    The Orange County School Board is recognizing tonight its top one percent — nearly 100 students admitted to top colleges from amongst about 10,000 high school graduates this year. The district's traditional high schools provided the names of their...
    5. Apr 25, 2012 | Allentown Morning Call

  5. Lehigh Valley Chapter of National Football Foundation Hall of Fame to add five new members

    Groller's Corner
    The Lehigh Valley chapter of the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame will have an induction ceremony/banquet on Friday May 4 at the Northampton Community Center in which five new members will be inducted. For tickets and other info, call...
    6. Mar 13, 2012 |Story| Tribune Media Services

  6. Daily Deal Sites Push Premium Memberships: Are the new membership programs worth the money?

    U.S. News & World Report
    As consumers tightened their purse strings during the recession, daily deal sites like Groupon.com and LivingSocial.com connected these budget-conscious consumers with deals at restaurants, spas, and other businesses. Market research company IBISWorld...

    Tags: Companies and Corporations, LivingSocial, Inc., Groupon, Inc., Event Planning, Sales

    7. Apr 4, 2012 |Story| KIAH-LTV

  7. College grad contest could bring Houston $1 Million

    Houston Mayor Annise Parker is on a mission. She wants to get Houstonians not just to go to college but to graduate.
    KIAH
    Houston Mayor Annise Parker is on a mission. She wants to get Houstonians not just to go to college but to graduate. "We get the best and brightest from all over the world to come to Houston to work and make a living," Parker said Monday. "But if we...

    Tags: Football, College Sports, Sports, Personal Income, James Casey

    8. Apr 8, 2012 |Story| LA Canada

  8. Teacher prepped student for success

    For a teacher, nothing beats seeing a student succeed. For Rajeev Wahi at Flintridge Preparatory School, helping 2011 graduate Kelly Yang get into the Massachusetts Institute of Technology resulted in success rebounding back to him. Wahi is one of 33...

    Tags: Education, Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge (Middlesex, Massachusetts), Everglades

    9. Feb 24, 2012 |Story| Tribune Media Services

  9. More M.B.A.'s Pursue Education-Related Jobs: Many business students pursue careers in education technology, management, and policy.

    U.S. News & World Report
    Shaista Khilji's office at George Washington University's Graduate School of Education and Human Development has become a sort of confessional where, she says, M.B.A. students stop by to share their hesitations about and disinterest in business school....

    Tags: University of Virginia, Vanderbilt University , Students, Northwestern University, School Examinations

    10. Dec 2, 2011 |Story| KIAH-LTV

  10. Rice student breaks window while streaking

    A Rice University student accidentally broke a campus window while streaking.
    KIAH
    A Rice University student accidentally broke a campus window while streaking. Apparently he broke the window using his rear-end. And did we mention it is going to cost him $15,000?
    11. Feb 13, 2012 |Story| WREG

  11. C-USA, Mountain West to form new all-sports league in 2013

    Staff Writer
    Irving, TX-– Presidents and chancellors from 16 universities met in Dallas Sunday to discuss future conference membership plans and agreed to work on forming a new intercollegiate athletic association that would begin competition in the 2013-14 academic...

    Tags: Education, University of Texas at El Paso, College Sports, East Carolina University, Colorado State Rams

    12. Sep 27, 2011 |Story| KSWB-LTV

  12. UCSD researcher awarded National Medal of Science

    SAN DIEGO -- President Barack Obama Tuesday named a San Diego biomedical engineering professor as a recipient of the National Medal of Science.
    SAN DIEGO -- President Barack Obama Tuesday named a San Diego biomedical engineering professor as a recipient of the National Medal of Science. Shu Chien of UC San Diego is one of seven eminent researchers chosen for the annual honor, The White House...

    Tags: Politics, New York University, Biotechnology, Awards and Prizes, National Government

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