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  • Kentucky editorial roundup

    06/18/13 06:17 PM

    Recent editorials from Kentucky newspapers: June 16 The Daily News, Bowling Green, Ky., on state must do more to get Internet access to residents: It's almost routine on an annual basis to read that Kentucky once again ranks lowest or near the lowest in a certain category, whether it be...

  • Wilson, Nobel winner for physics, dies in Maine

    06/18/13 06:17 PM

    PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Physicist Kenneth Wilson, who earned a Nobel prize for pioneering work that changed the way physicists think about phase transitions, has died in Maine, where he retired to enjoy kayaking with his wife. He was 77. Wilson, who died from complications of lymphoma, was in...

  • Florida editorial roundup

    06/18/13 05:47 PM

    Recent editorials from Florida newspapers: June 18 Orlando (Fla.) Sentinel on state owes answers for breach in pill database: Florida's pill mill database has sprung an embarrassing leak, a data breach of confidential information that threatens to undermine the public's already shaken...

  • RI building electric car charging stations

    06/18/13 05:47 PM

    BRISTOL, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island is building up to 50 electric vehicle charging stations for motorists around the state and also plans to purchase hybrid or electric-powered vehicles for the state fleet whenever possible, the governor announced Tuesday. Gov. Lincoln Chafee said the moves,...

  • Scientists discuss new photo-taking satellite

    06/18/13 05:17 PM

    SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Nearly 120 scientists and engineers from around the world are meeting in South Dakota this week to discuss operational and technical issues with collecting images from the Landsat 8 satellite. The U.S. Geological Survey's Earth Resources Observation and Science Center...

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    06/18/13 05:02 PM

    FILE - This June 22, 2012 file photo shows Travis Schepker, a biology intern, holding an Asian carp pulled from the Illinois River near Havana, Ill. Two species of invasive Asian carp may be able to spawn in more Great Lakes tributaries than previously thought, according to a U.S. Geological...

  • Yahoo discloses number of US govt data requests

    06/18/13 03:46 PM

    SUNNYVALE, Calif. (AP) — Yahoo is the latest company to disclose how many requests for user data it has received from U.S. government agencies, putting the number between 12,000 and 13,000 in the six months that ended on May 31. Yahoo Inc. CEO Marissa Mayer and General Counsel Ron Bell said...

  • Recent editorials published in Indiana newspapers

    06/18/13 03:16 PM

    INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Times, Munster. June 17, 2013. Rehabilitated criminals need second chance Getting and keeping a job can help keep reformed criminals out of prison. The honest income makes a difference. But a criminal record can be a barrier to employment. Some employers are naturally...

  • Northern chancellor wants to drop secondary ed

    06/18/13 03:01 PM

    HAVRE, Mont. (AP) — The chancellor at Montana State University-Northern is recommending that 25 of its programs be ended or placed under moratorium due to declining enrollment. Faculty and staff started in September reviewing all 74 programs offered at Northern to "make sure that our programs...

  • Kenneth Wilson, Nobel winner for physics, dies

    06/18/13 02:46 PM

    SACO, Maine (AP) — A physics professor who earned a Nobel prize for pioneering work that changed the way physicists think about phase transitions has died in Maine at age 77. Kenneth Wilson was in the physics department at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., when he won the Nobel Prize in...


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