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  • High school students get summer research at ULM

    06/16/13 12:46 PM

    MONROE, La. (AP) — Forty-eight high school students from Marrero to Monroe got hands-on experience in the diverse field of molecular biology as part of a summer research program at the University of Louisiana at Monroe. The program, in partnership with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, is...

  • UW hosts science camp for middle schoolers

    06/16/13 12:31 PM

    LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) — The University of Wyoming is hosting middle school students from Wyoming and other states for a 10-day science camp. The AstroCamp began Sunday and continues through June 25. During the hands-on camp, students will observe the universe with professional telescopes; study...

  • Men wrongly convicted or arrested on bite evidence

    06/16/13 12:16 PM

    At least 24 men convicted or arrested based largely on murky bite-mark evidence have been exonerated by DNA testing, had charges dropped or otherwise been proved not guilty. Many spent more than a decade in prison, and one man was behind bars for more than 23 years before he was exonerated. One...

  • AP IMPACT: Bites derided as unreliable in court

    06/16/13 12:16 PM

    At least 24 men convicted or charged with murder or rape based on bite marks on the flesh of victims have been exonerated since 2000, many after spending more than a decade in prison. Now a judge's ruling later this month in New York could help end the practice for good. A small, mostly...

  • Diving into the search for lost 17th-century ship

    06/16/13 12:16 PM

    ON LAKE MICHIGAN NEAR POVERTY ISLAND, Mich. (AP) — In a remote part of northern Lake Michigan, divers have started looking at an underwater pit, hoping to find the resting place of the Griffin, a ship commanded by the 17th century French explorer La Salle. The origin of the search, which...

  • UAF sets up engineering school in Mongolia

    06/16/13 12:01 PM

    FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — Seven professors from the University of Alaska Fairbanks are helping establish an engineering school at the new American University of Mongolia. Professors are helping develop curriculum and designing classrooms at the new university, located in the Mongolian capital...

  • Decatur, Ala., native designed key Orion hardware

    06/16/13 11:31 AM

    DECATUR, Ala. (AP) — Decatur native Jonathon Walden didn't know if he was going to college, but when an opportunity arose, he took it. "I was a senior in high school, and I hadn't gotten any acceptance letters or anything and I was kind of thinking 'I might go, I might not,' " he said....

  • Wis. DNR warns of poison plants

    06/16/13 08:15 AM

    MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin wildlife officials are warning people to be on the lookout for a couple of poison plants. Department of Natural Resources plant ecologists say poison hemlock and wild parsnip are becoming more common along roadsides. The sap from poison hemlock contains...

  • Divers begin Lake Michigan search for Griffin ship

    06/16/13 12:30 AM

    ON LAKE MICHIGAN NEAR POVERTY ISLAND, Mich. (AP) — Divers began opening an underwater pit Saturday at a remote site in northern Lake Michigan that they say could be the resting place of the Griffin, a ship commanded by the 17th century French explorer La Salle. U.S. and French archaeologists...

  • UNR pays $7,446 fine over sheep deaths

    06/15/13 10:30 PM

    RENO, Nev. (AP) — The University of Nevada, Reno has paid a $7,446 federal fine over the deaths of three sheep at one of its farms in September 2011. The incident that left 10 sheep without water for five days was the result of human error, and a manager was fired, UNR officials said. One...


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