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US judge in Microsoft antitrust case dies at 76
Thomas Penfield Jackson, who as a federal judge in Washington presided over a historic Microsoft antitrust case and the drug possession trial of former Mayor Marion Barry, has died. Jackson died at his home in Compton, Md., his wife Patricia told The Associated Press on Sunday. He was 76 and ...
Colombia's long-elusive goal: land reform
Caught in the crossfire between far-right militias and leftist rebels, 40 families abandoned the farm they shared in the foothills of Colombia's Montes de Maria range. The land repeatedly switched hands before being sold to a businessman. Nearly a decade later, a court in April returned the 770-acre (310-hectare) farm, ...
Washington State U starts sperm bank for honeybees
There's a lot of buzz at Washington State University over work to develop the first sperm bank for honeybees. Entomologist Steve Sheppard and his crew are using liquid nitrogen to preserve semen extracted from the industrious insects that pollinate much of the nation's food supply but face environmental threats. The ...
Arkansas man appointed to serve on Federal Reserve
Robert Martinez of Sevier County, Ark., has been realizing his dreams in phases. When Martinez was driving through Arkansas in the late 1970s, he noticed Arkansas license plates with the slogan "Land of Opportunity." The slogan caused him to dream about moving to Arkansas after visiting relatives in Mexico and ...
NC woman recalls 'The Forgotten War' as nurse
Things happened fast for Virginia Graves in 1951. She graduated from Presbyterian Hospital's nursing school, enlisted in the Army Nursing Corps, went through basic training at Fort Sam Houston and as a second lieutenant receiving her orders in Tokyo, Japan, she learned she was headed to Korea. Her first 32 ...
UNR pays $7,446 fine over sheep deaths
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. ...
Neb. agriculture college optimistic about future
The roads narrow on the 250-mile trip from Lincoln to Curtis from four lanes to a narrow strip of asphalt without shoulders at the southwest Nebraska end of the trip. That could be taken as a sign that the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture is the end of the road ...
Bilingual cops make a connection in NJ communities
Englewood officers carry bilingual dictionaries in their patrol cars. Fairview police recently completed an eight-week Spanish course to learn basic terms. A Korean-speaking officer is stationed at the Fort Lee police front desk on a regular basis. And North Jersey police departments, including Clifton, Bergenfield and Hackensack, have become more ...
Ex-welterweight champion boxer ignored by hometown
One can only imagine the heights Curtis Cokes might have scaled had he had a proper pugilistic pedigree. What if he had been allowed to apprentice at the Golden Gloves like the white boys? What if he had the benefit of a renowned trainer in his corner instead of having ...
Refugee center wants to bring camels to Weld
Colette West and Asad Abdi have devoted their careers to helping an influx of African refugees in Greeley simply function in their new community, but now they're ready to watch the displaced people thrive here by creating a camel farm. For about a year and a half, West and Abdi, ...
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