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Could extinct woolly mammoth soon be revived using fossil DNA?
Will scientists soon be able to revive the long-extinct woolly mammoth? What about the dodo, the Chinese river dolphin or the saber-toothed cat? With the great technological leaps forward over the past decade, bringing back dead-and-gone species using...Tags: Biotechnology Industry, Science and Technology, Chemical Industry, Paleontology
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Geography lesson: Vandermark's Midwest School and Monterey's 55th
The brawny, brainy music that Ken Vandermark presented over the weekend at the Green Mill Jazz Club appealed to many sensibilities. For starters, the very sight of nine instrumentalists crowded onto the tiny stage of the Mill — each a force in his...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Music Industry, Music, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Christian McBride
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Student heads to geography bee
Micah Dohrer, a fourth-grader at May Overby Elementary School, has qualified to compete at the South Dakota Geography Bee. Micah won the school bee in January, then took a written test to qualify for the state-level competition. The top 100 scorers... -
Kit unearths DNA's path to your past
Want to be a part of ancient history? The National Geographic Society's Genographic Project is inviting the public to join its massive effort to map the history of human migration using DNA.
More than 560,000 people have participated since the project...Tags: Biotechnology Industry, Chemical Industry
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The contradiction of Lincoln
He had lost a son many years before, the boy barely more than a toddler when he died. Now another son was dead, and grief sat on him like the shawl that draped his shoulders as he rattled around the big, cold house. His wife was emotionally troubled and...Tags: Abraham Lincoln, Human Interest, The Miami Herald, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Steven Spielberg
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Big Ten re-alignment likely to be "geography-based," Penn State AD says
Nittany LinesPenn State athletic director David Joyner expects the addition of Rutgers and Maryland will lead the Big Ten toward a "geography-based" realignment. In an interview posted on Penn State's website, Joyner said that the conference is leaning toward re-... -
Annual trivia night supports free medical clinic
Our Town CorrespondentLocal business members and corporate-sponsored teams will square off in a competitive trivia game to raise funds for the Johnstown Free Medical Clinic located along Main Street. The 14th annual Johnstown Corporate Trivia Challenge will kick off on...Tags: AmeriServ Financial Incorporated, Economy, Business and Finance, Finance, Hospitals and Clinics
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Charles L. Hayes, Monumental Life executive
Charles L. Hayes, former secretary and senior vice president of Monumental Life Insurance Co., died Feb. 3 of cancer at the Brookshire Hospice in Hillsborough, N.C.
The former Towson resident was 85.
Charles Lawton Hayes was born and raised in...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Johns Hopkins University, Charles Street
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Letters: Nat Geo's evolution
Re "Wingnuts, guns and liberals," Opinion, Feb. 7 When cable television came into being in the 1980s, each channel had a specific message and focus. Over time, the shift from the original concepts has been slow but seismic. I remember when A&E was the...Tags: Television Industry, Satellite and Cable Service
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Joan Curto celebrates the genius of Cole Porter
Cole Porter died nearly half a century ago – in 1964 at age 73 – yet his songs remain as ubiquitous today as they were then. Which helps explain why one of Chicago's top cabaret singers, Joan Curto, this week is launching an evening-length...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Lower East Side, Music Industry, George Gershwin, Entertainment
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Instrument museum a high note in Phoenix
PHOENIX — In less than three years, the Musical Instrument Museum has gained a reputation as a premier cultural destination in the Valley of the Sun, an area loaded with eclectic museums and galleries. No, you don't need to play an instrument to...
Tags: Museums, Music Theater, Arts and Culture, Taylor Swift, John Lennon
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Myers wins Rockwood Elementary Geographic Bee
Tayt Meyers, a student at Rockwood Elementary School, won the school-level competition for the National Geographic Bee Jan. 15 and a chance at a $25,000 college scholarship. The school-level bee, at which students answered oral questions on geography,...
Tags: Washington, DC, Jeopardy!, Awards and Prizes, Google Inc.
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