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  • Friday Opinuendo On engagement, peppers, the pantry and more ... Woo-hoo? 25 Jul 2008 05:55 GMT
    ... city of St. Paul, help from the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency and the housing experts ... Hot To Trot / The way Minnesota scientists helped solve the case of tainted jalapeno ... for solar and wind power and other experimental sources, could lead to $2 gas again. ...

  • Numbers don't lie: Girls as good at math as boys, study finds 25 Jul 2008 05:54 GMT
    ... a study published today in the journal Science . An analysis of standardized test scores from more ... girls and boys in 10 states, the researchers found that neither gender consistently outpaced the ... The states are California, Connecticut, Indiana, Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, West Virginia ...

  • Your turn: State is ready for a four-day school week 25 Jul 2008 05:54 GMT
    ... on research I’ve done on this topic. Minnesota had at least eight school districts using the ... Longer class periods may be scheduled for laboratory and activity courses. Professional work days may ...

  • Obituary Harrison 'Bud' Tordoff, 85 / U scientist's restoration efforts revived peregrine falcon population 25 Jul 2008 05:50 GMT
    ... Obituary Harrison 'Bud' Tordoff, 85 / U scientist's restoration efforts revived peregrine falcon population Article ... and former director of the University of Minnesota's Raptor Center. Tordoff, of North Oaks, died ... book, "Birds in Flight: The Art and Science of How Birds Fly," is dedicated to ...

  • McCain Camp Hopes for Backlash 25 Jul 2008 05:46 GMT
    ... line of the speech he delivered in Minnesota last month on the night he clinched ... in a sense pretty presumptuous," a political scientist at Franklin and Marshall College in Pennsylvania, ...

  • American girls eliminate the math gender gap 25 Jul 2008 05:45 GMT
    ... very resistant to change, but as a scientist I have to challenge them with data," ... published in today's issue of the journal Science. Using vast data generated by the No ... different NCLB-based assessments from 10 states, including Minnesota, California, Connecticut, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, New Jersey, ...

  • Minnesota Twins to handle young starting pitchers with care 25 Jul 2008 05:14 GMT
    ... science to this, Twins pitching coach Rick Anderson ... In the first half of the season, Minnesota's young starters — the current rotation minus ...

  • Family Meals Can Help Teen Girls Avoid Drugs, Alcohol 25 Jul 2008 04:33 GMT
    ... professor of pediatrics at the University of Minnesota Medical School. The same effect wasn't seen for ... and the kids' use of substances. The researchers followed up with a second survey five ...

  • 'Little' Principia shines bright in solar challenge 25 Jul 2008 03:32 GMT
    ... graduate and engineering programs, including University of Minnesota, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Northwestern University, Iowa State University, ... college in the world solely for Christian Scientists. Students on Principia's solar car team come ...

  • Girls' Math Skills Equal To Boys', Study Finds 25 Jul 2008 00:50 GMT
    ... the study, which appears in the journal Science . Previous research had shown that while girls and ... the country responded: California, Connecticut, Indiana, Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, West Virginia ... "once again we had gender similarities." Other researchers say the study is convincing. "The data ...

  • Doctor: Cell Phone, Cancer Link Is Real 25 Jul 2008 00:38 GMT
    ... pediatric cancer specialist, with the University of Minnesota Masonic Cancer Center. Moertel specializes in brain ... children. "I don't really see where the scientific evidence is. And I'm the father of ...

  • Do The Math: Girls = Boys, Study Shows 25 Jul 2008 00:36 GMT
    ... country shows what the five female university researchers already knew: Girls are just as good ... the report, published in Friday's issue of "Science." The study found no difference between boys and ... the study, including California, Connecticut, Indiana, Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, West Virginia ...

  • When It Comes To Math Skills, Girls = Boys 25 Jul 2008 00:06 GMT
    ... country shows what the five female university researchers already knew: Girls are just as good ... the report, published in Friday's issue of "Science." The study found no difference between boys and ... the study, including California, Connecticut, Indiana, Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, West Virginia ...

  • Judge won't add Weise estate to cases 24 Jul 2008 23:27 GMT
    ... on the American Indian reservation in northern Minnesota. About two dozen people - including injured ... shooting in Minnesota history is not the laboratory for that venture," Zimmerman wrote. Adding Weise ...

  • NASA determines what puts the "dance" into Northern Lights 24 Jul 2008 22:57 GMT
    ... a Delta 2 rocket, was built by scientists at the Space Sciences Laboratory (SSL), from the University of California, Berkeley, ... company Alliant Techsystems (ATK), headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A. At the time the THEMIS mission ...

  • EPA chief won't explain climate choices 24 Jul 2008 22:56 GMT
    ... regulate greenhouse gases. Days later, EPA released scientific evidence compiled by its staff outlining the ... Cardin of Maryland and Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota reviewed a copy Thursday morning. When asked ... He also added that the administrator had testified before this session of Congress 17 times. ...

  • EPA chief declines invitation to appear before Congress to discuss global warming decisions 24 Jul 2008 22:55 GMT
    ... regulate greenhouse gases. Days later, EPA released scientific evidence compiled by its staff outlining the ... Cardin of Maryland and Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota reviewed a copy Thursday morning. When asked ... He also added that the administrator had testified before this session of Congress 17 times. ...

  • Judge won't add Weise estate to cases 24 Jul 2008 22:55 GMT
    ... on the American Indian reservation in northern Minnesota. About two dozen people—including injured students, teachers ... shooting in Minnesota history is not the laboratory for that venture," Zimmerman wrote. Adding Weise ...

  • EPA chief won't explain climate choices 24 Jul 2008 22:34 GMT
    ... regulate greenhouse gases. Days later, EPA released scientific evidence compiled by its staff outlining the ... Cardin of Maryland and Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota reviewed a copy Thursday morning. When asked ... He also added that the administrator had testified before this session of Congress 17 times. ...

  • EPA moves to ban pesticide carbofuran from food 24 Jul 2008 22:32 GMT
    ... past spring, the chairman of a House Science and Technology panel said. WASHINGTON (AP) — ... as tough as boys. WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists will have to take "enormous intellectual leaps" ... People suddenly were getting salmonella at a Minnesota restaurant more than 1,000 miles from the ...


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