Topic: Nature and the Environment
Biden to visit NC manufacturer of semiconductors
AP News
VP Joe Biden plans to visit NC-based lighting manufacturer Cree; firm rides efficiency boomVice President Joe Biden plans to visit a North Carolina maker of light-producing semiconductor chips that the Obama administration is offering as an example of the potential for job growth in manufacturing energy-efficient products. Biden and Energy ...
Live octopus? Goat kidneys? It's what's for dinner
AP News
Live octopus, insects, brains: Where some stomachs churn, food adventure clubs make a mealBen Raisher watches as the writhing Octopus on his plate has its tentacles clipped with giant shears, then squirms in amber sesame oil like a pile of bisected earthworms. With a deft pinch of his chopsticks, the ...
Editorial Roundup: Excerpts From Recent Editorials
AP Features
Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad: March 15 Loveland (Colo.) Daily Reporter-Herald on why change in credit rules is a positive step: There's a justice in overdraft protection fees: Those who are careless in their spending pay penalties that support banking services for ...
In war devastated Angola, cheetahs are back
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Conservation group says cheetahs are back after 30 years of war in devastated southern AngolaScientists saw cheetahs in southern Angola for the first time in three decades since the now-ended civil war devastated the animal's habitat, a conservation group said Wednesday. After a three day survey in the arid ...
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