(AP) -- The promise of lucrative tax breaks helped persuade Facebook to build a data center in one of Oregon's most economically depressed counties. Now, the state and the company are in a dispute over how much Facebook ...
Business
Oct 31, 2011
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The nation's biggest movie studios have won a copyright infringement lawsuit against video-streaming startup Zediva.
Business
Oct 31, 2011
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During human evolution our ancestors mated with Neanderthals, but also with other related hominids. In this week's online edition of PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences), researchers from Uppsala University ...
Evolution
Oct 31, 2011
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Birds are getting bigger in central California, and that was a big surprise for Rae Goodman and her colleagues.
Ecology
Oct 31, 2011
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More than half of eastern U.S. tree species examined in a massive new Duke University-led study aren't adapting to climate change as quickly or consistently as predicted.
Ecology
Oct 31, 2011
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As Belgium becomes the latest European nation to agree to switch off nuclear power, operator Electrabel warned Monday of high costs, environmental fallout and increased dependency on foreign suppliers.
Energy & Green Tech
Oct 31, 2011
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UN University's Canadian-based Institute for Water, Environment and Health today published a study of the changing language related to water in high-level declarations from eleven UN conferences on water and the environment ...
Environment
Oct 31, 2011
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Amazon and Netflix announced separate deals Monday to stream television shows from The Walt Disney Co. and ABC TV network.
Business
Oct 31, 2011
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The convenience of Election Day voting centers can increase voter turnout, according to a new paper by political scientists Robert Stein of Rice University and Greg Vonnahme of the University of Alabama.
Social Sciences
Oct 31, 2011
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Bangladesh will declare three river areas in its southwest as dolphin sanctuaries, wildlife officials said Monday, in a bid to protect the country's population of endangered freshwater cetaceans.
Plants & Animals
Oct 31, 2011
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