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Keith Mickler
How to protect our plants from this blast of artic air
I just said on the radio this week that spring ain’t sprung yet. Well, I hate to say I told you so (no I don’t) but I told you so. Folks we are just a little over a week into February, stuff is blo...
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In this photo taken April 28, 2010, work continues to excavate want could become the foundation for a new nuclear power plant near the existing nuclear reactors at Plant Vogtle, shown in the background in Waynesboro, Ga. (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain)
Update: NRC approves new Georgia nuclear reactors, first time in 30 years
Update: The NRC has approved two new nuclear reactors in Georgia. Previously posted WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation's first new nuclear power plant in a generation is expected to win approval Thur...
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In this Jan. 5, 2012 photo, a Kodak Easyshare digital camera is displayed at B&H Photo & Video, in New York. Eastman Kodak Co. said Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012, it will stop making digital cameras, pocket video cameras and digital picture frames in order to focus on its more profitable businesses. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
Kodak to stop making cameras, digital frames
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — Eastman Kodak Co. said Thursday that it will stop making digital cameras, pocket video cameras and digital picture frames, marking the end of an era for the company that brou...
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Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent John Deasy takes his seat following a closed-door meeting of the Board of Education in downtown Los Angeles Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
Report: US teacher's aide sent love letters to boy
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Officials at a Los Angeles school rocked by teacher sex abuse claims are investigating yet another allegation of misconduct, this one involving a teacher's aide in her 50s accuse...
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In this Monday, Jan. 23, 2012 still photo taken from video, students try free samples of AeroShot, an inhalable caffeine packed in a lipstick-sized canister, on the campus of Northeastern University in Boston. Harvard University engineering professor David Edwards, created AeroShot, which went on the market in late January. (AP Photo/Rodrique Ngowi)
Getting caffeine fix as easy as taking deep breath
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts (AP) — Move over, coffee and Red Bull. A Harvard professor thinks the next big thing will be people inhaling their caffeine from a lipstick-sized tube. Critics say the nove...
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NC authorities charge 3 men in 17-year-old death
SHELBY, N.C. (AP) — Authorities in North Carolina have charged three men with an armed robbery and killing that has been unsolved since 1995. Cleveland County sheriff's deputies this week arrested...
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In this pool photo provided by the Pierce County Sheriff s Dept., an investigator walks through the garage area, Monday, Feb. 6, 2012, in the rubble of the home in Graham, Wash., where Josh Powell and his two sons were killed Sunday in what police said appeared to be a deliberately set fire. Powell s wife Susan went mysteriously missing from their West Valley City, Utah, home in December 2009. (AP Photo/Pierce County Sheriff s Dept., Ed Troyer, Pool)
Autopsy: Kids killed in WA suffered hatchet wounds
GRAHAM, Wash. (AP) — Josh Powell painted himself as a tortured man, ridiculed without reason in the disappearance of his wife, steadfastly insisting he was innocent until the end. Yet the investig...
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Los Angeles County Sheriff s deputies stand outside Miramonte Elementary School in Los Angeles Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. About three dozen parents and supporters staged a protest at the Los Angeles-area school rocked by allegations of lewd conduct crimes by two teachers against children. They demanded greater communication with education officials and the placement of cameras in classrooms and hallways at Miramonte Elementary School. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Staff removed at LA school during abuse probe
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The entire staff at a Los Angeles elementary school is being removed while authorities investigate horrific allegations of sexual abuse by two of the school's teachers, one of wh...
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Blood clot guidelines challenge economy class risk
by LINDSEY TANNER,AP Medical Writer
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CHICAGO (AP) — Good news for budget-minded travelers: There's no proof that flying economy-class increases your chances of dangerous blood clots, according to new guidelines from medical specialist...
Georgia man, 58, dies while skiing at Colo. resort
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KEYSTONE, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado coroner has released the name of a Georgia man who died Sunday while skiing at Keystone Ski Resort. Summit County Coroner Joanne Richardson says the man was 58-ye...
Thieves target booze trucks in Atlanta
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ATLANTA (AP) — Authorities say thieves have been stealing booze from trucks making delivers to bars, restaurants and stores in Atlanta. Police tell The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (http://bit.ly/...
High school student gunned down in home invasion
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NORCROSS, Ga. (AP) — A high school student was gunned down during a home invasion in the Atlanta suburb of Norcross Police tell WSB Radio that 15-year-old Nicholas Jackson was shot to death around...
Pfizer recalls 1 million birth control packs after mix up
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Pfizer Inc. is recalling 1 million packets of birth control pills due to a packaging error that could raise the risk of an accidental pregnancy by leaving women with an inadequa...
Los Angeles teacher charged with molesting 23 kids
by ROBERT JABLON,Associated Press
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles elementary school teacher bound and gagged nearly two dozen children, put cockroaches on some of their faces and posed in photos with them, possibly inside a classr...
Florida highway pileup kills at least 10 people
by MIKE SCHNEIDER,Associated Press
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A long line of cars and trucks collided one after another early Sunday on a dark Florida highway so shrouded in haze and smoke that drivers were instantly blinded. At least...
Video shows killer's denials in Ga. girl's slaying
by Associated Press
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CANTON, Ga. — A maintenance man who eventually admitted to sexually assaulting and killing a 7-year-old Georgia girl repeatedly denied any involvement with the crimes during his interrogation. Th...