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Professor McCarver’s ‘Baseball bat’ theory of climate change

April 30, 2012
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A Fox TV commentator, midgame, links global warming to home runs, and fans on all sides of the climate debate call foul.

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Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum Receives Buzz Lightyear Flown in Space

April 6, 2012
John Lasseter, chief creative officer at Pixar Animation Studios and creator of Buzz Lightyear; Lori Garver, NASA deputy administrator and Museum director Jack Dailey hold the space-flown Buzz Lightyear action figure. (Photo courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution)

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Space-ranger Buzz Lightyear, of Toy Story fame, recently became part of the National Air and Space Museum’s popular culture collection.

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Chiropractors Association Has Advice For Santa Claus

December 25, 2011
Chiropractors Association Has Advice For Santa Claus

BRANCHBURG – After centuries of lugging a heavy bag over one shoulder, eating too many Christmas cookies, crouching in a sleigh while being pulled by eight reindeer and living a sedentary lifestyle for 364 days a year, it may be time for Santa Claus to make an “adjustment” to his health says the Association...

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305th Airmen Execute ‘Elephant Walk’ In Stride

December 21, 2011
305th Airmen Execute ‘Elephant Walk’ In Stride

JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST - The 305th Air Mobility Wing completed its first 'Elephant Walk' in nearly five years, launching all 12 KC-10 Extenders on the ramp, one right after the other, in a 30-minute time period on Dec. 20.

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“Dunk A Politician” Raises Funds For South Amboy Library

October 21, 2011
“Dunk A Politician” Raises Funds For South Amboy Library

SOUTH AMBOY -- On October 2, the Dowdell Library Foundation of South Amboy raised hundreds of dollars in donations through a dunking booth at the South Amboy Street Fair to purchase an online software teaching center that will provide coaching for SAT, AP, GED, and citizenship tests as well as job search and workplace...

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Pet Adoption Organization Goes Hi-Tech

October 6, 2011

NEW YORK, N.Y.– It’s the cat’s meow. Literally. For feline lovers of all ages, Bideawee, Inc., the leading pet adoption and animal welfare organization serving Long Island and New York metropolitan area communities, has gone high tech.

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Contest Highlights 8th Annual National Punctuation Day, Sept. 24

September 24, 2011

PINOLE, Calif. — This year’s National Punctuation Day® Contest asks entrants to write a paragraph — maximum of three sentences using all 13 punctuation marks featured on the National Punctuation Day® website —to celebrate the 8th annual National Punctuation Day on Sept. 24.

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Space Rocks Near Earth

August 16, 2011
Space Rocks Near Earth

On Aug. 17 an asteroid estimated to be 17 to 39 meters in diameter will pass through space intersecting the Earth's orbit, missing a collision by only about one million miles. The object will be moving at about 13,533 miles per hour, or 3.76 miles per second.

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U.S. Marshals To Auction Unabomber’s Personal Effects This Week

May 16, 2011

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The personal effects of Ted Kaczynski, aka the Unabomber, will be sold via an online auction by the U.S. Marshals beginning May 18

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Houston Tops U.S. Cities In Dog Attacks, Postal Service Says

May 13, 2011

HOUSTON, Texas — The Postal Service released statistics Thursday highlighting the cities where the most dog attacks occur nationwide. Houston tops the list with 62 letter carriers attacked in 2010. Jamaica, N.Y. (17 attacks), Flushing, N.Y. (15), Staten Island, N.Y. (14), Brooklyn, N.Y. (12) all ranked in the top 25.

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