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Compulsive disorder in dogs and humans may be linked by a common thread

Source: MLive.com

So many of us are familiar with dogs who display obsessive-compulsive behavior, and there has been little known about the etiology. Even more distressing, it's hard to help empower pets to curb the behavio ...
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Ewe Baskets Oldenburg keeps Kramer

Source: Euroleague Basketball

Just once day after finishing a great season, EWE Baskets Oldenburg announced a new agreement with guard Chris Kramer, who will stay in the team for one more year. Kramer (1.91 meters, 25 years old) average ...
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Promising Testing Method For Spinal Cord Injuries, Multiple Sclerosis

Source: Medical News Today

Main Category: Multiple Sclerosis Also Included In: Neurology / Neuroscience; Medical Devices / Diagnostics Article Date: 17 Jun 2013 - 1:00 PDT A medical test previously developed to measure a toxin found in tobacco smokers has been ada ...
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Righting the ISTEP harm

Source: The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette

A legislative committee will meet Friday to hear testimony on the computer problems that disrupted standardized testing for thousands of Indiana students this spring, compromising the results of test scores used to evaluate teachers, schools and sch ...
Full article at: The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette More like this 1 day ago, 2:32am CDT

Transitions: Noted Librarian at U. of Michigan Moves to U. of Illinois; Robert W. Fogel, Economic Historian, Dies at 86

Source: Chronicle of Higher Education

John P. Wilkin, an associate university librarian at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, will become dean of libraries and university librarian at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign on August 16. Mr. Wilkin directs th ...
Full article at: Chronicle of Higher Education More like this 1 day ago, 12:49am CDT

Around and about: A sneak peek of Royal Court Supper fare

Source: Omaha.com

Reservations chairwoman Jeanie Jones, Royal Court Supper chairwoman Cydney Koukol and Royal Court Supper assistant Jennifer Bettger at the tasting for the Royal Court Supper. @Photo Cutline:The Joslyn Art Museum held a gala preview of ...
Full article at: Omaha.com More like this 2 days ago, 6:11pm CDT

Dotson A Finalist For Team USA U19 Squad

Source: University of Oregon Official Athletics Site

The roster will be pared down to 12 before the squad departs on June 19 for three days of training at the Washington Wizards practice facility in Washington, D.C. The 2013 FIBA U19 World Championships will ...
Full article at: University of Oregon Official Athletics Site More like this 2 days ago, 3:23pm CDT

B1G men and women on campus: comparing the Presidents of the Big Ten

Source: The Lantern

When Ohio State announced on June 4 that President E. Gordon Gee was retiring from his post effective July 1, many students, faculty and community members were left with lingering questions of who will replace him, how much the new president ...
Full article at: The Lantern More like this 2 days ago, 3:18pm CDT

Rite of passage for fifth-graders

Source: Plattsburgh Press-Republican

John Dublanyk, a fifth-grader at Momot Elementary School, checks out Petunia, a fistulated cow used for research at Miner Institute’s Heart’s Delight Farm, with intern Russell Miller from Purdue University. S ...
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Purdue professors hacked; 3 accused of changing grades

Source: The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette

WEST LAFAYETTE – A Purdue University graduate and two former students accused of breaking into their professors computer accounts to change grades are facing criminal charges. Roy Chaoran Sun, 25, of Andover, Mass., and Mitsutoshi Shirasaki, 24, and Suja ...
Full article at: The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette More like this 3 days ago, 2:21am CDT