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By Russell Lissau rlissau@@dailyherald.com It passed by the narrowest possible margin, but one vote was enough for the Lake County Forest Preserve District board to approve the construction of a new $23 million operations and public safety building.
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A new class of cosmic object has been found by a Dutch schoolteacher, through a project which allows the public to take part in astronomy research online. Hanny Van Arkel, 25, came across the strange gaseous blob while using the Galaxy Zoo website to help classify galaxies in telescope images. Astronomers subsequently confirmed that the object was one-of-a-kind.
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By Northwest Florida Daily News, Fort Walton Beach Jul. 27--Autopsy: Man drowned in surf PANAMA CITY -The district medical examiner's office has ruled that a struggling swimmer pulled from the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday died from drowning.
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By John Stark, The Bellingham Herald, Wash. Jul. 19--The struggling population of Cherry Point herring sagged by about a third this year, erasing much of the modest gains since a low point in 2000.
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Anyone who hasn't been asleep in a cave for 50 years knows the U.S. government pays farmers not to grow crops. Formerly, the rationale for such programs was frankly admitted: By reducing supplies, the government keeps grocery prices high, pleasing farmers.
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BUILDING work at fish-friendly houses next to the River Usk is getting under way now that wildlife-safe foundations have been laid. Pilings, concrete supports driven into the ground, which had to be in place before the rest of the work could begin, are now all in place.
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TU Delft is leading in constructing walking robots which are based on the way humans walk. Click here for more information. Researcher Daan Hobbelen of TU Delft has developed a new, highly-advanced walking robot: Flame. This type of research, for which Hobbelen will receive his PhD on Friday 30 May, is important as it provides insight into how people walk.
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