Draper Farms Receives Regents Business Partnership Excellence Award (Oklahoma...
(Source: Oklahoma Panhandle State University) Goodwell, Okla. - Draper Farms of Guymon, Okla. received the Regents Business Partnership Excellence Award from the Oklahoma State Regents of Higher...
View ArticleA Local Apple a Day... Benefits Kids, Farmers and the Environment
These days many of us are looking to get more fresh, local, and sustainably grown food onto our plates. Now we have a chance to ensure that New York students have more access to local produce too. The...
View ArticleRousing DeSoto homecoming in store for Super Bowl MVP Von Miller
There’s no truth to the rumor that it was Von Miller who propelled Texas A&M’s back-from-the-dead comeback against Northern Iowa during the NCAA men’s basketball tournament on Sunday. A&M’s...
View ArticleMcAdoo: We will continue to welcome Coughlin in Giants facility (NFL -...
(Source: NFL - National Football League) Former Giants coach Tom Coughlin is still a recurring guest at the team's facility in East Rutherford, New Jersey, and new head coach Ben McAdoo says he's fine...
View ArticlePee-wee Herman brought ‘Big Adventure’ and ‘Playhouse’ cameos to ‘Big Holiday’
In a way, all seems right again with the pop culture world. After three decades of controversies, silences and absences, Paul Reubens is back to what he should have been doing all along: Making kids...
View ArticleMcAdoo will continue to welcome Tom Coughlin in facility (NFL - National...
(Source: NFL - National Football League) Former Giants coach Tom Coughlin is still a recurring guest at the team's facility in East Rutherford, New Jersey and new head coach Ben McAdoo says he's fine...
View ArticleColdplay Performs on 'Tonight Show,' Talks Super Bowl Halftime Show Backstory
Coldplay swung through The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Tuesday night (March 15) to perform a couple tracks from A Head Full of Dreams, ......
View Article‘Allegiant,’ a bold, gripping, and dynamic addition to the ‘Divergent Series’...
The New York Times best-selling novel, “Allegiant,” has hit the silver screen. The third chapter of “The Divergent Series,” follows an unyielding heroine, Beatrice (Tris) Prior, portrayed by Shailene...
View ArticleApple is working on a TV series about app developers
Apple has plans to make original TV beyond the scope of music. According to the New York Post, the tech giant is working with Will.i.am and producers Ben Silverman (who executive produced The Office)...
View ArticleWhat Really Happens When You Swallow Gum?
Our parents invented some pretty wild stories to prevent us from swallowing things we weren't supposed to. Now that we're older (and wiser), we know watermelon seeds won’t actually sprout a tree in our...
View ArticleNPB pennant race to start
The Yomiuri ShimbunBoth the Central and Pacific leagues open up play in Nippon Pro Baseball today with 16 rookies sprinkled across rosters. The Yomiuri Giants, who open up against the defending league...
View ArticleNYC’s big green bid to degrade the environment
New York City’s requirement that all heating oil used here contain 2 percent biodiesel fuel is a generous handout to the biofuels industry — and a terrible deal for the environment and everyday New...
View ArticleGiants’ owner, manager apologize to fans for scandal
The Yomiuri ShimbunYomiuri Giants owner Shoichi Oikawa and new manager Yoshinobu Takahashi expressed their apologies over the recent betting scandal on baseball games and other improprieties by Giants...
View Article22 Things That Are Super Wrong With 'Batman v Superman'
"Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" had everything it needed to make a great movie: superheroes. And a lot of them. But something happened along the way. Perhaps Lex Luthor (Jesse Eisenberg) was...
View ArticleOil Prices Steady After Rising 40% in Recent Weeks
We start today's newsletter with this week’s key figures for the oil and gas industry from which we see that oil prices have retained their gains as investors are buoyed by the continued declines in...
View ArticleEarl Hamner Jr., creator of hit TV show "The Waltons," dies at age 92
Earl Hamner Jr., who created the TV show "The Waltons," died in Los Angeles at 92. (Richmond Times-Dispatch file) Earl Hamner Jr., a novelist and television writer who drew on childhood memories of...
View ArticleMetropolis showed me how bad my life was
The marriage between my ex-husband and I was a mistake from beginning to end and, luckily, my years of city life empowered me with the courage to wave goodbye to him and his family. At 17, I was forced...
View ArticleSeattle Genetics' ambitious plan for 12 more drugs, 100 more employees
The Puget Sound region's cancer research community is in the spotlight, thanks to a recent visit from Vice President Joe Biden. Cancer drug company Seattle Genetics (Nasdaq: SGEN) is a fast-growing...
View ArticleBaby's Death Shows Global Threat From Wonder Drug's Demise
The antibiotic colistin was the last resort for saving babies at the King Edward Memorial Hospital in Pune, India. That defense was breached last year. In early 2015, a pediatrician at the hospital for...
View ArticleTo Keep or Not to Keep a Hookworm (University of California, Riverside)
(Source: University of California, Riverside) UC Riverside-led research team identifies key protein that by protecting the body from damage in hookworm infections ensures benefits outweigh risks By...
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