Colorado State University gets record $53.3 million gift
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — Colorado State University has received the largest gift in its history, $53.3 million to the engineering college for scholarships, faculty and research.
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — Colorado State University has received the largest gift in its history, $53.3 million to the engineering college for scholarships, faculty and research.
(AP) — Colorado State University has received the largest gift in its history, $53.3 million to the engineering college for scholarships, faculty and research. CSU said the donation will fund the creation of four presidential chairs in water, health, energy and environment.
Nekima Levy-Pounds, a civil rights activist and critic of local police practices, announced she will run to become the next mayor of Minneapolis
A Michigan woman has died from a virus infection while serving 30 days in Macomb County Jail for falling behind on her child support payments. 37-year-old Jennifer Meyers pleaded for help until she died while being virtually ignored by guards, a lawsuit charges. NY Daily News reports: Jennifer Meyers passed away from a slow-moving virus 12 days into her sentence at Macomb County Jail in 2013. Even though other prisoners noticed something was wrong, guards and medical personnel did not see what was happening to Meyers... Читать дальше...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Homeland Security Department wants the technology industry to begin making millions of internet-connected devices secure from hacking. [...] it says runaway security problems with such devices were threatening "substantial safety and economic risks."
Writing birthday notes reminds me how fortunate I am to have two fantastic daughters, Dan Richards writes
A woman hit and killed by a car near the Las Vegas Convention Center on Monday has been identified by the Clark County Coroner’s Office as Vivian Valentine, 62, of Las Vegas. Valentine was hit about 1 p.m. while ...
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AT&T wants to buy Time Warner in a monster $85 billion deal, but some are concerned the government, particularly under Donald Trump, will move to block it.
“In an example of the power structure I’m fighting, AT&T is buying Time Warner and thus CNN — a deal we will not approve in my administration because it’s too much concentration of power in the hands of too few,” Trump said while campaigning.
AT&T, however, is telling Wall Street not to worry. Читать дальше...
CANNON BALL, N.D. (AP) — The Latest on protests against the Dakota Access oil pipeline. (all times local):
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Disappointed. Sad. Angry. Outraged. I have been pinned to the floor by a panoply of negative emotions after the shocking results of this year’s elections. So many women and activists had hoped to elect the first female president – a gun sense champion – to the White House.
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Tesla shares have declined almost 20% in the last three months, even as the automaker reported a surprisingly profitable third quarter and signaled to Wall Street that it has curtailed its cash burn and could finish 2016 with more money in the bank then expected.
The immediate problem for Tesla is political.
A Trump administration is unlikely to be friendly to electric cars — certainly not as friendly as the Obama administration. Obama was in the White House... Читать дальше...
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Tesla shares have declined almost 20% in the last three months, even as the automaker reported a surprisingly profitable third quarter and signaled to Wall Street that it has curtailed its cash burn and could finish 2016 with more money in the bank then expected.
The immediate problem for Tesla is political.
A Trump administration is unlikely to be friendly to electric cars — certainly not as friendly as the Obama administration. Obama was in the White House... Читать дальше...
Washington DC was a tale of two cities Tuesday as united Republicans enjoyed the afterglow of a huge election win, while Democrats remained in a state of disarray one week after national elections saw Republicans take control of national politics, The Associated Press reported. House Speaker Paul Ryan unanimously won his GOP colleagues’ votes to serve another term at the helm of the body, telling fellow Republicans he had President-elect Donald Trump’s support and he heralded “the dawn of a new,... Читать дальше...
CANNON BALL, N.D. (AP) — The Latest on protests against the Dakota Access oil pipeline. (all times local):
CANNON BALL, N.D. (AP) — The Latest on protests against the Dakota Access oil pipeline. (all times local):
CANNON BALL, N.D. (AP) — The Latest on protests against the Dakota Access oil pipeline. (all times local):
Morton County sheriff's spokesman Rob Keller says about 400 protesters put a pickup truck and tree branches on BNSF Railway tracks Tuesday near a pipeline work staging area. Activists called for demonstrations at Army Corps of Engineers offices and at banks financing the pipeline construction. Hundreds of protesters against the Dakota Access oil pipeline gathered outside a work staging area west of Mandan, North Dakota, and disrupted freight train traffic. Morton County sheriff's spokesman Rob... Читать дальше...
(AP) — Gov. John Bel Edwards says Louisiana risks forcing students out of college or pushing them into greater debt because of upcoming cuts to the TOPS free college tuition program. The Democratic governor issued a statement Tuesday saying that Republican-led efforts to "front-load" the TOPS program — with near full funding in the fall semester and deep cuts to tuition payments in the spring — were a gimmick that gave students "false hope."
I have never thought of myself as a political activist. It is true that growing up in the Vietnam war era I signed up against the war as millions of American did at that time and I protested against it. However, as I grew up beyond that era, I thought of myself as a busy, progressive, professional woman who strangled to integrate work with family life. I was too busy raising two children and building a career to become an activist around the issues that mattered to me the most.
Yet, now, being... Читать дальше...
OMAHA — Teachers at an Omaha middle school will get two days of special training to help them deal with a spike in bad student behavior.
University of Wisconsin men's basketball players Ethan Happ, Nigel Hayes and Bronson Koenig were each named to the Wooden Award watch list on Tuesday.
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The promise of lab-grown meat — made from pieces of lab-grown muscle tissue instead of living animals — has dangled in front of us for decades. Now it's actually happening.
A Bay Area-based startup called Memphis Meats has figured out how to make a real meatball in the lab using beef cells, no livestock required. Take a look:
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The promise of lab-grown meat — made from pieces of lab-grown muscle tissue instead of living animals — has dangled in front of us for decades. Now it's actually happening.
A Bay Area-based startup called Memphis Meats has figured out how to make a real meatball in the lab using beef cells, no livestock required. Take a look:
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Height: 360px
At a demo day for the IndieBio accelerator program in February... Читать дальше...
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Saturday hosted the 8th annual Governors Awards at The Ray Dolby Ballroom in Los Angeles, bestowing honorary Academy Awards recognizing lifetime achievement on action star Jackie Chan, film editor Anne V. Coates and documentarian Frederick Wiseman. And when it came to the red carpet, the fashions were just as glamorous as the Oscars. From sweeping dramatic gowns, to embellished cocktail numbers, stars such as Amy Adams and Lily Collin certainly didn't disappoint at the Hollywood event.
Opponents of the Dakota Access pipeline are taking to the streets in every U.S. state and in cities as far away as Tokyo and Auckland. Around 35,000 people are expected to join in 300 actions on Tuesday to demand that the Obama administration reject the final leg of the 1,170-mile pipeline. SEE ALSO: Dakota Access pipeline builders are 'enthusiastic' about Trump presidency The controversial segment would run beneath Lake Oahe, a reservoir on the Missouri River near the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in North Dakota. Читать дальше...