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Stanford to help develop online learning system
SAN FRANCISCO — Stanford University announced Wednesday that it is joining an initiative co-founded by Harvard and MIT to develop a computer system that allows colleges to offer free online courses...
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Associated Press A worker tears off the leaves of a Vidalia onion plant before planting its roots into the soil on an onion farm in Lyons, Ga. Sweeping immigration legislation taking shape in the Senate will aim to dramatically overhaul the nation's agriculture worker program to create a steady supply of labor for the nation's farmers and growers, who rely more on illegal workers than any other industry.
Farm worker program faces change
WASHINGTON — Sweeping immigration legislation taking shape in the Senate will aim to overhaul the nation’s agriculture worker program to create a steady supply of labor for farmers and growers, who...
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Oil prices drop as US supplies increase
NEW YORK — The price of oil on Wednesday notched the biggest one-day drop since November, as supplies in the U.S. reached the highest level since July 1990 Benchmark oil for May delivery dropped...
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US home prices rose in February by most in seven years
WASHINGTON — U.S. home prices jumped in February by the largest amount in seven years, evidence that the housing recovery strengthened ahead of the all-important spring-buying season. Home price...
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Hagel warns of deep, new spending cuts
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel put the Pentagon and Congress on notice Wednesday that he is considering fundamental changes to the size of the military’s management and command structur...
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Senate immigration bill may limit family visas
WASHINGTON — Senators writing a comprehensive immigration bill may dramatically limit green cards for extended families of U.S. citizens and residents, limiting them to immediate families instead, ...
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Facebook hosts Android event for new phone
NEW YORK — Facebook has invited journalists to the unveiling of what it calls its “new home on Android.” Next Thursday's event will take place at the company's Menlo Park, Calif., headquarters. ...
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Assocaited Press "American Idol" judges (from left) Keith Urban, Nicki Minaj, Randy Jackson and Mariah Carey give a standing ovation during the show. In its 12th season "American Idol" is managing to hit the right notes with sponsors, if not always with fickle viewers. It has retained its status as TV's advertising leader among series and the loyalty of its biggest backers, including Ford and Coca-Cola.
‘American Idol’ still valuable for Fox
LOS ANGELES — In the heyday of “American Idol,” the notion that it could fall ratings victim to a zombie slugfest or standard crime drama would have been laughable. That was then. With Fox’s sin...
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Associated Press A worker checks crops at a FarmedHere indoor vertical farm in Bedford Park, Ill., on Feb. 20. The farm, in an old warehouse, has crops that include basil, arugula and microgreens, sold at grocery stores in Chicago and its suburbs. Officials at FarmedHere plan to expand growing space to a massive 150,000 square feet by the end of next year. It is currently has about 20 percent of that growing space now.
Midwest farms go ‘Mega’
BEDFORD PARK, Ill. — Farming in abandoned warehouses has become a hot trend in the Midwest — with varying degrees of success — as more entrepreneurs worldwide experiment with indoor growing systems...
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Associated Press Lead engineer Don Grice of IBM inspects the world's fastest computer, nicknamed Roadrunner, in the company's Poughkeepsie, N.Y., plant. It's the end of the line for the supercomputer best known for breaking the once-elusive petaflop barrier. Roadrunner, the $121 million supercomputer housed at Los Alamos National Laboratory will be decommissioned today.
End of the line for supercomputer
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — It’s the end of the line for Roadrunner, a first-of-its-kind collection of processors that once reigned as the world’s fastest supercomputer. The $121 million supercomputer, ...
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