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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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Associated Press Apple is seeking a patent for an iPhone that has a display that wraps around the edges of the device, expanding the viewable area and eliminating all physical buttons. The company revealed Friday that it has put some thought into a device that takes advantage of a new generation of displays, which don't have to be flat and rigid like today's liquid-crystal displays, or LCDs.
Apple patents iPhone with wraparound display
NEW YORK — Apple is seeking a patent for an iPhone that has a display that wraps around the edges of the device, expanding the viewable area and eliminating all physical buttons. The patent appl...
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Dell begins efforts to sell
SAN FRANCISCO — Dell ‘s financial advisers tried to persuade 71 potential bidders to make an offer for the troubled personal computer maker before two of them emerged to challenge a proposed $24.4 ...
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Banks win dismissal of rate-rigging claims
NEW YORK — A group of banks including Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase have won dismissal of most of the claims in private lawsuits alleging that they rigged a key interest rate. U.S. District...
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Jobs
From March 20 to Wednesday, the Office of Employment and Training added more than 50 job orders to its database for regional employers (Paducah unless noted otherwise): diesel mechanic in Mayfield,...
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New York attracts focus in sick-days campaign
NEW YORK — Hundreds of thousands of workers in New York City are poised to get paid sick days in what may prove a pivotal moment in a national debate over whether businesses should be required to p...
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Associated Press A customer counts her change Monday after a purchase at Lodge's store in Albany, N.Y. U.S. consumers earned more and spent more in February, helped by a stronger job market that offset some of the drag from higher taxes, according to the Commerce Department on Friday.
US consumer spending jumps
WASHINGTON — U.S. consumers stepped up spending in February after their income jumped, aided by a stronger job market that offset some of the drag from higher taxes. The gains led economists to pre...
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Cleaner gas rule would produce higher prices
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration’s newest anti-pollution plan would ping American drivers where they wince the most: at the gas pump. That makes arguments weighing the cost against the health ...
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UPS pays $40 million to end online pharmacies probe
SAN FRANCISCO — Shipping company UPS agreed Friday to pay $40 million to end a federal criminal probe connected to deliveries it made for illicit online pharmacies. The U.S. Department of Justic...
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