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Unexpected bonus from Indiana flooding: fewer bugs
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Spring flooding that damaged Indiana cropland delivered an unexpected bonus to farmers and homeowners — fewer crop-eating insects.Wet soil conditions in May and early June killed many insects by destroying their eggs or larva, said John Obermeyer, a field crops entomologist with the Purdue University Extension.
CourierPress.com – 16 hours, 57 minutes ago ¦ comment?
found in Local: Indiana: Evansville
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Spring flooding that damaged Indiana cropland delivered an unexpected bonus to farmers and homeowners — fewer crop-eating insects.Wet soil conditions in May and early June killed many insects by destroying their eggs or larva, said John Obermeyer, a field crops entomologist with the Purdue University Extension.
CourierPress.com – 16 hours, 57 minutes ago ¦ comment?
found in Local: Indiana: Evansville
Flooding killed many crop pest insects
Purdue University entomologist John Obermeyer says wet soil conditions in May and early June killed many insects by destroying their eggs or larva.
WishTV.com – 17 hours, 30 minutes ago ¦ comment?
found in Local: Indiana: Indianapolis
Purdue University entomologist John Obermeyer says wet soil conditions in May and early June killed many insects by destroying their eggs or larva.
WishTV.com – 17 hours, 30 minutes ago ¦ comment?
found in Local: Indiana: Indianapolis
Several factors behind food price hikes
A diverse and complex set of factors are behind the sharply rising cost of food, an analysis by Purdue University agricultural economists shows.
Journal and Courier Online – Jul 24, 2008 06:52 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Local: Indiana: Lafayette
A diverse and complex set of factors are behind the sharply rising cost of food, an analysis by Purdue University agricultural economists shows.
Journal and Courier Online – Jul 24, 2008 06:52 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Local: Indiana: Lafayette
Purdue walking its way to wellness
If it weren't for her afternoon walks, Purdue University custodial worker Shirley Noffsinger said she doesn't know if she'd ever find the time to work out.
Journal and Courier Online – Jul 24, 2008 06:52 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Local: Indiana: Lafayette
If it weren't for her afternoon walks, Purdue University custodial worker Shirley Noffsinger said she doesn't know if she'd ever find the time to work out.
Journal and Courier Online – Jul 24, 2008 06:52 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Local: Indiana: Lafayette
Raising a lefty
My sons are mirror-image twins. Somewhere I read that about 1/3 of identical twins fall into this category. The theory goes that mirror-image twins split later than other twins and have already begun to establish some distinction between their brain hemispheres. So, one twin develops a preference for one side of the brain and the other for the opposite.That's simplification, of course. But a fall-out of this interesting fact is that one of my sons Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:00:00 EST Raising a lefty Purdue develops disaster restoration specialty http://jconline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080724/NEWS0501/807240323/ In a few years if a hurricane hits the Gulf of Mexico or an earthquake devastates an area on the West Coast, it could be Purdue University students leading recovery teams. Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:00:00 EST Purdue develops disaster restoration specialty Everybody Wants To Rule The World in 'Revolution' http://jconline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080724/COLUMNISTS21/807240302/ My mother used to tell me I'd grow up to be president. Yeah, she was one of those moms. For decades, a small part of my brain kept thinking: I better kick butt in school and work, and not break the law, or else someday I might not run the country and, thus, the world. Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:00:00 EST Everybody Wants To Rule The World in 'Revolution' Hammond will object if NIPSCO lifts rates http://jconline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080724/NEWS/807240326/ The Hammond mayor is calling on other communities to join that city in fighting an electric rate increase sought by Northern Indiana Public Service Co. at a time when local governments already are strapped for cash. Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:00:00 EST Hammond will object if NIPSCO lifts rates
Journal and Courier Online – Jul 24, 2008 06:52 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Local: Indiana: Lafayette
My sons are mirror-image twins. Somewhere I read that about 1/3 of identical twins fall into this category. The theory goes that mirror-image twins split later than other twins and have already begun to establish some distinction between their brain hemispheres. So, one twin develops a preference for one side of the brain and the other for the opposite.That's simplification, of course. But a fall-out of this interesting fact is that one of my sons Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:00:00 EST Raising a lefty Purdue develops disaster restoration specialty http://jconline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080724/NEWS0501/807240323/ In a few years if a hurricane hits the Gulf of Mexico or an earthquake devastates an area on the West Coast, it could be Purdue University students leading recovery teams. Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:00:00 EST Purdue develops disaster restoration specialty Everybody Wants To Rule The World in 'Revolution' http://jconline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080724/COLUMNISTS21/807240302/ My mother used to tell me I'd grow up to be president. Yeah, she was one of those moms. For decades, a small part of my brain kept thinking: I better kick butt in school and work, and not break the law, or else someday I might not run the country and, thus, the world. Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:00:00 EST Everybody Wants To Rule The World in 'Revolution' Hammond will object if NIPSCO lifts rates http://jconline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080724/NEWS/807240326/ The Hammond mayor is calling on other communities to join that city in fighting an electric rate increase sought by Northern Indiana Public Service Co. at a time when local governments already are strapped for cash. Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:00:00 EST Hammond will object if NIPSCO lifts rates
Journal and Courier Online – Jul 24, 2008 06:52 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Local: Indiana: Lafayette
Purdue scientist appeals ruling
A Purdue University scientist is appealing a panel's findings that he committed research misconduct by falsely asserting that other researchers had independently confirmed his claims of producing nuclear fusion.
IndyStar.com – Jul 24, 2008 05:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Local: Indiana: Indianapolis
A Purdue University scientist is appealing a panel's findings that he committed research misconduct by falsely asserting that other researchers had independently confirmed his claims of producing nuclear fusion.
IndyStar.com – Jul 24, 2008 05:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Local: Indiana: Indianapolis
NASCAR cuts horsepower before Indy race
CHARLOTTE, N.C. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:05:00 EST http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080723/SPORTS0109/80723033 Target at Glendale now open for business http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080723/BUSINESS/80723031 The grand opening of Glendale Town Centers new Target may be Sunday, but the store is already open to customers. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:58:00 EST http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080723/BUSINESS/80723031 Plainfield winery acquires building to expand http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080723/LOCAL0505/807230428 PLAINFIELD -- Dr. Charles Thomas, owner of the Chateau Thomas Winery, has acquired the vacant Ritters Frozen Custard building in Plainfield. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:47:00 EST http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080723/LOCAL0505/807230428 Donations will cover Westside boys funeral http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080723/LOCAL1804/807230396 Donations collected by the Mars Hill Charity Riders and Peerless Pump will cover remaining funeral costs for Terry Lee Barnett, the 13-year-old boy killed Thursday in a garage-door accident outside his Westside home. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:43:00 EST http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080723/LOCAL1804/807230396 Greenfield council to mull eastern expansion http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080723/NEWS/80723022 The Greenfield City Council is expected to vote tonight on whether to ask the citys plan commission to assess the merits of a proposed eastward extension of McClarnon Drive from Ind. 9 to Apple Street. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:05:00 EST http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080723/NEWS/80723022 Hamilton Heights graduate hired as principal http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080723/NEWS04/80723023 Hamilton Heights has hired one of its graduates as high school principal. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:48:00 EST http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080723/NEWS04/80723023 Purdue University: Rising food prices tough to swallow http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080723/BUSINESS/80723006 Falling dollar, rising global consumption add to higher costs, researchers say. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:59:00 EST http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080723/BUSINESS/80723006 Columbus hospital asks feds for flood aid http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080723/NEWS/807230422 COLUMBUS, Ind. -- Columbus Regional Hospital officials are seeking federal assistance to help pay some $70 million in costs from last months flooding, which forced the hospital to close for repairs. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:48:00 EST http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080723/NEWS/807230422 Transfreight may lay off 60 at Princeton http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080723/BUSINESS/80723012 Erlanger, Ky.-based Transfreight may lay off 60 workers at its Princeton, Ind. facility, the Indianapolis-based Department of Workforce says. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:38:00 EST http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080723/BUSINESS/80723012 2 IPS schools to be demolished http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080723/LOCAL18/807230399 The Indianapolis Public School Board voted Tuesday to demolish two 50-year-old schools it says it no longer can use and which would be expensive or impossible to repair. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:14:00 EST http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080723/LOCAL18/807230399
IndyStar.com – Jul 23, 2008 4:55 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Local: Indiana: Indianapolis
CHARLOTTE, N.C. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:05:00 EST http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080723/SPORTS0109/80723033 Target at Glendale now open for business http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080723/BUSINESS/80723031 The grand opening of Glendale Town Centers new Target may be Sunday, but the store is already open to customers. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:58:00 EST http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080723/BUSINESS/80723031 Plainfield winery acquires building to expand http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080723/LOCAL0505/807230428 PLAINFIELD -- Dr. Charles Thomas, owner of the Chateau Thomas Winery, has acquired the vacant Ritters Frozen Custard building in Plainfield. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:47:00 EST http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080723/LOCAL0505/807230428 Donations will cover Westside boys funeral http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080723/LOCAL1804/807230396 Donations collected by the Mars Hill Charity Riders and Peerless Pump will cover remaining funeral costs for Terry Lee Barnett, the 13-year-old boy killed Thursday in a garage-door accident outside his Westside home. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:43:00 EST http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080723/LOCAL1804/807230396 Greenfield council to mull eastern expansion http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080723/NEWS/80723022 The Greenfield City Council is expected to vote tonight on whether to ask the citys plan commission to assess the merits of a proposed eastward extension of McClarnon Drive from Ind. 9 to Apple Street. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:05:00 EST http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080723/NEWS/80723022 Hamilton Heights graduate hired as principal http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080723/NEWS04/80723023 Hamilton Heights has hired one of its graduates as high school principal. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:48:00 EST http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080723/NEWS04/80723023 Purdue University: Rising food prices tough to swallow http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080723/BUSINESS/80723006 Falling dollar, rising global consumption add to higher costs, researchers say. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:59:00 EST http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080723/BUSINESS/80723006 Columbus hospital asks feds for flood aid http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080723/NEWS/807230422 COLUMBUS, Ind. -- Columbus Regional Hospital officials are seeking federal assistance to help pay some $70 million in costs from last months flooding, which forced the hospital to close for repairs. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:48:00 EST http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080723/NEWS/807230422 Transfreight may lay off 60 at Princeton http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080723/BUSINESS/80723012 Erlanger, Ky.-based Transfreight may lay off 60 workers at its Princeton, Ind. facility, the Indianapolis-based Department of Workforce says. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:38:00 EST http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080723/BUSINESS/80723012 2 IPS schools to be demolished http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080723/LOCAL18/807230399 The Indianapolis Public School Board voted Tuesday to demolish two 50-year-old schools it says it no longer can use and which would be expensive or impossible to repair. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:14:00 EST http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080723/LOCAL18/807230399
IndyStar.com – Jul 23, 2008 4:55 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Local: Indiana: Indianapolis
Purdue study: Plenty of blame to go around on rising food prices
Commodity prices will remain high as long as oil prices are high and the dollar is weak, according to a new analysis by Purdue University economists.
Journal and Courier Online – Jul 23, 2008 2:28 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Local: Indiana: Lafayette
Commodity prices will remain high as long as oil prices are high and the dollar is weak, according to a new analysis by Purdue University economists.
Journal and Courier Online – Jul 23, 2008 2:28 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Local: Indiana: Lafayette
Purdue University: Rising food prices tough to swallow
Falling dollar, rising global consumption add to higher costs, researchers say.
IndyStar.com – Jul 23, 2008 1:59 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Local: Indiana: Indianapolis
Falling dollar, rising global consumption add to higher costs, researchers say.
IndyStar.com – Jul 23, 2008 1:59 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Local: Indiana: Indianapolis
Appeals court cuts ex-Boiler's sentence
A former Purdue University football player who randomly attacked two women on campus will have his sentence for those crimes reduced by six years.
IndyStar.com – Jul 23, 2008 1:25 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Local: Indiana: Indianapolis
A former Purdue University football player who randomly attacked two women on campus will have his sentence for those crimes reduced by six years.
IndyStar.com – Jul 23, 2008 1:25 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
found in Local: Indiana: Indianapolis