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Gov signs bill banning ‘bath salts’ drugs in Ohio

COLUMBUS — Synthetic recreational drugs, including crystals called “bath salts,” will be banned in Ohio under a bill signed by Gov. John Kasich.

Jul 15 2011 | Posted in AP News | Read More »

Science seeks ways to take sting out of sunburn

WASHINGTON — If you’ve hit the beach, chances are you’ve experienced an unfortunate rite of summer: The sunburn. Skin so swollen it hurts to bend. The heat that rises from reddened shoulders. The “ow, ow, ow” from the shower after you’d thought the pain had faded.

Jul 11 2011 | Posted in AP News | Read More »

Thank you: Delaware County Orange Branch opening a huge success

Thank you Delaware for helping us to celebrate the opening of the Delaware County District Library’s Orange Branch. The open house was a huge success, with more than 1,000 visitors enjoying the activity and excitement of the ribbon cutting ceremony and tours the splendid new facility. Since the Orange branch opened on May 15, it has been a busy place. You have checked out 8,340 books, DVDs, audio books and magazines, and more than 900 residents signed up for library cards, proving that old expression, “If you build it, they will come.”

May 21 2011 | Posted in Mary Jane Santos | Read More »

Flooding Miss. River threatens catfish industry

YAZOO CITY, Miss. — Catfish farming in Mississippi faces grave danger from flooding. The rising Mississippi River and its swelling tributaries threaten to inundate an economic mainstay that generates $200 million in annual sales. These new woes follow struggles in recent years against competition from Asian imports and high feed prices.

May 13 2011 | Posted in AP News | Read More »

Spectral lines

Go out and look at any star in the nighttime sky, and you are looking at an incomprehensibly huge hydrogen bomb. Go ahead. Look. I’ll wait.

Apr 24 2011 | Posted in Tom Burns | Read More »

Now is the perfect time to apply crabgrass preventer

Crabgrass is probably the most hated grassy weed in home lawns. Fortunately, it is an annual weed. Annual grass weeds germinate from seed, grow vegetatively, produce seed and die within a 12 month period. In addition to crabgrass, there are a number of other annual grass weeds, such as goosegrass, foxtail, barnyardgrass, fall pancium and annual bluegrass. Crabgrass and other annual grass weed normally germinate around early April. Hence, March is the perfect time to apply crabgrass preventer so that crabgrass seeds will not germinate.

Mar 18 2011 | Posted in Current News | Read More »