The Lincoln High senior has a 4.4 grade-point average with a full load of International Baccalaureate classes, great SAT scores and two years' experience working in a lab at Oregon Health & Science University, where she did research on pesticide exposure in zebrafish. The Lincoln High senior has a 4.4 grade-point average with a full load of International Baccalaureate classes, great SAT scores and two years' experience working in a lab at Oregon Health & Science University, where she did...

March 8:ChemNutra learns that wheat gluten it imported from China is among ingredients suspected of causing food problems; quarantines inventory. March 2:Menu learns from a company doing taste tests that three cats have gotten sick. Two had access to the outdoors and may have ingested antifreeze, which can damage kidneys. March 12:Menu learns near this date that nine cats in trials have died; verifies they ate Menu's foods. March 23:New York state lab says it found aminopterin, a rat...

The book brings little to bear in terms of real insight into the political dimensions of the "war on terror," but in the context of the book's aspirations this is not distracting, for the reader quickly suspends disbelief and easily takes the book on its own terms. The book brings little to bear in terms of real insight into the political dimensions of the "war on terror," but in the context of the book's aspirations this is not distracting, for the reader quickly suspends disbelief and...

The new truck has double the storage and passenger capacity, Berry said, thereby supplying firefighters with more hands and more equipment at the scene. The truck is equipped with hydraulic tools, more commonly known as the Jaws of Life, and has a high-pressure hose that will allow firefighters to reach 150 feet away if necessary. A 6,000-watt light tower can extend from the top of the truck, not to mention the additional lights, similar to tripods photographers use, that can be removed...

This week the much need rainfall has disrupted field activities, still applying fungicides and herbicides as weather conditions allow. The thinning of stone fruit is taking place - fruit set for the most varieties has been on the heavy side due to the ideal weather conditions over the last few weeks. Field activities continue weather permitting, which include the spraying for thrip in nectarines; fungicides on almonds; and the application of herbicides in most deciduous tree fruit, nut...