But Cambridge rapidly became a hub for the new industry, benefiting from the brainpower at nearby universities and from debate over the new kind of research. Scientists began cutting and pasting bits of DNA together in the 1970s, in research that rapidly gave rise to a new era in biology in which genes could be spliced into the DNA of bacteria and other organisms. The Cambridge City Council held a series of hearings in the summer of 1976, eventually passing the country s first legislation...

In addition, only those meat goats to be shown in the meat goat market class must also be weighed and tagged at this time. AP content may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Entrants may also e-mail fairandrodeo@coffeyville.com. The Junior Market Livestock sale, which is scheduled for Saturday, August 18, is open to 4-H and FFA members from Montgomery, Labette and Chautauqua counties in Kansas, and Washington, Nowata and Craig counties in Oklahoma. Rules and...

Many employers, including Wells Fargo, have called on their staff to use public transit and to talk to their supervisors about flexible hours and telecommuting from home or satellite offices. Businesses need to prepare by having plans for employees to keep working if they can't get to their offices, said Firooz Ghanbarzadeh, CDW's director of technology services and solutions. Many Bay Area workers, some encouraged by their employers, have turned to telecommuting now that normal travel...

Booths are open to city residents, who can apply for a free booth on a first-come, first-served basis. He made a turn off the main highway and drove about a mile and a half down the back road when his car broke down. It turned out the four people in the car, two men and their wives, also were going fishing that day. One of the men, who was a mechanic, looked at the car and said it needed to be repaired at a garage. Parents can bring their children to pet baby lambs and bunnies, take a walk...

Bush, why that was and whether he was ''the black sheep in the family?'' Bush said he guessed that was the case and asked the queen who was the black sheep in her family. Bush is devoting two of his evenings, tonight and tomorrow, to dinners with the monarch, including the first white tie and tails affair of his presidency. to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the founding of the Jamestown settlement in Virginia. The emissions from her aircraft travel will be calculated and their...