Search results for orange county
Conservative county OKs medical pot
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jul 18, 2007 |
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Conservative Orange County, Calif., will license the use of medical marijuana and issue ID cards to patients entitled to use it.
Smashing trash with solar power
Dec 21, 2009 |
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They seem to turn heads wherever they're installed: new solar-powered trash compactors that are meant to save time and energy.
Fire ants reappearing in Orange County
Apr 24, 2006 |
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Fire ants are reappearing in California's Orange County the result, say some critics, of the state ending its fire ant eradication funding in 2003.
Mariners urged to look out for whales
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Oct 01, 2007 |
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The U.S. Coast Guard has warned mariners to take care to avoid hitting whales, after three whales were killed off the California coast.
Mastodon Tusk May Be Largest Ever Uncovered In NYS
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Oct 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Research under way at the New York State Museum indicates that a huge mastodon tusk, recently excavated by Museum scientists in Orange County, may be the largest tusk ever found in New York State.
Mudslide kills rainbrow trout population
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Dec 13, 2007 |
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California scientists say a mudslide apparently has wiped out one of Orange County's last clusters of native rainbow trout.
Dangerous citrus pest found in California
Aug 28, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A pest that can carry a fatal citrus disease has been found in Los Angeles County, stoking fears that California's $1.6 billion citrus industry could be hit by a potentially devastating threat.
Florida man in hospital after dangerous amoeba infection
Sep 22, 2009 |
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A 22-year-old Orlando-area man is hospitalized after being infected with the same deadly amoeba that killed three boys in 2007, according to the Orange County, Fla., Health Department.
Our Health: Louder and louder world harms our hearing
Feb 27, 2009 |
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So much noise. Rock concerts. Traffic. IPods. Always something in your ear. Until nature demands silence.
Charge your cell phone using light, courtesy SunCore
Oct 26, 2009 |
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SunCore is a little known Irvine, Calif.-based company that's on the cusp of shipping some potentially revolutionary technology.
Parents warn of fire pit danger
Aug 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Chris and Lindsey Deems know firsthand how dangerous beach fire pits can be to children. Their daughter Delaney, 2, suffered second- and third-degree burns to her feet when she stepped into ...
Study: LA Has State's Worst Beach Water
Oct 25, 2006 |
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(AP) -- A study released Tuesday found that once again Los Angeles County has the state's most polluted beaches, but this time a new city has been anointed as the county's biggest loser - Long Beach.
Powerful pumpkins, super squash
Nov 04, 2009 |
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Carotenoids, the family of yellow to red pigments responsible for the striking orange hues of pumpkins and the familiar red color of vine-ripe tomatoes, play an important role in human health by acting as ...
Reclaimed wastewater benefits Florida's citrus orchards
Jul 17, 2008 |
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The Sunshine State has seen rapid growth in population during the last 50 years. The 1997 U.S. Census showed that the population of Florida increased more than five-and-a-half times from 1950 to 2000. Naturally, ...
Rare plant, the diamond-petaled California poppy, flourishing this spring at LLNL facility
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Apr 16, 2008 |
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Once thought to be extinct for about 40 years, a rare plant has been anything but scarce this spring – at least in one location, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s (LLNL) experimental test facility, ...
