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Tyco Electronics buying ADC for $1.24B

Tyco Electronics Ltd. said Tuesday that it will acquire ADC Telecommunication Inc. in a deal valued at $1.24 billion.

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U of M students building small-scale neutrino detector

U of M students building small-scale neutrino detector

Solving the unexplained mysteries of the universe may seem like a big goal for a research project, but that's exactly what scientists hope someday comes out of a work University of Minnesota students are doing this summer.
by Tim Post

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Lake Superior temps could reach record high soon

Lake Superior temps could reach record high soon

Normally frigid Lake Superior has warmed up faster than usual this summer due to a winter with little ice and a record-warm spring, according to researchers.

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Bill Gates, educator Geoffrey Canada at Aspen

Bill Gates, educator Geoffrey Canada at Aspen

Microsoft Chair Bill Gates talks about his ideas for health care. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has given money to combat malaria and improve health care in countries around the world. Also Geoffrey Canada on his vision of improving education for children who attend the worst performing schools.

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State approves Monticello-St. Cloud power line route

The state of Minnesota has approved a route for a high-voltage electric transmission line between Monticello and St. Cloud.
by Stephanie Hemphill

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Founders of Twitter tell their story at Aspen Ideas Festival

Founders of Twitter tell their story at Aspen Ideas Festival

Every day 70 million tweets are sent. Two of the co-founders of Twitter explain how this company, and this phenomenon, came to be and where it is headed.

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Minn. paleontologist set to name new dinosaur species

Minn. paleontologist set to name new dinosaur species

Kristi Curry Rogers, former curator of paleontology at the Science Museum of Minnesota, has been working for 10 years to try to identify the new species.
by Perry Finelli

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Dinosaur discoveries: new research on Earth's oldest reptiles

Dinosaur discoveries: new research on Earth's oldest reptiles

Paleontologist Kristi Curry Rogers talks about her work on a new species of long-necked dinosaur, and how the discovery of the animal's "brain case" in Madagascar is the key to its identity. She also discusses recent developments in the world of paleontology, including the unearthing of the world's largest bed of dinosaur fossils in western Canada, new evidence on dinosaur mating rituals, and what today's ostriches can teach us about how two-legged dinos moved through space.

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