Lions club opens registration for bike fest

The Ballinger Noon Lions Club is registering cyclists for its 40th Colorado River Bike Fest on April 25 at Runnels County Courthouse, 613 Hutchings Ave. Registration begins at 7 a.m. Bicycle tours begin at 8:30 a.m.

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Small predator diversity is an important part of a healthy ecosystem

Biodiversity, including small predators such as dragonflies and other aquatic bugs that attack and consume parasites, may improve the health of amphibians, according to a team of researchers. Amphibians have experienced marked declines in the wild around the world in recent decades, the team added.

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Boulder seeing increased coyote activity in Newlands area

According to an email from state wildlife officials, several cats have been killed by coyotes in the Newlands neighborhood -- near North Boulder Park -- and surrounding areas have also seen an increase in daytime coyote sightings.

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UVa Cancer Center Joins Nat'l Research Network Seeking More Personalized Treatments

UVa Cancer Center is now one of six U.S. cancer centers in a national cancer research network that aims to develop more personalized treatments for cancer, and is one of four new members of the Oncology Research Information Exchange Network.

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The Trade and Now

Edmonton, AB----When the news first broke, some viewed it as a dark day for the Edmonton Rush. The best player on the team and one of the best in the entire National Lacrosse League, Brodie Merrill, had been traded to Philadelphia.

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Neither peaceful nor lovely: Vosges Haut-Chocolat's trademark spat

The Chicago artisanal chocolate company is embroiled in a dispute with a small chocolatier in Colorado over, ironically, the use of the slogan "peace, love and chocolate."

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Supreme Court fight over health insurance subsidies focused on meaning of 4 words

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court next week hears a challenge to President Barack Obama's health care overhaul that hinges on just four words in the massive law that seeks to dramatically reduce the ranks of the uninsured. The argument threatens subsidies that help make insurance affordable to ...

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