Professor’s bold play seals slam in bridge hand
In a classroom tale a Professor opts to decline a spade finesse, risking a possible loss but aiming for a safer slam. He advantages by denying the finesse, then ruffs and discards to reach the contract as the student and observer ponder the reasoning.
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Tobacco protein from leaves eyed as food additive
University of Maryland researchers report a high grade protein can be extracted from tobacco before curing, usable as a food additive or gelatine substitute. The team notes the protein is tasteless and odorless, encouraging tobacco as a secondary product rather than a crop for cigarettes.
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Seaweed could yield new medicines warns Riverside scientist
Dr. James Sims of the University of California Riverside says seaweed may be a vast, underexplored source of antibiotics, anti cancer drugs and insecticides. He notes oceans cover most of Earth, seaweed varies in form, and NSF funded teams have identified about 30 algae compounds with several antibiotics in early study.
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Judge orders gravestone removal over alleged murder claim
Weaverville California sheriff's deputy John Howard sues Ralph Whitfield for libel over a grave marker that accuses deputy of murdering escapee Leon Whitfield. The judge ordered removal of the stone stating the inscription defames the deputy, who was cleared by a grand jury after a Sept. escape incident.
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Trinity County
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