Lab grown organs move from dream to research frontier
A 10 year old girl’s lung transplant sparks debate over organ shortages while researchers revive a patient’s blood vessel with her own stem cells. Lab built organs using scaffolded cells show promise with windpipes bladders and urethras already helping patients. Angela Irizarry’s 2007 heart condition led Yale surgeons to test a bone marrow based conduit, the first US study of its kind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malcolm Ritter
New York
Sarah Murnaghan
Sarah
Angela Irizarry
Lewisburg
North Carolina
Harald Ott
Massachusetts General Hospital
Peoria
Ill
Angela
Yale University
Japan
Claudia Irizarry
Water deals tied to fracking strain Texas aquifers
Water companies pay cities up to 2900 per acre foot while Aurora signed a 9.5 million, five year deal to supply Anadarko 2.4 billion gallons of treated sewer water. In South Texas drought battered, drillers draw 15 000 acre feet annually from the Carrizo Wilcox Aquifer for Eagle Ford Shale fracking, stressing a region home to about 330 000 people. Ed Walker of the Wintergarden Groundwater Conservation District notes fracking worsens drought impacts.
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Denver
Aurora
Anadarko
South
Texas
Eagle Ford
Ron Green
Southwest Research Institute
San Antonio
Ed Walker
Wintergarden Groundwater Conservation District
Water sales and drought push Texas farmer toward oil fracking profits
Charlie Smith in Glasscock County plans to sell groundwater to drillers as drought tightens irrigation. The piece notes Texas wells demand millions of gallons, cites Halliburton, API, and regulators limiting water use in drought, and includes perspectives from Louisiana, Colorado, California on water revenue and environmental concerns.
IRS watchdog faults senior officials over targeting of political groups
A yearlong inspector general audit found IRS agents improperly targeted conservative groups seeking tax exempt status during the 2010 and 2012 elections. The report blames ineffective management for nearly two years of scrutiny, prompting leadership changes and a criminal probe by the Justice Department. Paz and supervisor Lois Lerner were replaced. Lerner remained on administrative leave, while Paz was replaced June 7.
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Inspector General
IRS
Justice Department
Paz
Lois Lerner
Congressional
Lerner
IRS Tea Party Review Details Emerge In 2010 Cases
Paz described line staff acting without manager input as IRS workers who flagged early tea party cases. Lerner invoked the Fifth Amendment at a May congressional hearing after investigators interviewed Paz. Paz said a Cincinnati agent flagged the first tea party case in 2010 and forwarded it to a manager, then to a legal expert in Washington for guidance. The inspector general report notes Cincinnati agents scrutinized groups with tea party, patriots, or 9 12 project in their exempt applications. Paz maintains agents were not politically motivated and viewed shorthand labeling as internal language.
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IRS
Paz
Lerner
Congressional
Cincinnati
Washington
Carter Hall
Pat
Horses survive Colorado blaze as investigators probe cause
A family cat was found and a corral gate opened to let horses flee a spring wildfire. Jordan Dawson and a sheriff escort recovered the unhurt horses the next day. Investigators consider the blaze human-caused and seek help from state and ATF as multiple wildfires burn across Colorado and New Mexico with varying containment.
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Jordan
Jordan Dawson
U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
Waldo Canyon
Canon City
Royal Gorge Bridge & Park
Rocky Mountain National Park
Colorado
Rifle
New Mexico
Thompson Ridge
Gila National Forest
Kingston
Food makers chase natural imperfect look for products
A global shift drives food companies to present foods as home made through imperfect shapes and textures. Domino's aims rustic pizza crusts, McDonald's Egg White Delight uses loose egg whites, Kraft Develops uneven turkey slices to resemble leftovers. Industry data show continued growth as visuals matter.
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Candice Choi
NEW York
Domino’s
McDonald’s
Kraft Foods
Paul Morin
Kraft Engraeer
North America
Euromonitor International
Smokers Place at Post and Midland Top Team Finishers
Results list shows overall and chicken barbecue standings. Top overall: Smokin' 1st, Young Wood BBQ. 2nd Blazen BBQ. 3rd Xcel Energy. 4th Bent Nail BBQ. 5th Fishing Eagles. 6th Junior's Up In Smoke. 7th Jerry King. 8th Big Daddy Bond BBQ. 9th Dry Holers. 10th Gordo's BBQ. In chicken category: 1st Big Daddy Bond BBQ. 2nd Smokin' Dicks BBQ. 3rd Dry Holers. 4th Jerry King. 5th Gordo's BBQ. 6th Bent Nail BBQ. 7th Blazen BBQ.
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Young Wood
Kodey Dixon
Post TX
Blazen
Ronnie Wade
Hillsboro TX
Xcel Energy
Ben Jaime
Hobbs NM
Bent Nail
Tommy Smith
Midland TX
Fishing Eagles
Kirk Pittman
Lubbock TX
Junior
Junior Arias
Jerry King
Big Daddy Bond
Larry Bond
Robert Lanham
Ruben Renteria
el Paso
Dick Odom
Local BBQ Show Results Across Texas and New Mexico
Results list multiple barbecue contests with team placements and winners. 8th Lovington and 9th Midland venues feature judges choices and People’s Choice winners Jim Dandy BBQ and Pot Belly Smokers. KidsQ standings include Clayton Jones, Aden Williams, Logan Vargas and others across ages 5-15 with several Lovington, Slaton, Midland, Hobbs participants.
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Jim Dandy
Jim Curry
Post TX
Josh Branam
Slaton
Clayton Jones
Midland TX
Aden Williams
Lovington
Logan Vargas
Hobbs NM
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Walker
West Texas
Charlie Smith
Glasscock
Smith
USDA
California
Halliburton
American Petroleum Institute
Reid Porter
Louisiana
Haynesville
State Water Agency
Patrick Courreges
Louisiana Department of Natural Resources
Weld County
Peppler
Colorado River
Greeley
Jon Monson
FracFocus.org
Jason Bane
Boulder
Colo
Monterey
Central Valley
Pacific Ocean
Ventura County
Los Angeles
David Schwabauer
Sierra Nevada Mountains
Schwabauer
Michael Cohen
NYU
Stern School of Business
Michele Simon
Mobile
Ala
Publix
Dorrough
Wendy’s
Los Compadres
Gabriel Valdez
Collins Creek
Chris Jones
Midland
Lubbock
Champ Aranda
Lovington NM
Hunter Branam
Macy Holdt
Hailey Humble
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