Decline of U S fishing industry looms in New England
Gloucester residents see a fading maritime era as cod catch cuts loom in May. The Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank face 77 and 61 percent reductions, threatening jobs and community life from Rhode Island to Maine while imports fill the gap. Local eaters may not notice, as domestically caught seafood shrinks to about 4 percent of US cod.
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New England
Rhode Island
Maine
Gulf of Maine
Georges
United States
Jenny Sun
Portland, Maine
Sun
Chris Fream
North Atlantic Inc
Charles Krupa
Associated
Ron Gilson
Gloucester
Mass
Chavez Returns to Venezuela After Months in Cuba
President Hugo Chavez arrived in Caracas early Monday after more than two months of cancer treatment in Cuba. He was taken to the Dr. Carlos Arvelo Military Hospital where officials say he will continue his recovery. The return, announced via his Twitter account, sparked street celebrations as questions linger about his health and the timing of a new inauguration.
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Venezuela
Hugo Chavez
Cuba
Caracas’ Military Hospital
Chavez
Nicolas Maduro
Carlos Arvelo
Supreme Court
Ernesto Villegas
National Assembly
TV coaching can improve preschoolers' behavior in short term
A Seattle study of 565 families found that guiding 3 to 5 year olds to watch educational shows like Sesame Street and Dora the Explorer rather than violent programs reduced behavioral issues at six months, with benefits fading by one year. Low income boys showed the strongest early gains.
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Dimitri Christakis
Seattle Children’s Research Institute
Pediatrics
Seattle
Christakis
Nancy Jensen
High stakes fight over soybeans heads to Supreme Court
Indiana farmer Vernon Bowman used a loophole to obtain herbicide resistant soybeans without paying premium seed prices, triggering a patent dispute with Monsanto that reaches the Supreme Court. The case tests whether Monsanto’s patent rights extend beyond the first sale to subsequent crops containing the gene modification.
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Washington
Vernon Hugh Bowman
Indiana
Monsanto Co
Bowman
Monsanto
Obama
Sandborn
No Lon
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