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Microproducts take shape at Corvallis hub
One of the most successful products in the modern world ? the inkjet printer ? was developed in Corvallis by Hewlett-Packard engineers who found ways to move precisely measured volumes of ink through tiny nozzles.Now a whole new generation of products using similar principles of microfluidics...
Putin visits site of Russia's new launch center
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says Russia will be launching its manned space missions from a new launching pad in the Far East in 2018.Putin visited the town of Vostochny, the site of the new launch facility, as part of his weeklong tour of Russia's Far East.Putin said on state-run Rossiya...
Families of massacred migrants couldn't pay ransom
Their families pleaded with them not to leave, fearful of the growing danger that faces migrants trekking through Mexican territory where brutal drug gangs hold sway.But the young migrants from across Latin America insisted on going. They met their ends together, among 72 migrants massacred...
Jet that blew out tires in hard landing towed away
The JetBlue aircraft that blew out four tires during a hard landing at a Northern California airport Thursday has been towed off the runway.Crews were able to remove the disabled Airbus A320 from the Sacramento International Airport runway Friday afternoon after using giant airbags to prop up...
Product recalls: cheese products, shell eggs
The following recall has been announced:?Queseria Chipilo of Passaic, N.J., is recalling certain packages of cheese products because they may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The organism can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and in...
Canadian bike company Cervelo becomes supplier to Hesjedal's Garmin team
The merger of two cycling teams could mean Canadians riding Canadian-made bikes in next year's Tour de France.Team Garmin-Transitions, whose stable of cyclists includes Ryder Hesjedal of Victoria, and Cervelo TestTeam out of Toronto announced Friday they're combining forces in 2011 under the new...
Admin. official: FDA to inspect large egg farms
The Food and Drug Administration is planning to inspect all of America's largest egg farms before the end of next year following the massive recall that has sickened as many as 1,500 people.An Obama administration official says inspectors will visit about 600 large egg farms that produce 80...
Raytheon lands $55.4M Navy contract
Raytheon Co. has landed a $55.4 million Navy contract related to the production of a test site for the Aegis missile-defense system, the Department of Defense said Friday.The contract modifies and earlier contract to exercise an option for the production of an Aegis ashore test site transmitter...
Boy dies after being left in SUV
A 3-year-old boy died after being left in a sport utility vehicle for more than an hour in South Florida.Miami-Dade police report that the boy was found Friday in a Ford Expedition parked outside his family's home. Rescuer workers took the child to a nearby hospital in critical condition, but...
Lockheed gets $155.1M sonar contract modification
The Defense Department said on Friday that Lockheed Martin Corp.'s Maritime Systems and Sensors unit in Manassas, Va., has been awarded a $155.1 million contract modification to design and support sonar.The work uses commercially available hardware and software in military sonar systems. The...
Brazil's Vale to cut its iron prices about 10 pct
Brazilian mining giant Vale is slashing its price for iron ore by about 10 percent.Vale says the cut is in line with a drop in spot prices in China.It did not give more details in a statement issued Friday, and the company declined to comment further.O Estado de S. Paulo newspaper says Vale's...
'Person of interest' in Kan. teen death arrested
Authorities have arrested a man they call a person of interest in the investigation of the death of a 14-year-old central Kansas girl whose charred body was found at an asphalt plant.The Kansas attorney general's office said 36-year-old Adam Joseph Longoria was caught Friday by the Kansas...
Ill. officials say cargo service will help airport
Overseers of an Illinois airport that hasn't turned a profit since it opened with great fanfare 12 years ago hope to turn things around with air cargo service to Asia.A test flight run Thursday from Shanghai to MidAmerica St. Louis Airport about 25 miles east of St. Louis went well, and the...
Iowa approved egg farm tied to 'habitual violator'
The owner of an egg farm at the center of a massive salmonella recall was able to expand his egg empire despite being branded a "habitual violator" of Iowa's environmental laws ? a label that was supposed to ban him from building any more farms.Documents reviewed by The Associated Press suggest...
Weyerhaeuser Announces the Estimated Number of Shares for the Stock Portion of the Special Dividend
Weyerhaeuser Company (NYSE: WY) today announced that it will distribute approximately 324 million shares to pay the stock portion of the special dividend. This distribution is based on the average closing price for Weyerhaeuser common stock on Aug. 24, 25, and 26 of $15.54. The special...
Experts: Drilling ban worked, may not be needed
A ban on deep-water drilling may no longer be needed now that the oil industry and the government appear to have developed safer drilling regimes, an expert panel said Thursday in a report to the presidential commission investigating the Gulf oil spill.The report by the Bipartisan Policy Center...
Plastics bringing 75 jobs to Georgia
A German plastics manufacturer will bring 75 jobs to Elberton.Moeller Tech will locate a manufacturing plant in Elberton, a $9.75 million investment. Moeller Tech produces injection molded plastic parts for the automotive industry.According to a press release from Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue, the...
