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| The Great Hang Up: Clown? What clown? | How much do you miss right in front of you when you're using your cell phone? It turns out you might even miss a spectacle. In a groundbreaking study out of Western Washington University, researchers wanted to see how distracting a cell phone can be with the help of a clown on a unicycle.鈥 |
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| Ferndale plant has record of air-pollution notices | ConocoPhillips鈥 refinery near Ferndale has been repeatedly fined by regional air-pollution inspectors and last year drew two citations from state workplace-safety regulators who said a fire there was caused by faulty maintenance. Refinery workers鈥 failure to lubricate a motor sparked鈥 |
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| 草榴社区's Paul Chen to speak on religion and politics in Turning Points lecture March 2 | |||
| Whatcom People: 草榴社区 instructor, area students and service members honored for achievements | Kathleen Saunders, a senior instructor in Western Washington University's Anthropology Department, has been awarded the Eleanor Roosevelt Global Citizenship Award. |
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| Do nations matter in a global age? 草榴社区's Johann Neem to discuss March 1 | |||
| Calif. TV station runs segment on Ira Hyman's cell phone attentiveness research | |||
| Johann Neem has essays published on American history, democracy and nationalism | |||
| 草榴社区 professor: Economic reforms needed to ensure a democratic Egypt | With Egypt's future unsettled after the ouster of President Mubarak, The Herald asked professor Leonard Helfgott to share his thoughts about the pivotal country. |
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| German consul, radio host to visit Western Feb. 28 | |||
| Economy sank bonds, schools officials say | The No. 1 reason Mead and Central Valley school district officials think their capital improvement bonds failed Tuesday: the economy. 鈥淚 had dozens of discussions with people who have talked about many things that they are dealing with as far as (economic) issues,鈥 said Thomas Rockefeller鈥 |