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Jun 18, 2013 — Amazon ends the contracts of people and businesses that are paid for sending customers to the retailer. The company has taken similar steps in other states that have passed laws like Minnesota's new sales tax legislation.
Jun 18, 2013 — In the past decade, Mexico's tech industry has flourished, growing three times faster than the global average. Most of that growth has been fueled by demand from the United States. But as Mexico's startups strive to make it in foreign markets, they say they need more engineers and ways to finance their growth.
Jun 18, 2013 — Parents have always had to break hard news to kids, from family hardships to national tragedies. Now there are more ways for children to learn about news faster — through 24 hour news and social media. So, what's changed in how parents broach these subjects? How can media help, or hurt?
Jun 17, 2013 — There was a time — a time long, long ago — when MySpace dominated the teen social-media world. Not anymore. NPR's Sami Yenigun looks at how teenagers use various social platforms in today's increasingly segmented online universe.
Jun 17, 2013 — Google's "Project Loon" just launched in New Zealand — it uses balloons floating in the stratosphere to bring high-speed Internet access to remote areas.
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Schools Will Have Priority for New North Fiberoptic Link
Sep 24, 2001 — David Sommerstein reports school districts in Jefferson, Lewis, and St. Lawrence counties will be the first customers for a fiberoptics line that will bring high speed telecommunications to the North Country. Go to full article
Clean Energy Business Park Planned
Sep 04, 2001 — Upstate New York will soon be the home of a clean energy business park. It'll be one of the first business parks in the U.S. specifically designed for companies that develop clean energy technology. The Great Lakes Radio Consortium's Mark Brodie has more. Go to full article
Great Lakes "Fishcam" Gets You to the Bottom of Things
Sep 04, 2001 — If you've ever been curious about what goes on at the bottom of the world's largest lake, you can take a look for yourself--and you don't even have to get wet.
A device called the "fishcam" is sitting under 35 feet of water in Lake Superior and it's now sending pictures to the Internet. The Great Lakes Radio Consortium's Chris Julin has the story. Go to full article
A device called the "fishcam" is sitting under 35 feet of water in Lake Superior and it's now sending pictures to the Internet. The Great Lakes Radio Consortium's Chris Julin has the story. Go to full article
Regional Effects of Global Warming
Aug 29, 2001 — Some scientists in the Great Lakes basin are looking at how global warming might be affecting the region.The Great Lakes Radio Consortium's Lester Graham reports. Go to full article
Mobility Engineering Helps the Physically-Disabled To Go Where None Have Gone Before
Aug 24, 2001 — David Sommerstein talks with Peter Rieke, founder of Mobility Engineering, a business that builds adaptive mobility devices for people with physical disabilities. Rieke was... Go to full article
Ag Department Using More Farm Grown Fuels
Aug 24, 2001 — The Department of Agriculture is expanding its use of alternative fuels generated by farms. The Great Lakes Radio Consortium's Lester Graham reports. Go to full article
GM Works on Home Fuel Cell Technology
Aug 14, 2001 — GM is working on a new, environmentally friendly way to power homes. The Great Lakes Radio Consortium's Bill Poorman reports. Go to full article
Improved Ethanol Production Technique Could Be Boon to Farm Economy
Aug 13, 2001 — Government researchers may have found a cheaper way to produce ethanol. That could become a major boon to Midwest farmers. Great Lakes Radio Consortium's Jonathan Ahl reports. Go to full article
New Pollution Monitoring Equipment Better and Cheaper
Aug 13, 2001 — Industry and regulatory agencies are often using decades-old technology to monitor pollution. But a new government report indicates a much better job could be done--often for... Go to full article
Power Grid Groans Under Heat Wave Load
Aug 08, 2001 — New York's power supply is expected to break a new record peak level today as the hot weather saps energy from the power grid. Karen DeWitt reports. Go to full article
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