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PODCAST: Bees get the vote

Jeremy Hobson Apr 29, 2013
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Mid-day Update

PODCAST: Bees get the vote

Jeremy Hobson Apr 29, 2013
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“All My Children” and “One Life to Live” are going online only starting Monday — as the first offerings of “The Online Network”, an ad-supported outlet for first-run entertainment delivered online.

European leaders have voted to ban bee harming pesticides across the continent. The move, which will restrict the use of certain types of pesticides for two years unless decisive new information becomes available, is an effort to protect the dwindling honeybee population.

As government spending on medical research drops, some would-be scientists are having second thoughts.

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