Survey shows drop in Nebraska irrigation per acre

A survey taken last year suggests that Nebraska irrigators used less water from wells and off-farm sources than they used five years earlier.

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Report: US getting better at conserving water

Americans are using less water per person now than they have since the mid-1950s, thanks to water-saving technologies and a nationwide push to safeguard dwindling supplies.

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FDA nixes wider use of rheumatoid arthritis drug

The Food and Drug Administration has rejected an application to expand the use of rheumatoid arthritis treatment Rituxan for patients with earlier stages of the disease, biotech drug developers Genentech Inc. and Biogen Idec said Saturday.

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Cocaine consumption doubles in Mexico in 6 years

The use of cocaine doubled in Mexico over the last six years, partly because the drug became more available in the country, a government report said Friday.

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Some baby boomers still getting high, report says

Forty years after Woodstock, some baby boomers haven't let go of one part of the 1960s: getting high on illicit drugs.

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Drivers asked to test alternative to fuel tax

Researchers are looking for 1,500 drivers in six cities, including Albuquerque, to test an on-board computer system that taxes motorists based on miles driven rather than fuel taxes paid at the pump.

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Study finds Net search becoming far more prevalent

The search box is everywhere online these days. It's built into Web browsers. It's incorporated into Web sites of all sorts. And it's a major driver of traffic and revenue for Google Inc. and the like.

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NY Gov. Paterson Says He Used Cocaine

New York's new governor, who disclosed last week that he and his wife both committed adultery several years ago, said Monday that he used cocaine in his 20s and smoked marijuana when he was younger.

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Study: Online Privacy Concerns Increase

Privacy concerns stemming from online shopping rose in 2007, a new study finds, as the loss or theft of credit card information and other personal data soared to unprecedented levels.

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New Study Shows Decline in Teen Drug Use

Illicit drug use by teens continued to gradually decline overall this year, but the use of prescription painkillers remains popular among young people, according to a federally financed study released Tuesday at the White House.

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Drug Use Up for Boomers, Down for Teens

Some moms and dads might want to take a lesson from their kids: Just say no.

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Microsoft Makes Way to Pay for PC Hourly

Microsoft Corp. has developed technology for people to pay by the hour to use a computer in their own homes, similar to the way many people use pre-paid cards for cell phones.

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Teen Drug Use Dips, Drinking Unchanged

Drug use among teens has dipped nationwide but underage drinking persists, with jumps in California and Wisconsin, according to a study released Thursday.

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Does the United States military have a problem with soldiers using heroin due to troops being stationed in Afghanistan where the drug is readily available?

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More and more teenage girls in developing countries are using various birth control methods, but they are less consistent with it and have higher rates of unplanned pregnancy than adults, an international study finds.

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People's speech is heard

For many years people at best have wanted return of speech recognition in their personal computing experience and evidently Microsoft rose to the occasion standard in the latest operating systems of windows family enabling people to use of their voices to operate windows and its  …

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Gaza Strip, April 29 (Pal Telegraph) - The Al Mezan Center for Human Rights is a Gaza-based Palestinian NGO mandated "to promote, protect and prevent violations of human rights in general, and economic, social and cultural rights in particular, to provide effective aid to those v …

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Nine important reasons to use Twitter in schools. An illuminating, yet practical post by Laura Walker in Tech & Learning blog.

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Graphic of New Scientist attempt at displaying how long world resources will last.

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Excerpt: Nothing says tough love like Velcro handcuffs. Cops trying to restrain children will have a softer alternative than metal handcuffs under a new program the NYPD is testing in nearly two dozen schools.

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TOKYO, Feb. 2 -- Japanese makers of electric toilet seats tricked out with warm water bidets said they are issuing fliers explaining proper use after a series of accidents.

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Google is muting audio on music videos throughout its YouTube site, according to numerous reports on Twitter and other online sites.

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Excerpt: Artie Lange is back on the Howard Stern Show again.

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Excerpt: The Howard Stern Show returned after a two-week vacation without comedian Artie Lange yet again.

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Legalize Medical Use of Marijuana Now

This whole medical marijuana debate in New Jersey is confusing to me.

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"For many parents, a cell phone's convenience and the peace of mind it offers -- being able to reach your child at any time, anywhere -- is hard to argue against. But should every kid have a cell phone? And how young is too young?"

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In this week's junket through the latest and greatest from the Linux.com forums, we look at Linux distributions for security testing, gaming, and the visually impaired, writing your own startup scripts, and our new forum for job seekers. Distro selection

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Living with a Junkie.... an 80 year old one

My father in law passed away in early March '08. We took my mother in law in to our home as she does have heart problems..... or so we thought.

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Two days before a congressional hearing on drugs and horse racing, the Jockey Club's Thoroughbred Safety Committee recommended banning steroids and reforming the use of whips

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The Associated Press will attempt to set a standard for what they will accept as "fair use" with respect to bloggers and other sites such as Newsvine that post news articles and other content.

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Stoned: Britain's fuddled cannabis policy

"Jeeves! Could you please get me a good pound of Afghan hash?" could well have been a common saying of a rich Victorian Englishman, for until the 1920s, you could buy hashish in most good British shops, including Harrods.

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BANTUL, Indonesia: Sitting cross-legged in the dirt beneath a canopy of jungle vegetation, Nasruddin Anshory, with his Koran open in front of him, was telling a group of visitors about their ordained responsibility to protect the environment.

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We have had several people ask us to put a video together on how to use a Kubotan. We tried to find a self defense instructor to help us, and we realized there are many video's already out there, so why re-invent the wheel?

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Web designing is fun to learn, practice and really easy to understand. It can even earn you quite something if you know how to do it. In this age, where the internet plays a great role in everybody's life, web designing can actually be a source of income.

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February 15, 2008 -- Roger Clemens Roger Clemens ' legal team may have produced the strongest evidence that his former trainer Brian McNamee is telling the truth about his drug use.

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Fishing fleets from more than 30 countries on the high seas of the Atlantic and Pacific will now use new ways to avoid accidentally snaring seabirds going after bait on long lines.

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