Students in Broome-Tioga BOCES’ Skills USA program nearly doubled their goal for a blood drive conducted Oct. 16 on behalf of the American Red Cross. The drive garnered 61 pints, well above the 36-pint target for the six-hour...
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HOMEDALE -- A fire in Homedale wiped out two homes on Thanksgiving night. While firefighters investigate the cause, the families work on rebuilding what was lost. A husband and wife lived in the home where the flames began....
BEIJING - CHINA has approved its first strain of genetically modified rice for commercial production, two scientists involved in the approval process told Reuters on Friday, potentially easing the way for other major producers...
The Wall Street Journal reports that Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK), the top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, has declared cap and trade legislation dead in the Senate. Said Inhofe, "Ninety-five percent of the...
EU Antitrust Chief, Other Posts Picked Wall Street Journal BRUSSELS -- The European Commission's president proposed a Spanish socialist, Joaquín Almunia, to be the body's new antitrust chief, and a center-right Belgian, Karel...