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Tagged redfish recaptured after 14 yearsSaturday, July 31, 2010 @ 11:22PMOver many years working as a fishing guide, Champ Smith and his clients have caught thousands and thousands of red drum, tagging and releasing many of them in the name of science.

Drug test doubtsSaturday, July 31, 2010 @ 11:10PMA use of a lab-in-a-box that cuts the time it takes to analyze illicit drugs from months to minutes has been short-circuited by legal challenges that have, for now, rendered the equipment useless in Lenoir and Onslow counties. The two counties...

Under the examiner’s eyeSaturday, July 31, 2010 @ 7:13PMUltimately what purpose do school examinations serve?

Interview: Robin Ince, the bad book guruSaturday, July 31, 2010 @ 6:43PMHe talks fast, but Robin Ince thinks even faster. Midway through a sentence he leaps two ahead, but such is his intelligence that he never loses his train of thought. If you&#

60-day countdown nears for paying new Agent Orange claimsSaturday, July 31, 2010 @ 4:32PMThe Department of Veterans Affairs likely will begin in October to pay thousands of disability claims to Vietnam veterans with ischemic heart disease, Parkinson’s disease and B-cell leukemia — illnesses newly associated with exposure to defoliants, including Agent Orange, used in that war.

News flash: Three out of four economists are wrongSaturday, July 31, 2010 @ 1:43PMNeo-Keynesians, 'inflationistas,' and hardcore deflationists offer conflicting prescriptions for the world economy. Could they all be wrong?

The science of teaching ...Saturday, July 31, 2010 @ 9:47AMScience class has changed a lot in the two decades David Rein has been a teacher at Gwynedd Square Elementary School.

World NewsSaturday, July 31, 2010 @ 2:33AMUS frees innocent man after 27 years in jail - Today, 08:07 - PA Imprisoned for 27 years for a rape he did not commit, Michael Anthony Green walked out of a US jail a free man and in the process was able to...

Algonac voters will cut three candidates next TuesdaySaturday, July 31, 2010 @ 2:27AMNine are seeking six ballot spots for three four-year terms on the Algonac City Council that will be decided by voters in November. The election is a non-partisan race. Candidates include Charles Bayly, Irene Bird, William Michael Jacobs, Robert Mitchell, Michael Musto, B. Joseph Nugent, Mark Thompson, Patricia Dare Welch, and James Wisdom. In June The Voice sent requests for biographical ...