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    2008 Passages: Lives lost this year  Dec 26, 2008
    Judah Folkman, 74, groundbreaking cancer researcher whose work cured the disease in mice and gave hope for a cure in humans. Folkman's research focused on cutting off the blood supply that cancer cells need to grow, called angiogenesis. (USA Today)

    • Events Calendar  Nov 21, 2008
    Nutcracker Prince will battle the Mouse King (in guise of Errol Flynn), who arrives in his new pirate ship, amidst the many mice and soldiers ... In addition to the cast of professional dancers, "The Nutcracker" features the talents of 46 local children as party guests, ladybugs, mice, flowers and angels. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)

    Ghosts in the house: Tales of the supernatural get top billing on Halloween  Oct 31, 2008
    Once elite society members, in 1932 the two were living in their dilapidated mansion with goats and other animals that roamed freely among cobwebs, cockroaches and mice. The media nicknamed the home "Goat Castle.". (The Clarion-Ledger)

    Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo: Changing the face of Surakarta  Oct 29, 2008
    He said he also planned to build a convention and exhibition center in the city in his bid to make Surakarta a destination site for MICE (meetings, incentive travel, conventions and exhibitions), which would make it a third destination after Jakarta and Bali in Indonesia. "I hope the convention and exhibition center will be here within two years. I have the location in mind and have also met with possible strategic investors," he said. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)

    News in Brief  Sep 20, 2008
    ($4); can openers, keyboards, mice, video games, etc. ($3), computers, modems, disk drives, etc. (Amesbury News, MA)

    Disney's Cinderella Castle on Postc...  Jun 29, 2008
    A bronze statue of the princess and her mice and bird friends graces a fountain in the entry courtyard. The coats of arms on the walls belong to the Disney family and assorted Disney executives. (Suite101.com)

    EBay Tries to Buy a Little More Love from Sellers  Jun 22, 2008
    The company s reputation and credibility among its users has been sinking like the Titanic, and the mice jumping ship are the good sellers, not the rats. Maybe Wall Street will wake up and follow suit one day. (New York Times)

    SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE CONSOLIDATED BUDGET  Jun 5, 2008
    Until then, the technique had only been used in mice. It worked. (Scripps Howard News Wire)

    Ideas on improving high schools?  Apr 2, 2008
    What is is about the well laid plans of mice and men. 9 times out of 10, a simpler solution is preferrable to the more elaborate. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

    Decoys: Records Of Our Past  Feb 28, 2008
    Undoubtedly, he would have been highly amused at the price his decoys fetched that day, for the Veritys, like most baymen and hunting guides of that era were, as Dick Baldwin of East Patchogue related to me recently, "as poor as church mice." Dick is the great-great grandson of Captain Joshua Verity, who resided in Islip. A retired Bellport High School science teacher, Dick shared his family's history with me recently. (Suffolk Life Newspapers, NY)

    Read Article »  Feb 5, 2008
    On an island without mice, the wildcat eats everything from wild boar to shrimp. "Many believe that Iriomote is too small an island to support the presence of such a carnivorous animal," said Maki Okamura, a wildcat expert at the Iriomote Wildlife Conservation Center. (International Herald Tribune)

    Snug as a good pair of jeans  Feb 2, 2008
    "With his kids sleeping over, they were like three little mice.". Dahan didn't care. (AZCentral -- Home)

    Nativity on Gaither Mountain  Nov 22, 2007
    "The next year, when I got up to get my Christmas decorations down, the mice had been in my attic. I didn't even know I had mice! They had gotten into my red satin balls. They had the finest nest in Oklahoma City, lined with red satin Christmas balls! "When I got my little corn husk Nativity down, Mary had been beheaded and Joseph defaced ... I didn't want the mice having a picnic in my attic anymore. (Newton County Times, AR)

    Coasties' best friend: A water-loving canineBy Lauren Wicks  Nov 22, 2007
    An animal's role may have started for practicality: food source or protecting the ship from mice and other rodents. But the animals eventually became great companions for the seamen, as well as mascots for the ship. (Suffolk News Herald, VA)

    Photography since the 1850s  Nov 9, 2007
    Or, down in the basement, where they're exposed to humidity as well as temperature swings and mice building nests with them. "That's why Myers recommends storing photographs in bedrooms."We tend to keep bedrooms comfortable for us," he noted. "And if it's comfortable for us, it will probably be fairly comfortable for photographs as well. (Dowagiac News, MI)

    Shop 'til you drop for world's best global goods  Oct 18, 2007
    And computer mice handle the traveling for Web shoppers, who are projected to spend $115 billion online this year. But according to the International Trade Administrations Office of Travel and Tourism Industries, Americans traveling overseas take their shopping seriously. (MSNBC -- Travel)

    Walking with HEROES  Jul 1, 2007
    Built in 1901, the former Lutheran church closed in 1969, becoming a seed warehouse for farmers and a feast for field mice. Mr. Mascherino sold his antiques and Hallmark holiday ornaments to buy the building and cleaned it out with volunteers. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)

    Clear and icy  Jun 9, 2007
    com, you can shape ice into mice (ew), guitars (think rock star on the rocks) and diamonds (ice, ice, baby). Your closet can play, too: Lucite-heeled shoes and a see-through Chanel bag are among fashionistas' summer must-haves. (AZCentral -- Home)

    Revolutionary mix of nature, sights, shops in Concord  Apr 29, 2007
    And unlike in Orlando , while you're in Concord you won't have to worry about bumping into any oversized, upright mice. Dean Johnson, a freelance writer in Lowell, can be reached at DCJ. (Boston Globe)

    Collier: Added promotions will solve bobblehead anxiety  Jan 28, 2007
    Sept. 29 -- Mouse Pad Made From Actual Mice Night. Sept. 30 -- Fan Appreciation Day With Special Prize Package To The 30,000th Person Claiming To Have Been There On This Day 35 Years Ago To See Clemente Pose For That Figurine. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)

    Got a Problem? Maybe This Will Help  Jan 8, 2007
    In a year of often dour headlines, the news that a substance in red wine, resveratrol, helped mice live longer was a boon of sorts. There were other bright spots for consumers as well. (The Ledger)

    All sweetness and little light  Jan 7, 2007
    Beatrix Potter, for the uninitiated, was the author and illustrator of a series of children's books in Edwardian England: 23 small tales of bunnies and hedgehogs and bad mice named Hunca Munca that are graced with droll watercolors. The first was "The Tale of Peter Rabbit," published in 1902; it remains the best known. (Boston Globe -- Living)



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