Hanford proud of native son Joseph Castro, new Fresno State president
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The Fresno Bee
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May 23--HANFORD -- No one is happier than Anne Marie Mendez that native son Joseph Castro is the new president of Fresno State. She's his mother. "I feel so proud, very proud," Mendez said. "And real excited for him. He's got a big job, but I know he's looking forward to it." RELATED STORY: Joseph Castro, UCSF vice chancellor, named Fresno State's first Latino president Mendez, a retired ...

May/23/2013 03:38 PM

Hanford proud of native son Joseph Castro, new Fresno State president
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The Fresno Bee
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May 22--HANFORD -- No one is happier than Anne Marie Mendez that native son Joseph Castro is the new president of Fresno State. She's his mother. "I feel so proud, very proud," Mendez said. "And real excited for him. He's got a big job, but I know he's looking forward to it." RELATED STORY: Joseph Castro, UCSF vice chancellor, named Fresno State's first Latino president Mendez, a retired ...

May/22/2013 11:59 PM

County witnesses report seeing large, bright meteor
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The Frederick News-Post, Md.
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May 22--If you saw a bright light blazing across the sky early Saturday and thought you might be going crazy, you're not, and you're not alone. Dozens of witnesses across the state and the region reported seeing what astronomers are calling a fragmenting meteoric fireball. Witnesses saw the fireball as early as 12:18 a.m. and as late as 1 a.m., with the majority of the area sightings coming at ...

May/22/2013 03:49 AM

BLOG: Frisco: Steam locomotive No. 4501 gets a facelift with Meteor logo
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The Dallas Morning News
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May 20--[http://friscoblog.dallasnews.com/2013/05/steam-locomotive-no-4501-gets-a-facelift-with-meteor-logo.html/frisco-4501-meteor-logo-2/] Volunteers add the original 1942 "Meteor" graphics on the Frisco No. 4501 locomotive. [http://friscoblog.dallasnews.com/2013/05/steam-locomotive-no-4501-gets-a-facelift-with-meteor-logo.html/frisco-4501/] Frisco No. 4501 Crews with the Museum of the ...

May/20/2013 09:41 AM

NASA greenlights UA-led mission to get bits of asteroid
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The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson
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May 17--NASA gave the all-systems-go signal Thursday for a University of Arizona-led mission to mine samples from a near-Earth asteroid named Bennu. The UA's OSIRIS-REx team has passed its design-and-development test. It can now move to building the capsule and instruments that will lift off in 2016 for a seven-year odyssey to the asteroid previously known by its sequential discovery code of ...

May/17/2013 08:44 PM

Add beacons to meteorological towers, Contra Costa panel recommends
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Contra Costa Times
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May 17--MARTINEZ -- Contra Costa's Planning Commission has shined some light on safety measures for marking meteorological towers that can prove hazardous to aircraft. The county panel recommended this week that safety precautions for the towers, used by wind farm developers to locate wind farms, mirror a new state law -- with one exception. Included in the proposal is a provision that ...

May/17/2013 08:11 AM

Powerball jackpot balloons to $550 million as do Las Crucens' dreams
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Las Cruces Sun-News, N.M.
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May 16--LAS CRUCES -- You have a better chance of becoming president, catching the plague or being crushed to death by a vending machine than winning the Powerball jackpot. But that hasn't stopped hopefuls across the country from snatching up lottery tickets. The third-largest Powerball pot in history climbed again Thursday to $550 million after no ticket matched Wednesday's winning numbers: ...

May/16/2013 09:44 PM

BLOG: The WAE: Comprehensive list of 20 regional summer concert series
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Star-News, Wilmington, N.C.
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May 16--[http://wae.blogs.starnewsonline.com/files/2013/05/0516WEBPLAYMAIN1.jpg] A musician performs at the Boardwalk Blast at Carolina Beach in 2011. StarNews file photo The number of outdoor concert series in the Cape Fear region seems to increase every year. One of the most ambitious events this year is The Penguin Music Festival on Castle Street. The all-day event includes music by ...

May/16/2013 02:17 PM

BRIEF: Look up! Venus and Jupiter glow bright this weekend
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Los Angeles Times
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May 11--There will be no meteor showers this weekend, or ring-of-fire solar eclipses, but if you head outside around twilight, you'll get an excellent view of Jupiter and Venus around a slender crescent moon. As night begins to fall on Saturday and Sunday evenings, look to the sky to find Jupiter in the same vicinity as the new moon. Then look below the moon to find Venus. The planets will ...

May/11/2013 12:30 PM

BRIEF: KVOA chief meteorologist Rob Guarino no longer on the air
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The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson
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May 09--Rob Guarino, former KVOA Channel 4 chief meteorologist, is no longer with the station. Guarino was arrested on suspicion of DUI April 12. He's scheduled for a June 12 hearing in Pima County Consolidated Justice Court Reached via email, KVOA President and General Manager Bill Shaw confirmed Guarino was no longer with KVOA but declined further comment. Shaw's silence is a stark contrast ...

May/09/2013 08:46 PM