Bent Skovmand, Seed Protector, Dies at 61
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The plant scientist helped to create the âdoomsday vault,â a massively fortified cavern to safeguard three million kinds of unique crop seeds against catastrophe.
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Curtis Carroll, husband of U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab, has died, Schwab's office announced Tuesday.
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Dr. Judah Folkman, a giant of cancer  research who discovered that tumors generate a network of tiny  blood vessels to nourish themselves, has died at the age of 74,  Harvard Medical School said on Tuesday.
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Al Shugart, a pioneer in the  computer disk drive industry and one of Silicon Valley's most  colorful entrepreneurs, has died. He was 76.
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By Tatroe, Marcia  Planting  Flowers Scatter seeds of hardy annuals and biennials just before a snowstorm is forecast. Among those that prefer cool weather for germination are bachelor's button, California poppy, catchfly (Silene armeriaj.
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Genetically engineered grass developed for use on golf courses can spread its modified genes for miles, carried by ultra-light pollen
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By Bill Laitner, Detroit Free Press  Mar. 11--To keep ducks and people happy, nature needs help these days.   Dedicated to giving that help, and drumming up more from others, is Jimmy Flynn, 38, of Troy.
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. - An apparent mix-up resulted in a lawn care company spraying the yard of a prominent anti-pesticide activist.
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Al Shugart, a pioneer in the computer disk drive industry and one of Silicon Valley's most colorful entrepreneurs, has died. He was 76.
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HOOPERSVILLE, Md. -- After Annie E. Wroten died in July 1903, she was laid in a red-brick vault in a little cemetery here among tomato farms and loblolly pines. Almost 104 years later, she's about to be buried at sea.
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Skeeter Davis, a veteran of the Grand Ole Opry, died Sunday (Sept. 19) at Nashville's St. Thomas Hospital. She was 73.
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accident nine years ago made him a worldwide advocate for embryonic stem cell research and gave him a hate-love relationship with the Christian community, died Sunday of heart failure, his family and publicist announced Monday, October 11.
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The man who helped to create an international market for Californian wine, Ernest Gallo, dies, aged 97.
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VOLANT, Pa. - Archie Glenn's family made sure he was Deere-ly departed. The 99-year-old dairy farmer had a passion for John Deere tractors. So at his Feb.
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When Monsanto decided to take Canadian farmer Percy Schmeiser to court for using its seeds, the US biotech giant didn't know it was creating a folk hero for the anti-GM crop movement.
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By Susan Salisbury, The Palm Beach Post, Fla.  Jan. 30--Glades-area farmers were scrambling Monday to line up protection  for their sweet corn and green bean crops as the coldest weather of the season  rolled into the region.
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Health officials in the Hudson Valley said a woman&#39;s death in November was caused by Cruetzfeldt-Jacob disease. died of the disease.