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The town of Longboat Key reopened Bayfront Park's dog park at the end of September.

The Texas men's swim team won their 15th NCAA Team Championship in 2021, and celebrated by hanging their new banner in the Lee and Joe Jamail Swimming Center.

Briefs: Downtown Newark Final Friday event returns Newark Advocate Final Friday Events are Back The Downtown Newark Association will be hosting its first Final Friday event of 2021 on Friday, July 30.  The theme is art and history. The art focus will include a variety of artist exhibitors and vendors, with many new artisans participating. Children’s art will be another new activity, including two activities that will be judged and prizes awarded. Children in two age groups (4-7 and 8-12) ca...

“Dinosaur 13” is “Kramer vs. Kramer” for paleontologists, an absorbing documentary that recounts a torturous decade-long custody battle over the miraculously well-preserved skeletal leftovers of a Tyrannosaurus Rex that were discovered along a remote stretch of the South Dakota prairie. As in the 1979 best-picture winner about a divorced father who fights the judicial system to keep his son, there is a heart-rending relationship at the core of “Dinosaur 13” that is initially...

It’s Jurassic Park at the BE Library! Jim Pollard puts some of his dino fossils on display By Chuck Hunt - Editor | May 23, 2021 Blue Earth residents Jim Pollard, left, and his son, Ross Pollard, put the cast replica of the Acrocanthosaurus skull in place on a stand in the Blue Earth Community Library, above. Visitors to the Blue Earth Community Library might be a bit startled by a new exhibit in the library lobby. The large skull of a dinosaur with jaws full of sharp teeth seems to be menaci...

While people may expect suicide rates to rise during a worldwide crisis such as the COVID-19 pandemic, a University of Michigan study suggests the onset of the pandemic and state of emergency executive orders likely did not increase suicide-related behavior in the early months of the outbreak. The report, led by U-M researchers Rachel Bergmans and Peter Larson, found that emergency room visits related to suicide attempt and self-harm decreased by 40% during the first eight months of Michigan’...

Study: ER visits for suicidal behavior decreased by 40% during early months of pandemic While people may expect suicide rates to rise during a worldwide crisis such as the COVID-19 pandemic, a University of Michigan study suggests the onset of the pandemic and state of emergency executive orders likely did not increase suicide-related behavior in the early months of the outbreak. The report, led by U-M researchers Rachel Bergmans and Peter Larson, found that emergency room visits related to sui...

On April 12, 1981, Columbia roared off launch pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center with veteran astronaut John Young of Orlando and space rookie Robert Crippen aboard.

January 19th, 2021 share-square-1189839 MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL, MN – The Minnesota Twins today announced minor league managerial and coaching assignments for the 2021 season. For the second consecutive year, all six affiliates will have two pitching coaches, one of whom is bilingual (English & Spanish), while the top three levels employ five-person coaching staffs. Triple-A St. Paul Saints Toby Gardenhire makes his Triple-A managerial debut with the St. Paul Saints, after guiding the Twins’ t...

Listen 12 min MORE Using koji-cultured steak and replacing salt with miso in baking are a few ways to get complexity into your cooking. Photo by Peter Larson. Koji is a mold that survives by growing on its food source, secreting enzymes that perform special tasks such as breaking down starches into simple sugars. Koji does the hard work, kickstarting fermentation, while Jeremy Umansky and Rich Shih reap the rewards of creatin...