MICHAEL HILL

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Greek yogurt on a marathon-like growth spurt

Chobani is making Greek yogurt as fast as Americans are eating it.

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Feds: White nose has killed at least 5.7M bats

Scientists studying white nose syndrome in bats estimate the fungal ailment has killed at least 5.7 million bats in 16 states and Canada, providing alarming new numbers about the scope of its decimation.

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APNewsBreak: IBM chips produced at new NY plant

Production has started at a $4.6 billion state-of-the-art computer chip plant in upstate New York built to compete in the constantly evolving semiconductor market and to stimulate the region's economy.

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Pastrami egg rolls from NYC Chinese food maven

RedFarm is a trendy Chinese restaurant full of quirks, like a menu featuring Pac-Man dumplings and pastrami egg rolls and a rustic decor more Americana than Mandarin.

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Homes over leaky NYC aqueduct to get buyout offers

The same tunnel that delivers water to millions of faucets in New York City is blamed for leaving homes in this upstate town in soggy misery.

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Public workers get boost from sick time 'cash-out'

Denny Johnston received more than a pension and a handshake when he retired from the Washington state corrections system in 2009.

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'Occupy' protests give birth to new catchphrase

Occupy Wall Street, meet Occupy the Bar.

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VT tries to save historic buildings after Irene

The floodwaters of Tropical Storm Irene that ripped up roads and washed into living rooms across Vermont took a dramatic toll on quaint old villages — filling white, steepled churches with muck and knocking 19th-century clapboard houses off their foundations.

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Clarification: Irene-Waterway Work

In a story Sept. 30, The Associated Press reported that the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation had made 125 visits to sites of waterway remediation after the remnants of Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee hit New York. The 125 visits were in the eastern Adirondacks; the state has made 1,300 visits statewide.

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Extreme weather makes portable generators a hit

Alex Iwashyna didn't realize how many of her neighbors in Richmond, Va., had backup generators until her own family bought one in the dark days after Hurricane Irene. As she endured the drone of a combustion engine in her backyard, she noticed the same steady noise from neighbors' homes.

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The disaster-stricken cluck tongues at Congress

For disaster victims rebuilding their homes, towns and lives, the anxiety is matched only by anger at Congress for entangling their future in a political battle over government spending.

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US grows version of pricey Japanese Kobe beef

Half a world away from the secretive farms that produce Japan's legendary Kobe beef, Jerry Wilson raises the American version of the meat that will become $50 steaks and $13 burgers.

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NY Gov. Cuomo the new face of gay marriage rights

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has become a prominent champion of legalized gay marriage, pushing his state into the center of the national debate over an emotional and divisive issue.

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For a pioneer of technology, 100 years of "Think"

Google, Apple and Facebook get all the attention. But the forgettable everyday tasks of technology — saving a file on your laptop, swiping your ATM card to get 40 bucks, scanning a gallon of milk at the checkout line — that's all IBM.

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More than 1,000 cadets graduate from West Point

Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Mike Mullen told cadets graduating from West Point on Saturday they should build bridges to a public that doesn't always understand the "full weight" of military service after a decade of deadly conflicts.

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Michelle Obama addresses West Point class of 2011

First lady Michelle Obama urged more than 1,000 cadets Friday night on the brink of graduating to keep in mind the families of the soldiers they will lead.

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Bon Appetit and Rachael Ray's mags get makeovers

It's starting to feel like an all-you-can-eat buffet on the newsstand lately. And that has some food magazines mixing it up a bit.

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Book looks at Rivera and rest of Yankees bullpen

"Bullpen Diaries: Mariano Rivera, Bronx Dreams, Pinstripe Legends, and the Future of the New York Yankees" (Harper), by Charley Rosen: Forgive New York Yankees fans if they get nervous when one of the team's relievers takes the mound. The 41-year-old lights-out closer, Mariano Rivera, appears to defy time with every cutter he throws for a strike. Fireballer Joba Chamberlain is young, naturally gifted and inconsistent. And the rest of the bullpen has been a mixed bag over the last couple of years.

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Judging which sector receives higher pay is tricky

Focusing on benefits alone provides only a partial snapshot of employee compensation.

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Do public employees get a better deal? It depends

A prosecutor in California collects $118,000 in unused sick days. A police officer in New York rings up $125,000 in overtime the year before retiring and "spikes" his pension payments. An Ohio school superintendent is hired for the same job from which he just retired and takes in more than $100,000 annually in salary and pension.

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Oliver unbowed after "Food Revolution" snags in LA

Turns out Jamie Oliver's revolution won't be televised — at least not from Los Angeles school kitchens.

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Hospitals try cooking up better food for patients

Haute cuisine is to hospital food as coq au vin is to mystery meat, right?

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Burial for West Point grad killed in Afghanistan

Family, friends and scores of comrades bid their final goodbyes to 24-year-old 1st Lt. Daren Hidalgo on Monday on the grounds of the storied academy where he, his father and an older brother trained to become Army officers.

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Vegan diets becoming more popular, more mainstream

You've come a long way, vegan.

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