Commencement ceremonies at the Forty Acres take place this weekend, and student-athletes from all sports are among the graduates. A total of 92 Longhorns will receive their degrees during the 2006-07 academic year. (pictured left to right: Petra Dizdar from tennis, rower Caley Hullihen, Tully Janszen from football and basketball s Katrina Robinson) [<a href="http://www.texassports.com/photoviewer/index.php?url_channel_id=0#id=051807"><strong>Photo gallery</strong></a>]

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Registered as a charity in the United Kingdom (charity reg. Prosecutors seek retribution against farms that ignored government production targets and instead grew crops that would earn them a living. Farmers and officials in eastern Uzbekistan are likely to face criminal charges for growing crops that they can sell, instead of the cotton and wheat demanded by the state. The case highlights the problems facing farmers in Uzbekistan, who in theory belong to the private sector but in practice are tied into Soviet-style rules under which they are bound to grow cotton and grain and sell it to the state at artificially low prices. The prosecutor s office in Kuva district in the densely-populated

Cope says cleaning a small amount yourself isn't impossible, but if you're concerned calling the professionals to double check your home isn't a bad idea. There have been 112 mercury incidents in Kentucky since 2000 that required a state or federal emergency response. That mercury will be shipped off to be recycled and disposed of safely. But if mercury spills on fabric, like carpet, cutting that piece out and throwing it away is your only option. An emergency response team would bring it...

Thursday's state track results. Albert Council Bluffs, 14. Edmond Fort Dodge, Hampton Dumont, West Branch, 5. Shuttle hurdle relay (qualified for finals): Osage (Amanda Wright, Jenny Bellairs, Raelee Sullivan, Amelia Johnson), 1:07. Shuttle hurdle relay (qualified): West Hancock (John Mallen, Brady Wilson, Paul Guenther, Jake Carlson), 59. McKendree, Grundy Center, 50. Shuttle hurdle relay: Did not qualify: Mason City (DQ)

High Country News -- March 19, 2007: The Silence of the Bees: Migratory beekeeper John Miller hauls his hives across the West, pollinating everything from almonds to apples, but a nasty parasite and a mysterious disorder are making life much harder for John and his buzzing business partners.