http://NewsOnFeeds.com/section/Science%20&%20Technology%20News/4/1 Science & Technology News from NewsOnFeed.com en 60 http://NewsOnFeeds.com/images/small.nof.gif Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency) BEIJING, July 4 (Xinhua) - China's State Council published on Friday guidelines on post-quake reconstruction, emphasizing house repair and building work. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:00:15 -0500 http://NewsOnFeeds.com/article/6643487/China%20Issues%20Guidelines%20on%20Post-Quake%20Reconstruction RedOrbit News - Science By Anchorage Daily News, Alaska Jul. 4--MAT-SU -- Persisting dry and windy conditions in the Mat-Su have caused the Alaska Division of Forestry to temporarily suspend all area burn permits until further notice. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:00:15 -0500 http://NewsOnFeeds.com/article/6643488/BRIEF:%20Don't%20Light%20That%20Fire;%20Burn%20Permits%20Suspended%20Because%20of%20Dryness RedOrbit News - Science A YOUNG artist has won a competition to encourage recycling in schools. Sarah Finlay, a P6 pupil from Balmuildy Primary in Bishopbriggs, won an East Dunbartonshire Council contest after designing a poster to encourage local schools to recycle. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:00:15 -0500 http://NewsOnFeeds.com/article/6643489/Sarah%20Quick%20on%20Draw%20to%20Win%20Bike RedOrbit News - Science By Cumberland Times News, Md. Jul. 4--Despite a site complaint issued by the Maryland Department of the Environment, progress is continuing on work on the New Germany State Park dam. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:00:15 -0500 http://NewsOnFeeds.com/article/6643490/Work%20Continuing%20on%20New%20Germany%20State%20Park%20Dam:%20Contractor%20Expected%20to%20Beat%20October%20Deadline RedOrbit News - Science By Kevin Bonham, Grand Forks Herald, N.D. Jul. 4--Raising, extending and relocating existing dikes are the most viable flood-control measures for the Devils Lake Basin, should the lake continue to rise, according to a preliminary report from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:00:15 -0500 http://NewsOnFeeds.com/article/6643491/Army%20Corps%20of%20Engineers%20to%20Outline%20Flood-Control%20Measures%20for%20Devils%20Lake%20Basin RedOrbit News - Science By Michael Fitzgerald, The Record, Stockton, Calif. Jul. 4--Good rivers attract people. Bad rivers attract attorneys. That being so, the Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta is not only the largest freshwater estuary on the Pacific Coast, it is a whitewater boil of litigation. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:00:15 -0500 http://NewsOnFeeds.com/article/6643492/The%20Record,%20Stockton,%20Calif.,%20Michael%20Fitzgerald%20Column:%20Rising%20Tide%20of%20Litigation%20for%20Delta RedOrbit News - Science By Lorenzo Perez, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C. Jul. 4--The rash of wildfires that kept firefighters busy across the state during the first half of the year has yet to fizzle. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:00:15 -0500 http://NewsOnFeeds.com/article/6643493/Fireworks,%20Summer%20Campfires%20Heighten%20Wildfire%20Risk:%20State%20Officials%20Hope%20to%20Keep%20the%20Situation%20From%20Worsening%20on%20a%20Holiday%20Noted%20for%20Pyrotechnics RedOrbit News - Science By Dusty Ricketts, Northwest Florida Daily News, Fort Walton Beach Jul. 4--FORT WALTON BEACH -- Tails were wagging, music was playing and the tacos, well, were being eaten. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:00:15 -0500 http://NewsOnFeeds.com/article/6643494/Yappy%20Hour%20Unleashed:%20Permit%20in%20Hand,%20Tijuana%20Flats%20Celebrates%20Return%20of%20Dog-Friendly%20Promotion RedOrbit News - Science By Wesley Loy, Anchorage Daily News, Alaska Jul. 4--Unlike other areas of the state where salmon runs have lagged, millions and millions of sockeye are pouring into Bristol Bay. Normally that's a glorious thing for commercial fishermen. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:00:15 -0500 http://NewsOnFeeds.com/article/6643495/Sockeye%20Bonanza%20Overruns%20Canneries:%20BRISTOL%20BAY:%20Gillnetters%20Are%20Told%20to%20Catch%20Fewer%20Fish. RedOrbit News - Science By John Dodge, The Olympian, Olympia, Wash. Jul. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:00:15 -0500 http://NewsOnFeeds.com/article/6643496/Capitol%20Lake's%20Estuary%20Potential RedOrbit News - Science By The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash. Jul. 4--BONNERS FERRY -- A thinning project to improve the vigor of old-growth trees on the Idaho Panhandle National Forest can continue after the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco reversed an earlier court decision halting the work. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:00:15 -0500 http://NewsOnFeeds.com/article/6643497/Forest%20Thinning%20Project%20to%20Continue:%20Court%20Reverses%20Earlier%20Decision RedOrbit News - Science By DOUG HARLOW More than 300 acres along the Kennebec River were protected this week through an easement negotiated between the Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands and Madison Paper Industries. The land is in the towns of Madison, Anson and Starks. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:00:15 -0500 http://NewsOnFeeds.com/article/6643498/Land%20Along%20Kennebec%20Protected%20;%20An%20Easement%20Given%20By%20Madison%20Paper%20Will%20Conserve%20303%20Acres%20Along%20the%20River's%20Upper%20Reaches. RedOrbit News - Science By The Wisconsin State Journal Jul. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:00:15 -0500 http://NewsOnFeeds.com/article/6643499/DNR%20Alert:%20Beware%20of%20Debris%20on%20Wisconsin%20River RedOrbit News - Science Reuters - The Italian government declared a state of emergency at the Pompeii archaeological site on Friday to try to rescue one of the world's most important cultural treasures from decades of neglect. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:26:07 -0500 http://NewsOnFeeds.com/article/6642913/Crumbling%20Pompeii%20site%20in%20%22state%20of%20emergency%22%20%20%20%20%20%20(Reuters) Yahoo! News: Most Viewed - Science Nobel Laureate Sir John Sulston says medical profits are taking precedence over the needs of patients. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:06:06 -0500 http://NewsOnFeeds.com/article/6642223/Sulston%20argues%20for%20open%20medicine BBC News | Science/Nature | UK Edition