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Industry Is Funding Bigger Share of Medical Research (HealthDay via Yahoo! News) - FRIDAY, March 17 (HealthDay News) -- Industry is paying for more and more medical research, slowly shifting the lion's share of funding away from academia and to the private sector, a new study reveals.

Wood subpoenaed in poker industry probe (The News & Observer) - A former state lawmaker from High Point is among the latest witnesses subpoenaed to appear before the State Board of Elections next week when it examines the video poker industry and other contributors to House Speaker Jim Blacks campaign, elections director Gary Bartlett said today.

Subsidized Killing Of Carnivores Fails To Protect U.S. Sheep Industry (Science Daily) - Decades of US government-subsidized predator control has failed to prevent a long-term decline in the sheep industry, according to a study by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), which says that market forces -- not predators -- are responsible for the drop-off in sheep numbers.

Gregoire signs tax break for semiconductor industry (The Olympian) - Gov. Chris Gregoire traveled to Clark County on Thursday and signed a bill giving a new tax break to the semiconductor industry in one of the region’s emerging high-tech corridors.

Mining industry digs for IT fix following deaths (InfoWorld) - ( InfoWorld ) - After four mining accidents in January and early February killed 16 people in West Virginia, industry experts are studying whether information technology can help to prevent future fatalities. But there's little agreement about which technologies can do the most good. Investment in mine safety technology has lagged for years, partly because the government hasn't pushed for

ACP Officials to Travel to European Capitals in Final Push to Get More EU Aid for Sugar Industry (Money Sense) - The Caribbean will send another team to several European capitals in a final push to get more aid for the region's sugar industry after large subsidy cuts were imposed in January, an official said Friday.

Ostrich breeding, promising industry at Qeshm (IranMania.com) - LONDON, March 18 (IranMania) - This two-toed flightless bird is going to be the basis of a new industry at Qeshm Island soon.

Hospitality industry opposes 'hamburger tax' (Benton Courier) - Phillip Brown, the spokesman for members of Benton's hospitality industry, said his group intends to again oppose the city's efforts to enact a so-called "hamburger tax" by campaigning to have the issue placed on the ballot.

Inadequate labor force hampers industry progress (Winfield Courier) - A slim labor force is proving a challenge to local industry, area business representatives said this week. The county\'s economic development agency wants to help, but at the moment, its members are not sure how.

AARP wants cell phone industry to be more user-friendly (Legislative Gazette) - Gazette staff writer Members of AARP spoke loud and clear at a hearing last Monday about their dissatisfaction with the wireless industry. “When you sign up you don’t know what your bill is going to be,” said Betty Vondracek, a member of AARP.